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Grammar Translation Method (old TYS etc)
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yaboycon
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08 December 2011 at 7:56pm | IP Logged

I managed to pick up some old Teach Yourself books from the 1950's (Written in the 1940's), for very cheap. I personally think that these books are a valuable tool even though I do not make them the foundation of my languge learning. I watched Dr.Aguilles youtube video on this series and he said they used the "Grammar Translation Method". I was wondering which other series use this method?

Thanks for any help.
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08 December 2011 at 11:08pm | IP Logged

FSI at least does and you can get it for free :)
I'm sure there are still quite many traditional textbooks, they should be easy to find. You may want to just browse books at a physical store, especially as the languages you're studying don't lack resources.
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09 December 2011 at 12:41am | IP Logged

Serpent wrote:

I dont live near any bookshops that are decent unfortunately

edit: Sorry wasnt concentrating and clicked post

I dont live near any good bookshops or second hand shops or even near any decent libraries that will have what Im after.

Thanks for the suggestion of FSI

I was curious if anyone knew the name of any other series. Is TYS the best of them?

Edited by yaboycon on 09 December 2011 at 12:46am
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TYS may not be the best but alongside Colloquial series, they is the most known and has resources for most languages. Whether they are the best always depends on the language.

Perhaps try the look inside function at Amazon. You won't need much to know whether the book is a grammar-translation method based.

And if you look around the forum at what are people using, you might find some tips as well. The more that really few people here use the modern, colourful, "communicative" methods that dominate the market these days. Assimil and one more (perhaps Linguaphone?) are not grammar-translation. On the other hand some of the audio courses often discussed seem a lot like G-T method to me, just without the written word.

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