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| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5564 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 1 of 7 23 October 2012 at 11:48pm | IP Logged |
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Anyone used these - a three stage German course from the 70/80s?
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| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4827 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 2 of 7 24 October 2012 at 12:02pm | IP Logged |
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That's going back a bit :-) A bit of a golden age when the BBC used to do some great language series.
My wife used to follow the Kein Problem TV programmes in the late 70s, and I used to watch along with her, although I hadn't formally studied any German at the time. We still have the course book somewhere, although no audio. I believe my wife's Mother had studied both Kontakte and Wegweiser - they had the books on shelves in their house, along with a lot of other language-related material. All 3 courses were rated quite highly I believe, as was Deutsch Direkt. When I started German some time in the 90s, I borrowed Deutsch Direkt (book and audio) from the library, and later bought both books, which I have somewhere. Later on, I discovered a BBC TV series in German (based in Hamburg) aimed at 15-16 year olds, and recorded as much as possible on VHS and followed it, sans course book. And finally, I remember something on BBC Radio called "Deutsch Heute" which was quite good (may also have been on TV). The BBC also used to have good Italian and Spanish courses, I seem to remember, and presumably it must also have had French. How times have changed. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| stelingo Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5831 days ago 722 posts - 1076 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Czech, Polish, Greek, Mandarin | Message 3 of 7 24 October 2012 at 10:34pm | IP Logged |
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Yes, I used to love the BBC TV courses, they were my first intro to many of the languages I now speak, I especially have fond memories of Russian language and people, and Greek language and people. I think I worked through the German courses mentioned but that was many years ago and I certainly no longer have the books.
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| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5564 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 4 of 7 24 October 2012 at 10:59pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks for the info. There are the books and LPs for Wegweiser and Kein Problem in my
local charity shop and was wondering if they were worth getting. I think I will. I found an old TV episode of Kontakte on YouTube and it looked quite a groovy, if not particularly educational: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gif4_wZw4pU at about 2 minutes. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5564 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 5 of 7 02 November 2012 at 12:31pm | IP Logged |
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I went to the shop and got these LPs and books - and I managed to get the Kontakte LPs
too. I must say, this is a really good German course - taking all three courses together there are 6 books and 7 LPs - the audio is all in German - so there is just under 6 hours of audio in all. The Kontakte audio consists of phonology practice and some lively 'conceived' monologues and dialogues. Wegweiser and Kein Problem are real interviews with Germans of various ages and locations on the topic of the lesson (e.g. one lesson will be an interview based on Was sind Sie von Beruf?). I am very happy with these - especially as they came to under £20 for the books and audio - I now have to put them onto MP3! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4827 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 6 of 7 02 November 2012 at 7:36pm | IP Logged |
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Elexi,
Glad you are happy with them! I'm not surprised that they are of good quality. How did you do the audio conversion from the LPs as a matter of interest? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5564 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 7 of 7 02 November 2012 at 10:04pm | IP Logged |
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I have an old (Marantz) record player and a USB box that takes phono out (Alesis Phono-
Link - it cost £25) - I then record it direct into the computer using Reaper. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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