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| Luso Hexaglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 6064 days ago 819 posts - 1812 votes  Speaks: Portuguese*, French, EnglishC2, GermanB1, Italian, Spanish Studies: Sanskrit, Arabic (classical) | Message 25 of 32 03 October 2014 at 11:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm not a typical case, since I work with teachers, both in classes and privately.
A semester in a language school typically costs about 350 €. English may be a bit more expensive, and less mainstream ones may be a bit cheaper, but if you choose the 250-400 € range, you'll cover 90-95% of available courses. For a couple of years, I had German, Arabic and Italian, which meant around 1.800 € for the whole year. One advantage is that, if you're paying tuition, you have free access to libraries and other resources. In 2014, the total will be: - Italian: 700 €; - Sanskrit: @ 600€; - materials (all languages in the list) @ 200€. The "materials" category includes about 100 € of language learning books, as well as an estimation for all other foreign stuff (books, a few DVDs, etc.). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Juаn Senior Member Colombia Joined 5348 days ago 727 posts - 1830 votes Speaks: Spanish* | Message 26 of 32 04 October 2014 at 4:09am | IP Logged | ||
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A lot, probably a couple thousand dollars each year, though by the microeconomic concept of allocating resources on the basis of marginal utility not nearly enough, since there are few other goods which bring me as much satisfaction and enjoyment. And if you don't get notable materials while they're available, you'll be forced either to forgo them entirely or pay scandalous prices for them later on (thank God I got that one for $40 a few years back).
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| BOLIO Senior Member United States Joined 4661 days ago 253 posts - 366 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 27 of 32 14 October 2014 at 6:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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Purchased used:
Practice Makes Perfect Verbs Practice Makes Perfect Pronouns Breaking out of Beginner's Spanish La Sombra Del Viento/ completed using dual text. New Penguin Stories of Mexico Dual Text Big Red Book of Spanish Vocabulary Two Spanish Dictionaries Practical Spanish Grammar: A Self-Teaching Guide Madrigal's Spanish Key/ Completed Madrigal's See It, Say It Spanish/ Completed Living Language Spanish course from the 1970's ($1) Purchased New: Assimil Spanish with Ease/ Completed Living Language Spanish Beyond the Basics- Currently use as audio course in my vehicle Michel Thomas Total Spanish/ Completed Free: FSI-Current primary course Language Transfer Spanish- Finished first 20 lessons Democracy Now website http://www.novelas.rodriguezalvarez.com/index.php/listado-no velas (Dual Text Novels) Destinos/ Completed Studyspanish.com- Just started spanishpodcast.org Just started I am too new to give advice. But for myself.... If I were to do it over the only course I would pay for is Living Language Beyond the Basics. The audio is a 100 times better than Assimil and so is the structure in my opinion. The free courses will take you to native material IMHO. 1) Language Transfer is a better version of Michel Thomas. 2) Jump straight into FSI 3) Use the free websites listed above. 4) Native materials online for free or the library. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6600 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 28 of 32 14 October 2014 at 10:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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I highly recommend GLOSS as well.
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| bjornbrekkukot Newbie United States Joined 4725 days ago 25 posts - 58 votes Speaks: English* | Message 29 of 32 15 October 2014 at 2:17am | IP Logged | ||
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Language study is the cheapest hobby I've ever pursued. I spend about $300 a year on books, and most of that is
just literature in the original language, when I'm already very comfortable with a language. None of those internet- based programs, expensive Rosetta Stone courses, or paid podcasts ever appealed to me, nor are they necessary. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Light Newbie Canada Joined 4428 days ago 30 posts - 42 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 30 of 32 15 October 2014 at 5:11am | IP Logged | ||
Really big thank you for this emk! I knew of Izneo but was unaware they had a subscription service like this. At the moment I am subscribed to Weekly Shonen Jump and Marvel Unlmited but as my french progresses I am now really looking forward to this. Do you know if Izneo Illimité offers gift subscriptions by chance? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| smallwhite Pentaglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5311 days ago 537 posts - 1045 votes Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin, French, Spanish | Message 31 of 32 15 October 2014 at 6:00am | IP Logged | ||
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I spend very little on languages.
250€ three evening courses (total 250€) 40€ MP3-player and accessories <15€ Second hand books and books printed in China <10€ Stationery All that for 9 languages, 4 being B1 or above :D Thanks to the library and the Internet. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Ogrim Heptaglot Senior Member France Joined 4642 days ago 991 posts - 1896 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, French, Romansh, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Catalan, Latin, Greek, Romanian | Message 32 of 32 15 October 2014 at 11:50am | IP Logged | ||
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I am not sure how to calculate it. I spend 350 euros on my Russian classes each year (that's 10 euros per session), I pay an extra 9 euros to my cable TV provider for access to Channel 1 Russia, and I probably spend some 50 euros a year on language learning material like grammars, workbooks etc.
However, if I add all the e-books and the music I buy on Amazon and the stuff I buy from Ligia Romontshca for Romansh(mostly novels and CDs), then I'd be close to a total of 1000 euros per year. However, I do not buy e-books in Romansh, Catalan, Russian and German only for the language, but also for the pleasure of reading good books, so hard to say where to draw the line. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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