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| Amun Triglot Groupie Netherlands Joined 5057 days ago 52 posts - 72 votes  Speaks: Dutch*, English, French Studies: Spanish | Message 1 of 10 25 July 2012 at 8:00pm | IP Logged |
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I like the comprehensive FSI/Platiquemos approach. However, I want to learn
Peninsular/European Spanish and not Latin American Spanish (yes, I know they are close, but still). What are good alternatives for FSI/Platiquemos? PS. I'm already using Assimil, but don’t feel like it’s ''complete''. I need something similar to FSI but focused on European Spanish. Thank you in advance. :) Edited by Amun on 25 July 2012 at 11:42pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| James29 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5374 days ago 1265 posts - 2113 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 2 of 10 26 July 2012 at 3:04am | IP Logged |
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I cannot really answer your question, but don't forget that there is an advanced Assimil book/audio combo for Spanish (Using Spanish). I have also read that some of the comprehensive Linguaphone courses are peninsular.
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| Amun Triglot Groupie Netherlands Joined 5057 days ago 52 posts - 72 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, French Studies: Spanish | Message 3 of 10 27 July 2012 at 8:49am | IP Logged |
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I read that the modern Linguaphone courses are pretty bad and only the old ones were
good. Not sure if this is completely true. It would be nice if someone could clarify this for me. Also, any other course suggestions are welcome. Edited by Amun on 27 July 2012 at 8:50am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5452 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 4 of 10 27 July 2012 at 10:47am | IP Logged |
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You could try to find an old Linguaphone Spanish course on Ebay.
There was a discussion about new vs. old Spanish Linguaphone only a couple of days ago in this thread: Spanish Linguaphone 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Amun Triglot Groupie Netherlands Joined 5057 days ago 52 posts - 72 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, French Studies: Spanish | Message 5 of 10 28 July 2012 at 8:24pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks for the info! I just bought an older (70s) Linguaphone Peninsular Spanish course.
Hopefully it will be good! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Random review Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5782 days ago 781 posts - 1310 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin, Yiddish, German | Message 6 of 10 29 July 2012 at 1:35am | IP Logged |
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Sadly I do not know of an FSI style program for European Spanish. The nearest I can
think of is Hugo's Spanish in 3 months. I have the old Linguaphone Spanish course and it's nothing like FSI and won't give you anything you can't get from Assimil IMO. How far did you get with FSI? It doesn't neglect European Spanish completely, for instance it does drill the vosotros verb forms (which are only used in Spain). How are you using Assimil? You can make it a little more intense by shadowing while reading the Spanish text. You can make it a lot more intense (roughly as intense as the FSI drills IMO) by shadowing whilst reading the English text. You can make it extremely intense (and very tiring) by shadowing without the book. You can combine all three depending on your energy levels, of course. I see you are Dutch, can you use German as a base language? I have the impression that German programs tend to be more practice based. You can trial some of them on a certain well-known internet site and if you find one suitable you can then order it from amazon.de. Edited by Random review on 29 July 2012 at 1:36am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Amun Triglot Groupie Netherlands Joined 5057 days ago 52 posts - 72 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, French Studies: Spanish | Message 7 of 10 29 July 2012 at 1:51am | IP Logged |
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@Random review,
Unfortunately my German is not that good, even though I understand most of it due to Dutch I wouldn't be able to follow detailed instructions in it as I never studied it. Regarding the old Linguaphone courses, so they are similar to Assimil? Hmm.. I have read many positive reviews on them and Dr Arguelles even recommends using them together with Assimil. So it must be good. The reason why I don't want to use Latin American based material is that I want to develop an Iberian accent in Spanish. So I want to stick to Iberian Spanish material in the initial stages of my Spanish learning curve. When I was learning English I was mainly exposed to American material and now have a pseudo-American accent I can't seem to get rid off. So I don't want to make the same mistake again. Edited by Amun on 29 July 2012 at 1:58am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Random review Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5782 days ago 781 posts - 1310 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin, Yiddish, German | Message 8 of 10 29 July 2012 at 2:00am | IP Logged |
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The Linguaphone course is good, it's just nothing like FSI. Coming from the UK I find
American accents very pleasant to listen to, a good example is that of Luca Lampariello. An English accent is not welcome everywhere either- be warned. There are definitely parts of the UK where you'd be glad you speak with an American and not an English accent. With your new information I actually DO think I have a solution for you. Forget about FSI for now and just master Assimil. When you have mastered Assimil go through FSI and you should find that your accent does not change. I think someone on here described learning Brazilian Portuguese and later successfully shadowing the Assimil European Portuguese course in this Brazilian accent! Edited by Random review on 29 July 2012 at 2:02am 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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