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| MasterMelhem Newbie Australia Joined 3844 days ago 20 posts - 21 votes | Message 9 of 31 06 January 2014 at 6:18am | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for your insight Speakeasy. I had a look at the Assimil New French With Ease, and
personally, I don't like how it's structured. I like the whole idea of it, the components and the explanation, but I don't think it's for me. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| garyb Triglot Senior Member ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5060 days ago 1468 posts - 2413 votes  Speaks: English*, Italian, French Studies: Spanish | Message 10 of 31 06 January 2014 at 11:30am | IP Logged | ||
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If you like grammar and structure then Michel Thomas is a great way to start. Assimil is good afterwards as it revises the stuff from MT and "fills in the gaps" with a lot more vocabulary and expressions.
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| JamesS Diglot Newbie Australia Joined 4068 days ago 20 posts - 30 votes Speaks: English*, Indonesian Studies: Javanese, German, Mandarin | Message 11 of 31 06 January 2014 at 11:44am | IP Logged | ||
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We don't have much in the way of foreign language learning materials in most Australian bookshops (save
the Foreign Language Bookshop in Melbourne) but you can always take advantage of the high dollar and buy online. I ordered my Assimil books from bookdepository.co.uk and they arrived within a week from the other side of the world! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| YnEoS Senior Member United States Joined 4107 days ago 472 posts - 893 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian, Cantonese, Japanese, French, Hungarian, Czech, Swedish, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish | Message 12 of 31 06 January 2014 at 2:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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Professor Alexander Arguelles has put together a number of really useful language course reviews on youtube. If you don't like Assimil, there are a number of really solid alternatives out there, and these videos might help you figure out a method you think will work well for you. I recommend looking through these ones, many of which are quite popular with a lot of learners here.
Teach Yourself Colloquial FSI DLI Hugo Living Language Cortina Berlitz Berlitz Part 2 Edited by YnEoS on 06 January 2014 at 2:20pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Julie Heptaglot Senior Member PolandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6756 days ago 1251 posts - 1733 votes 5 sounds Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, GermanC2, SpanishB2, Dutch, Swedish, French | Message 13 of 31 06 January 2014 at 2:27pm | IP Logged | ||
I would not use Michel Thomas in such small chunks (if I remember correctly, one recording is about or less than 10 minutes long). In my opinion, it's better to go through Michel Thomas (Foundation) very fast (half a CD a day, let's say), without a lot of rewinding and repeating. Then you can revise the material, preferably with the use of revision CDs (only two CDs with the whole material, if I am not mistaken), and move on to the 'Advanced' part. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Light Newbie Canada Joined 4278 days ago 30 posts - 42 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 14 of 31 07 January 2014 at 3:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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I've found that, for me, Michel Thomas is the most engaging way to learn some of the basics of French. You just have to let it dominate you. I'm close to half way finished the advanced course, and although Pimsleur is probably better with having you recall what you've learned, I rarely ever had any problems at this with Michel Thomas up until the advanced course where it gets a little more difficult in my opinion. Pimsleur certainly has the edge when it comes to native-like pronunciation, but if you have the option of Michel Thomas as well as Pimsleur then I'd start with Michel Thomas, only sprinkling a lesson of Pimsleur in here and there until you become used to its teaching method.
I think Michel Thomas is the easiest way to dive in, although I can't speak as someone who was a complete beginner when starting Michel Thomas. Pimsleur isn't a terrible way to jump in either, it's just less engaging. Assimil on the other hand, I find it less person-friendly when starting to learn a language. It doesn't engage you, the listener, it only recites for you. All that said, I've only "introduced" myself to Pimsleur and Assimil, and can't give a thorough review of either of them. One of Michel Thomas's weaknesses is the lack of material overall. Edited by Light on 07 January 2014 at 3:56pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| MasterMelhem Newbie Australia Joined 3844 days ago 20 posts - 21 votes | Message 15 of 31 08 January 2014 at 3:24am | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for all your contributions. I really appreciate it! Do you recommend the French In Action course to go
with Michel Thomas? How should I use them together? Right now I'm using the Michel Thomas Foundation Courses. I'm thinking of adding the Pimsleur and French In Action courses alongside Michel Thomas. Do you think this is a good combination? Thanks for your help! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Jarel Diglot Groupie Turkey Joined 4179 days ago 57 posts - 77 votes Speaks: Turkish*, English Studies: Italian, German | Message 16 of 31 08 January 2014 at 8:02am | IP Logged | ||
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What about Paul Noble course for french? It is very similar to Michel Thomas but Paul Noble doesn't have two students with him instead he has a co teacher (appereantly her name is Marion) who is a native speaker of french so we learn correct pronunciations of the words from begining. I liked it so far.
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