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| Glarus Girl Groupie United Kingdom Joined 4574 days ago 50 posts - 108 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Swiss-German | Message 1 of 7 11 August 2013 at 2:40pm | IP Logged |
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My son, who is at university, has just berated me for having too many German books and that they were
possibly hindering my learning. Personally, I think this is nonsense as I do not always understand the way something may have been explained in one book but will understand it easily from another. I get bored and like to switch. The books I use the most are the Schritte Swiss Edition books and bits and pieces from various other grammar books and courses. I don't think I would have kept it up for so long if I was using only one book. I can't be the only language learner that learns like this - anyone else?! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Darklight1216 Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5099 days ago 411 posts - 639 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German | Message 2 of 7 11 August 2013 at 3:00pm | IP Logged |
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I would just be careful not to get stuck on learning hello and goodbye in five different books rather than reach chapter 5 in one book, if you understand what I mean.
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| Cabaire Senior Member Germany Joined 5598 days ago 725 posts - 1352 votes | Message 3 of 7 11 August 2013 at 3:09pm | IP Logged |
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My understanding of having too many books would be, if a wall of them would hinder me getting from the bed to my bath room...
As long as you progress in them and do not begin every time you have read the introduction a new one, I really see no problem. You need many books to master a language. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4827 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 4 of 7 11 August 2013 at 7:14pm | IP Logged |
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And several people have mentioned the idea of buying old versions of books second hand,
before the days when they were allegedly or reputedly "dumbed-down". Whether the dumbing-down accusation is correct or not, it can be interesting to see how languages used to be taught, and as has been mentioned on here a few times, older books often have a certain charm which can be lacking in more modern books. That may just be a hopelessly romantic way of looking at things, but I plead guilty to being a hopeless romantic. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Glarus Girl Groupie United Kingdom Joined 4574 days ago 50 posts - 108 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Swiss-German | Message 5 of 7 11 August 2013 at 8:23pm | IP Logged |
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I stick with Schritte so I have an idea of my level, which I just want to know, its not important. This series is
more for living in the country than being a tourist but if I get stuck with something I will look for it to be explained somewhere else - to include You Tube. I have a lot of the old courses mentioned here but do prefer the large colourful formats of modern books - they also make me sneeze less! I have tons of books generally, something my Kindle loving son doesn't quite understand in this digital age but I like the feel of paper! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Polydoc Newbie Ireland Joined 4193 days ago 11 posts - 13 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 6 of 7 11 August 2013 at 8:28pm | IP Logged |
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I'd say I have way too many course books, but I understand what you mean by using 'bits
and pieces' from other courses. I work daily through Assimil and regularly from Wilson's Teach Yourself, then at the weekends when I have a bit more time I might work through and shadow a few times one dialogue from the living language course or the modern Teach Yourself. Then I have graded readers, verb books, workbooks, Harry Potter, colloquial dictionaries etc. all piled up on my shelf that I just dip into now and again. I can't see it being a problem so long as you, as Darklight says, actually make significant progress in one. Another thing to be careful of is never leaving teaching manuals, I found it difficult to sit myself down and actually start reading some native content, I'd imagine it's probably quite common to 'never feel ready' so be wary of putting it off because you're gonna go back and finish another course book etc. That'd hinder your progress. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Glarus Girl Groupie United Kingdom Joined 4574 days ago 50 posts - 108 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Swiss-German | Message 7 of 7 11 August 2013 at 8:41pm | IP Logged |
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I watch films, soaps and news via Teleboy plus read native material. It's pretty varied. I think he thinks I'm
not learning anything because he doesn't hear me speak. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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