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| ericblair Senior Member United States Joined 4709 days ago 480 posts - 700 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 9 of 17 30 June 2012 at 4:19am | IP Logged | |||||
Any input on this, anyone? 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Emme Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5345 days ago 980 posts - 1594 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian, Swedish, French | Message 10 of 17 01 July 2012 at 8:32pm | IP Logged | |||||
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@freedmo16 and @ericblair
I’m currently using L’Allemand by Maria Roemer, 2004; actually, I’m using its Italian edition: Il Tedesco – Collana Senza Sforzo adapted for Italian speakers by Manuela Benetton, 2006. It’s the one with Lesson 1 beginning:
and Lesson 50 beginning:
And yes, they do use the neue Rechtschreibung. So you have: dass, muss, Fluss, Schloss, Schluss, wie viel, heute Morgen, gestern Abend, Rad fahren, kennen lernen, spazieren gehen, auf Deutsch etc. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5563 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 11 of 17 01 July 2012 at 10:11pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I just finished the newest Assimil L'allemand course and I think it is great - for all
the fact it covers less ground than Without Toil and With Ease it covers more useful language, has better grammar explanations, nicer voices on the recording - but about all is much funnier and user friendly. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| ericblair Senior Member United States Joined 4709 days ago 480 posts - 700 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 12 of 17 03 July 2012 at 4:33pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Hey all,
I wrote to Assimil directly about the newest German course they have for sale and whether or not it has the new changes taken into consideration. The reply is as follows: "Thank you very much for your message. This is to confirm you that our course "German with ease" don't take into account the German reforms. We have just changed the cover of the book. We remain at your disposal for any further information. Best regards. Nathalie FROEHLY" Now we know :) 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5563 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 13 of 17 03 July 2012 at 6:09pm | IP Logged | |||||
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But it should be pointed out that 'German With Ease' in the English base (which now has
a picture of a blonde woman in her 20s and a schloss on the front) is not the same thing as their 'L'allemand - Collection sans peine' (which has a picture of a blonde girl with a German flag painted on her cheek and liebeskuchen) in the French base. The later does have the new spelling changes - just in case there is any further confusion. 4 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| eggcluck Senior Member China Joined 4699 days ago 168 posts - 278 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Japanese | Message 14 of 17 03 July 2012 at 7:37pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I have found newer courses have more blank space, shorter sentences, less interesting topics and a lower new vocabulary count. For that reason I suppourt buying older more content rich materials
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| ericblair Senior Member United States Joined 4709 days ago 480 posts - 700 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 15 of 17 03 July 2012 at 11:22pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Hmm, maybe I can get my German up to a high enough level I can use the French based
Assimil to learn German with the proper spelling. Oh wait, that'd defeat the purpose :P 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5563 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 16 of 17 04 July 2012 at 10:50am | IP Logged | |||||
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Not necessarily - after all you could use it for listening comprehension and shadowing
(ok - an expensive way to do these things, but hey!) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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