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| kyukumber Newbie Japan Joined 3732 days ago 11 posts - 30 votes | Message 17 of 26 25 July 2015 at 6:23pm | IP Logged |
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I should've mentioned this earlier but those CD1/CD2 zip files are INCLUDED in the "insert your language".zip files. I included them just for the sake of being thorough. I apologise for any incovenience caused by my incompetence and lack of foresight. I have taken the time to edit them out and fix some errors, then reuploaded it here:
http://www59.zippyshare.com/v/OEExRbmg/file.html If you want the option of seperate download for each CD, here it is: http://www59.zippyshare.com/v/KT0WpuWn/file.html Had I not enjoyed making lists, It all Could've been avoided, but darn it, I like it and you can't deny. Edited by kyukumber on 25 July 2015 at 6:30pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5007 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes  Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 18 of 26 05 August 2015 at 10:52pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks for all the info.
One question. Are the foolow up Colloquial 2 courses worth it? What level do the lead to, at least approximately? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| neumanc Diglot Newbie Germany Joined 5010 days ago 11 posts - 41 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Dutch | Message 19 of 26 06 August 2015 at 2:17am | IP Logged |
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Just for your information, even though Croatian is not (yet?) listed on the website, you can
download the audio for Colloquial Croatian if you access the language via the world map. I did so today and the download worked just fine. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Speakeasy Senior Member Canada Joined 4050 days ago 507 posts - 1098 votes Studies: German | Message 20 of 26 06 August 2015 at 2:19am | IP Logged |
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Hi Cavesa,
I have the “follow-up” Routledge Colloquial Level 2 courses for German, Italian, and Spanish. They provide more advanced dialogues. They also provide a somewhat greater grammatical discussion of the materials. For the courses that I purchased, I would say that they cover – very roughly – materials up to about the B1 level. I find that they are somewhat hampered by the fact that they include only 2 CDs of audio recordings. However, they often include free access to “companion websites” for non-audio exercise materials. Answering your question “are they worth it?” is not easy. I really enjoyed the Routledge Colloquial Level 2 courses that I purchased and I would recommend them “in isolation”. However, when I purchased them, I was fully aware that alternate materials existed for German, Italian, and Spanish such Assimil, Linguaphone, and FSI, all of which provide more dialogues, more audio, and all of which will take the student to the B2+ levels. Because I enjoyed them, and because I wish Routledge goodwill in their chosen business, it pains me to say the Routledge Colloquial Level 2 courses are “good in isolation from the known alternatives” but that, given the existence of known alternatives, they are “not quite worth it” and that one would be better off using the alternative course materials. Gawd, it hurts to say that! 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5007 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 21 of 26 06 August 2015 at 7:24pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks!
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| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5164 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 22 of 26 07 August 2015 at 3:20pm | IP Logged |
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I've used Colloquial Russian 2 and Colloquial Mandarin 2. I skipped Colloquial French 2 and Colloquial German 2 because I don't think they offered anything I couldn't get from more text-intensive resources or native materials. The two I used excel in presenting current topics on business, news, transportation etc. I even found the Russian one still harder and it was a bit troublesome to use because I didn't have a properly OCR'ed version and there are no translations for the texts. The Mandarin one is among the best textbooks I've used (nicer than the Russian one even though one is always supposed to find an IE language easier, go figure).
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| jpazzz Groupie United States Joined 5043 days ago 54 posts - 76 votes Studies: Russian | Message 23 of 26 20 August 2015 at 9:41am | IP Logged |
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Hello Expurgnator,
I don't know the meaning of "OCR'ed". Could you please explain? Thanks, John 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6907 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 24 of 26 20 August 2015 at 10:48am | IP Logged |
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OCR - optical character regognition. For instance, some pdf books are OCR-scanned, which means that text is treated as text. Usually it's possible to search, highlight, copy etc. A good OCR scan is just as reliable as a real ebook. Writing systems are shown as intended.
Non-OCR scans take up a lot of space, since the pages are images. Edited by jeff_lindqvist on 20 August 2015 at 6:37pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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