Kronos Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5267 days ago 186 posts - 452 votes Speaks: German*, English
| Message 41 of 51 03 February 2013 at 4:57pm | IP Logged |
Le Russe sans peine first came out in 1948. Here is a very useful thread comparing the three editions, how they differ, and what are their strong and weak points:
Comparing Assimil Russian 1951/1971/2004
The recommendation there is to start with the 1970s course and afterwards maybe complement it with one of the others. This is what I am doing.
Recently they brought out a fourth one, Le Russe. Many people think the previous one (I think from 1994/95 actually) was dreadful, but in their official history Assimil produced a letter by Jacques Chirac, then French president, thanking the company for sending him this course and helping him with his Russian.
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renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4364 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew
| Message 42 of 51 03 February 2013 at 5:23pm | IP Logged |
Thank you for the link (I hadn't seen it) and the information. I will follow your advice. You have helped me out a lot, because I got lost in the abundance of material!
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renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4364 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew
| Message 43 of 51 04 February 2013 at 10:18am | IP Logged |
I finished the introduction and the first chapter of assimil russian, 1971.
I am complementing it with the three first lessons of MT foundation russian.
From now on this is my russian study plan. Assimil 1971+ MT russian.
Edited by renaissancemedi on 04 February 2013 at 10:18am
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embici Triglot Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4616 days ago 263 posts - 370 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Greek
| Message 44 of 51 19 February 2013 at 9:32pm | IP Logged |
How does Michel Thomas Russian compare to the German? I assume he himself recorded the
German, but the Russian one?
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Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5401 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 45 of 51 21 February 2013 at 2:06am | IP Logged |
The Michel Thomas Russian course is not done by him. I believe the original four (Spanish, French, Italian, and German) are the only ones he did himself.
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renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4364 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew
| Message 46 of 51 02 March 2013 at 10:50am | IP Logged |
I think I finally figured out what to do with french. I can't start from scratch, you see, because I already have a level where I understand very well, but can't express myself. During the past couple of months I thought I might fix that, but I ended up not studying french, not knowing what suits my particular situation. Untill yesterday.
I found online a good old 1913 french prose composition book, and I am going to follow it from start to finish, remembering along the way all the grammar, vocabulary etc. It has a lexicon at the end, and notes and everything. It also has handwritten notes from a student from the past.
How is that for a plan? Do you think it will work in my case? Is that a valid learning approach? In theory it seems the solution to my problem, but you know how theories are...
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tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4713 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish
| Message 47 of 51 02 March 2013 at 10:53am | IP Logged |
Any method is valid as long as you like it. Go for it!
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renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4364 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew
| Message 48 of 51 02 March 2013 at 10:56am | IP Logged |
Thanks! I am printing as we speak.
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