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| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5015 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes  Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 25 of 36 04 May 2013 at 6:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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For Spanish, I plan to use El Abanico (B2)
http://www.difusion.com/ele/coleccion/metodos/adultos/abanic o-nueva-edicion/general/ and El Ventilador (C1) http://www.difusion.com/ele/coleccion/metodos/adultos/el- ventilador/general/ when I am ready for them. There is as well Gramatica Espanola en Uso which seems to be sorted into three: A, B and C so I guess the volumes should correspond to the CEFR levels. Unfortunately, I am still stuck far from there. The monolingual course have the one main advantage: being entirely in the target language (even though some bilinguals are quite balanced) but there are far too many expensive-collection-of-stupid-photos courses among them. And too many just suffer from that "no grammar,all fun" approach. I had exactly that impression from the Studio D. I agree on that Alter Ego and Cle Grammaire Progressive. Another option for many languages are textbooks which prepare for exams. They have exam like exercises but as well a lot of listening exercises and ideas on writing and speaking practice. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5172 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 26 of 36 06 May 2013 at 12:26am | IP Logged | ||
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roberto,
You could try Fluent English by Living Language. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| roberto7 Newbie Joined 4229 days ago 25 posts - 27 votes Studies: English | Message 27 of 36 06 May 2013 at 12:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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@Paco
@Expugnator Do you know a textbooks that divided into lessons like face2face but in northern american English ? Thank you and Paco for advice :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5172 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 28 of 36 06 May 2013 at 7:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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For American English I'd use Speak English like an American. There is "More Speak English Like an American" and "Speak Business English Like an American", so you have plenty of path to keep moving on.
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| roberto7 Newbie Joined 4229 days ago 25 posts - 27 votes Studies: English | Message 29 of 36 07 May 2013 at 2:26pm | IP Logged | ||
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@Expugnator
thank you! I'll try to do 'em:) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| roberto7 Newbie Joined 4229 days ago 25 posts - 27 votes Studies: English | Message 30 of 36 07 May 2013 at 5:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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I have another question, Juan advice about German textbooks was:
Optimal (A1-B1) Aspekte B1+ C1 And then Das Oberstufenbuch (C2 level). My choice now for English is face2face (A1-C1) but I need a book that equal to Das Oberstufenbuch (C2 level) My question is: what do you recommend for English language? (I'll not care about accent this time, I think the difference between American and British English not that much to care about) Sorry for my annoying questions:) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Luigi Diglot Senior Member Italy Joined 6946 days ago 113 posts - 135 votes Speaks: Italian*, English Studies: German, Russian | Message 31 of 36 07 May 2013 at 6:56pm | IP Logged | ||
I would suggest the following programs: General English (British): Speak out (Pearson Longman) (up to C1) http://www.pearsonlongman.com/speakout/ Among the many courses I have seen so far, this one has impressed me the most. It is a very recent product, and different kinds of learning material are available; for instance, you may want to purchase the Activity book, which is an interactive DVDrom featuring the entire Student's book in digital form, and including the audio recordings, all the videos and related transcriptions. In case you need an advanced grammar, I'd suggest Michael Vince's “Advanced Language Practice with key” (MacMillan) In order to further improve your English beyond the advanced level, you may find useful the series “Everyday English” by Steve Collins http://www.learnenglishadvanced.com/ This is an amazing course of three textbooks and audio which is getting positive feedback from students for its effectiveness. In fact, this course differs much from the many collections of phrasal verbs and idioms it is possible to find nowadays on the market, firstly, because it teaches really useful terms and expressions, and not weird words and phrases that even native speakers are sometimes oblivious of. Then, it is appreciable the teaching method it uses, which implies a constant reiteration of concepts and vocabulary throughout the three books. As for C2, there isn't much out there, since, at that level, students prefer to focus on original native material (books and magazines, which are generally also available in audio edition, as well as a wealth of free online university courses and videos on a wide range of topics). But still, if you need some formal textbook, there is one I've come to appreciate: Objective Proficiency (Cambridge University Press) – Self-study Pack with student's book and audio. http://www.cambridge.org/gb/elt/catalogue/subject/project/it em7124741/Objective-Proficiency-2nd-Edition/?site_locale=en_ GB¤tSubjectID=382394 It is principally designed for the super-advanced students who want to take the Cambridge proficiency exam (CPE), but it should prove effective at preparing those who simply need an exceptional level of general English. Best regards. Edited by Luigi on 07 May 2013 at 7:25pm 6 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| roberto7 Newbie Joined 4229 days ago 25 posts - 27 votes Studies: English | Message 32 of 36 07 May 2013 at 8:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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@Luigi
Just "Woooooooow!" I'll look at these books definitely! Thanks a lot! As for native materials, I'm using them already but I need a kind of "formal study" which you've explained so far.. Thanks again:) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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