fabriciocarraro Hexaglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Brazil russoparabrasileirosRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4714 days ago 989 posts - 1454 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishB2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French Studies: Dutch, German, Japanese
| Message 1 of 4 10 September 2013 at 10:42pm | IP Logged |
Hey guys!
Well, I've been wanderlust-ing for the past few days and I started thinking about buying the newest Assimil Arabic course, "L'Arabe", the French version.
I've heard Assimil's Arabic course is not as good as the others, so I wanted to know if I should really buy it or buy another course instead. What do you think?
Thanks a lot!
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kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4888 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish
| Message 2 of 4 11 September 2013 at 12:40am | IP Logged |
Take a listen to the track from Lesson 40:
Assimil l'arabe
Now imagine listening to that voice for the next six months.
I think Arabic is a beautiful language, but the Assimil version makes my ears bleed. I
don't know why they speak like this, because their Tunisian pocket guide and Advanced
Arabic course have very pleasant speakers.
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Al-Malik Bilingual Heptaglot Senior Member United Kingdom arabicgenie.com Joined 7133 days ago 221 posts - 294 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English*, German*, Spanish, Arabic (Written), Dutch, French, Arabic (classical) Studies: Mandarin, Persian
| Message 3 of 4 11 September 2013 at 11:21am | IP Logged |
Oh wow, that is painfully slow. On the other hand, it might be helpful if you plan to speak along with the tapes or repeat after each sentence. The older Assimil Arabic course is very good though. I especially like the fact that it has a connected storyline going through all the lessons. The main thing I don't like about the new course are the lessons at the back of the book, which are merely a collection of phrases organised around a topic.
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fabriciocarraro Hexaglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Brazil russoparabrasileirosRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4714 days ago 989 posts - 1454 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishB2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French Studies: Dutch, German, Japanese
| Message 4 of 4 12 September 2013 at 4:58am | IP Logged |
Indeed, it is slow =/
Well, then I must ask, is Assimil the best course for Arabic, or would you guys recommend another one?
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