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| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6153 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 1 of 22 26 April 2012 at 11:32am | IP Logged | ||
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What courses and products have you'd discovered late into your language study, and thought, "If only I'd known about that earlier" ? My current list would be,
Hungarian Learn Hungarian - This is one of the few courses that really engaged me, and I only discovered it late last year. It pains me to put it on hold. Russian Linguaphone Russian - After my previous experience with AllTalk and PDQ, I was wary about their products. This course opened my eyes to how they built their reputation. Italian FSI - Italian Familiarisation and Short Term Training. I knew there was no Italian Basic Course with drills, so I was surprised to discover their FAST course has some model drills. I only discovered this last week, and wish I'd found it sooner. What courses have you found late into your language studies, and wish you'd discovered earlier ? Edited by DaraghM on 26 April 2012 at 11:37am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| en.fr.es Triglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4607 days ago 15 posts - 22 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 2 of 22 26 April 2012 at 2:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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Not a language product as such but I wish I had found Anki when I was still at school. It
really has changed my approach to language learning and is now an important part of vocab learning and practising grammar exercises that I make for myself. I wish I had discovered Assimil earlier too rather than using classroom text books and cheap "Speak X in a month" type courses. Cannot wait til exams are finished and summer so I can get stuck into my new Assimil Russian lol. How are you finding the Linguaphone Russian course? Would you reccomend it? Have you had any experience with Assimil Russian? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6153 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 3 of 22 26 April 2012 at 3:38pm | IP Logged | ||
The course is good, but I haven't used in a few months. I also purchased Assimil Russian recently but haven't started it yet. I'd recommend the Linguaphone course but it is expensive and the material dates from the 1970's. I liked it for it's crisp audio. Once I return from Italy next month, I'll try out the Assimil Russian course. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5455 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 4 of 22 26 April 2012 at 9:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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Assimil.
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| mick33 Senior Member United States Joined 5926 days ago 1335 posts - 1632 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Finnish Studies: Thai, Polish, Afrikaans, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Swedish | Message 5 of 22 27 April 2012 at 10:10am | IP Logged | ||
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Earlier editions of Assimil, Linguaphone and Teach Yourself courses. I also would have learned French since more Assimil courses are available for French speakers.
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| garyb Triglot Senior Member ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5209 days ago 1468 posts - 2413 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, French Studies: Spanish | Message 6 of 22 27 April 2012 at 11:06am | IP Logged | ||
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Perhaps it doesn't count since it's not a book/product, but... This forum (and the
Internet language learning community and blogs in general). If I had found out earlier that there was a big community of people discussing the best ways to teach yourself languages, I would have wasted far less time at the start of the journey. Obviously a big part of the learning process is still learning which methods work best for you personally, but the forum at least gave me far better ideas than I had previously, not to mention the motivation from seeing many other people achieving similar goals. Products wise, Assimil, but I discovered it thanks to this forum :) 7 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Ricey83 Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5250 days ago 12 posts - 12 votes Studies: English*, Italian | Message 7 of 22 27 April 2012 at 11:21am | IP Logged | ||
Where can I find this course? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6153 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 8 of 22 27 April 2012 at 11:31am | IP Logged | ||
You can find it for free at fsi-language-courses.org. Edited by DaraghM on 27 April 2012 at 11:32am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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