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| dbag Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5021 days ago 605 posts - 1046 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 1 of 8 14 August 2012 at 9:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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Anyone used the Advanced English Assimil for Spanish Speakers? I'm thinking of buying a
copy (book only) just for some more advanced Spanish materials. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Heriotza Groupie Dominican Republic Joined 4679 days ago 48 posts - 71 votes Speaks: Spanish* | Message 2 of 8 14 August 2012 at 10:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don't quite understand what you are trying to do. But I suppose it's not going to work. Isn't there an Assimil Using Spanish for English speakers?
I tried to use Assimil Inglés Perfeccionamiento a while ago and it doesn't worked, perhaps because I was already advance in English. A thing to bare in mind is that the translations of the Assimil courses(in this case from English to Spanish) use a lot of unidiomatic "expressions" to ilustrate particular grammar point of the target language. So, using an Assimil method in the invere way is not exactly the wisest thing to do. Edited by Heriotza on 14 August 2012 at 10:47pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| dbag Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5021 days ago 605 posts - 1046 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 3 of 8 14 August 2012 at 11:41pm | IP Logged | ||
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Yep, I have "Using Spanish" and its awesome. I wouldn't use "Ingles Perfeccionamento"
as a main method! I just wouldn't mind getting the book for a laugh, and seeing how the English compares with the Spanish. 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 4 of 8 15 August 2012 at 1:02am | IP Logged | ||
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I read through the old L'anglais sans peine and found it relatively profitable for adding to my French as well as
quite funny. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| James29 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5374 days ago 1265 posts - 2113 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 5 of 8 15 August 2012 at 3:30am | IP Logged | ||
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I have two friends who are using the "with ease" American English course and really like it a lot, but I don't know anything about the advanced version.
There are also Ingles Esencial Nivel Avanzado and Ingles Mas Alla de lo Basico both by Living Language. I have looked at the beyond the basics one and it seems like it is the same exact level of the Spanish course for English speakers (roughly equivalent to the tougher with ease dialogues). Those living language books can be picked up very cheap here in the US and are in every bookstore and library. Also, the "new" 100 lesson Assimil Spanish course for English speakers will be out next year. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| rasta87 Diglot Newbie Colombia Joined 5510 days ago 13 posts - 21 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Persian, French | Message 6 of 8 15 August 2012 at 7:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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I imagine you might get a little bit out of it but it would only be like using an
inferior Spanish-english reader. The real value of assimil is in the target language audio which you can listen to and repeat. With ingles perfeccionamiento you won't have that. I'd say your better off using authentic Spanish materials, underline what you don't know as you go and at the end of each chapter get on wordreference.com to translate it all, then depending on your comprehension the first time, read the chapter again. Good luck! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| dbag Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5021 days ago 605 posts - 1046 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 7 of 8 15 August 2012 at 11:59pm | IP Logged | ||
Thanks for the advice, but I'm not trying to use it as a main method of study. I'm just thinking of buying the book for a laugh and wondered if anyone else had done the same. Thanks though. @james29 Thanks for those suggestions, I will probably pick up one or two of those at some point if I find them cheap. I'm very interested to see if the new "with ease" is as good as the old! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| James29 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5374 days ago 1265 posts - 2113 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 8 of 8 16 August 2012 at 3:02am | IP Logged | ||
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I have been tempted to buy the audio of the "new" Assimil course and just wait for the book. That may be something fun for you considering your Spanish is certainly at a level where you could listen and follow the dialogues without the book. The audio is, of course, the same audio they use for the other base languages.
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