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Diglot
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Message 17 of 19

27 June 2012 at 2:08am | IP Logged

gravityguy wrote:

Random review, you mention that there are various ways to study Assimil. How can I find
out what these methods are? I had no idea that there were different approaches. I did
see someone talking about passive waves and active waves but assumed that was part of
the course. Is this not the case?

Yes, that is Assimil's recommended way. Then there is Professor Arguelles' recommended
way, which you can find in his subforum. I think it is the best way, but for a couple
of reasons I've had to modify it for my purposes, this makes it slightly less effective
(but still very powerful) but more practical for my circumstances. Basically I shadow
with the target language text in front of me first, then with the English text and
finally without the text (this is the opposite way from what he recommends). I also
mostly skip the scriptorium step...but out of laziness, not because I think it's
rubbish. I learnt a lot from how James29 used Assimil, you might
want to read his log.

Do a google serarch for htlal forum and Assimil and you'll find loads of other
suggestions.

Edited by Random review on 27 June 2012 at 2:10am
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dampingwire
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Message 18 of 19

29 June 2012 at 11:13pm | IP Logged

gravityguy wrote:

Enough for one night though, I've had a stinking hangover all day
after the England-
Italy football match last night - England lost after extra time and then on penalties :
(

Look on the bright side - you can cheer your newly adopted team in their own language on
Sunday (Forza Italia!) :-)

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gravityguy
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Message 19 of 19

30 June 2012 at 3:42pm | IP Logged

dampingwire wrote:

gravityguy wrote:

Enough for one night though, I've had a
stinking hangover all day
after the England-
Italy football match last night - England lost after extra time and then on penalties :
(

Look on the bright side - you can cheer your newly adopted team in their own language
on
Sunday (Forza Italia!) :-)

haha yes, I couldn't believe the result of the semi's I fully expected Germany to go
through. I shall certainly be watching the match on Sunday. I may even drape the
Italian flag over my sofa in support! :D

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