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Assimil: El Nuevo Italiano Sin Esfuerzo
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ChiaBrain Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5809 days ago 402 posts - 512 votes Speaks: English, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Italian, French Studies: German	Message 1 of 3 01 February 2009 at 10:46pm \| IP Logged
	I speak Spanish fluently and it's native to me (spoke it before English actually) but as I don't use it very often I feel very rusty in it. I'm concerned about mixing it up with Italian which I'm actually studying though. It occurred to me that I should do the version of Assimil Italian for Spanish speakers: "El Nuevo Italiano Sin Esfuerzo". I would be "killing two birds with one stone" and I think it would actually help me keep them apart as I would be comparing their difference directly. This is how I studied French. I'm wondering if anyone on here has done this and whether it confuses things or not. Also, has anyone ever had any issues ordering directly from Assimil? For anyone else in the USA thats interested: I couldn't seem to find the book+CDs set reasonably priced locally and ordering from Assimil with shipping came out to something like almost 90 Euros which is over $100. I was able to get the set (book+CDs) for $32 from Amazon and you can buy the book in Spanish from Assimil for 26.40 Euros which is about $34. So thats the CDs + Italian/English + Italian/Spanish text for $66 Thanks Edited by ChiaBrain on 01 February 2009 at 10:48pm 1 person has voted this message useful
josht Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6447 days ago 635 posts - 857 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Spanish, Russian, Dutch	Message 2 of 3 02 February 2009 at 5:55am \| IP Logged
	I've not tackled Spanish via French (or Italian), but I am learning Russian via German, using Assimil's Russisch ohne Mühe. I've found that it does indeed help my German, and I've not had any issues of getting the languages confused. To be fair, however, I think it's rather clear that German and Russian don't share that many similarities, so learning Italian via Spanish may prove to be more difficult. Certainly not impossible, though, so best of luck. 1 person has voted this message useful
ChiaBrain Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5809 days ago 402 posts - 512 votes Speaks: English, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Italian, French Studies: German	Message 3 of 3 28 April 2012 at 7:31am \| IP Logged
	can we move this thread out of my log book? 1 person has voted this message useful

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ChiaBrain Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5809 days ago 402 posts - 512 votes Speaks: English, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Italian, French Studies: German	Message 1 of 3 01 February 2009 at 10:46pm \| IP Logged
	I speak Spanish fluently and it's native to me (spoke it before English actually) but as I don't use it very often I feel very rusty in it. I'm concerned about mixing it up with Italian which I'm actually studying though. It occurred to me that I should do the version of Assimil Italian for Spanish speakers: "El Nuevo Italiano Sin Esfuerzo". I would be "killing two birds with one stone" and I think it would actually help me keep them apart as I would be comparing their difference directly. This is how I studied French. I'm wondering if anyone on here has done this and whether it confuses things or not. Also, has anyone ever had any issues ordering directly from Assimil? For anyone else in the USA thats interested: I couldn't seem to find the book+CDs set reasonably priced locally and ordering from Assimil with shipping came out to something like almost 90 Euros which is over $100. I was able to get the set (book+CDs) for $32 from Amazon and you can buy the book in Spanish from Assimil for 26.40 Euros which is about $34. So thats the CDs + Italian/English + Italian/Spanish text for $66 Thanks Edited by ChiaBrain on 01 February 2009 at 10:48pm 1 person has voted this message useful
josht Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6447 days ago 635 posts - 857 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Spanish, Russian, Dutch	Message 2 of 3 02 February 2009 at 5:55am \| IP Logged
	I've not tackled Spanish via French (or Italian), but I am learning Russian via German, using Assimil's Russisch ohne Mühe. I've found that it does indeed help my German, and I've not had any issues of getting the languages confused. To be fair, however, I think it's rather clear that German and Russian don't share that many similarities, so learning Italian via Spanish may prove to be more difficult. Certainly not impossible, though, so best of luck. 1 person has voted this message useful
ChiaBrain Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5809 days ago 402 posts - 512 votes Speaks: English, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Italian, French Studies: German	Message 3 of 3 28 April 2012 at 7:31am \| IP Logged
	can we move this thread out of my log book? 1 person has voted this message useful