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| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5567 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 25 of 36 28 August 2012 at 10:14am | IP Logged |
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Here is the latest ebay edition to my collection Linguaphone course:
Linguaphone Cwrs Cymraeg (Welsh Course) (1978, 1993) Author E.G. Millward. 1 Welsh-only Textbook (30 lessons) 1 English language Handbook containing grammar and word lists 5 Audiocassettes 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| langluv Newbie United States twitter.com/ladyling Joined 5886 days ago 24 posts - 37 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Modern Hebrew, French | Message 26 of 36 10 September 2012 at 11:46am | IP Logged |
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Does the textbook for the Complete CD Language Courses at http://www.linguaphonelanguages.com/inc/sdetail/3119 (the one that says " A 190-page textbook that contains the printed and illustrated transcription of the CD recordings.") have the target language and the English translations like Assimil and Living Language Ultimate series? I'm interested in the Swedish and Turkish courses. Thanks. Edited by langluv on 10 September 2012 at 11:47am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7017 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 27 of 36 10 September 2012 at 1:26pm | IP Logged |
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Having just checked my own personal copy of that precise Swedish course you're referring to, the books were all in Swedish only, except for the 228-page Handbook which has English explanations and translations as well.
By the way, I bought my copy a few years ago from an eBay shop (not individual seller) for only $149.99, rather than $399.95, because mine has cassettes instead of CDs. It's easy enough to convert into mp3s using Audacity, but it's probably harder to obtain a cassette player nowadays...good job I never throw anything away! Alternatively, you could buy a refurbished course. Edited by patuco on 10 September 2012 at 1:29pm 5 persons have voted this message useful | |
| langluv Newbie United States twitter.com/ladyling Joined 5886 days ago 24 posts - 37 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Modern Hebrew, French | Message 28 of 36 10 September 2012 at 2:41pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks for your response patuco! Are the English translations in the 228 page handbook like Teach Yourself where they just give the grammar explanations and vocabulary/word list in English or is it like Assimil and Living Language where they translate the entire dialogs into English? I'm looking to buy the refurbished courses if they have the complete dialogs translated into English. Thanks again!
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| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5567 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 29 of 36 10 September 2012 at 3:28pm | IP Logged |
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Linguaphone doesn't give the entire dialogue in translation- The method is to provide a
wordlist and a fairly extensive idiom/grammar analysis. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| langluv Newbie United States twitter.com/ladyling Joined 5886 days ago 24 posts - 37 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Modern Hebrew, French | Message 30 of 36 10 September 2012 at 10:38pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks Elexi, I guess I'll skip Linguaphone for now. I don't mind the method after I'm at a high beginner in a language, but when I'm a complete novice, I prefer the Assimil / Living Language method with full dialog translations.
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| hobbitofny Senior Member United States Joined 6235 days ago 280 posts - 408 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian | Message 31 of 36 10 September 2012 at 11:42pm | IP Logged |
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The Russian Course does give complete translation of Russian text book. You do have the full dialog in translations. It is different book, but it is there.
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| langluv Newbie United States twitter.com/ladyling Joined 5886 days ago 24 posts - 37 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Modern Hebrew, French | Message 32 of 36 10 September 2012 at 11:57pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks hobbit. I think I'll try to get the courses from a library and see if they are to my liking. I'll email Linguaphone in the mean time. Perhaps there are different translations methods for different languages. Edited by langluv on 10 September 2012 at 11:59pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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