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| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6583 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes  Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 9 of 21 20 January 2010 at 5:13am | IP Logged | |||||
There's a free program call Audacity in which you can run an effect called "truncate silence" on a piece of audio, which removes any long pauses (you set the maximum pause duration manually and it locates and removes the pauses for you). It's very handy and also gives you a good look at the value you get for your money. A 30-minute Pimsleur lesson shrinks down to 11-12 minutes! Note that you need the beta version of Audacity to be able to use truncate silence. 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| psy88 Senior Member United States Joined 5592 days ago 469 posts - 882 votes Studies: Spanish*, Japanese, Latin, French | Message 10 of 21 20 January 2010 at 5:45am | IP Logged | |||||
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MichaelM204351,
Thanks for the reply. I am breathing a sigh of relief. After not getting any replies after a week, I decided ,just yesterday, to order the program anyway. I feel encouraged by your success with the program. Any additional tips on using it would be appreciated. I anticipate receiving the program in a day or two. Thanks. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6152 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 11 of 21 08 April 2011 at 12:45pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I was wondering if Cortina would produce audio for all their courses. Unfortunately it seems they won't.
------------------------------------------------------------ ---- From: Magdalen Livesey Sent: 07 April 2011 20:41 Subject: Cortina Russian No, I’m sorry, we have no plans to create a Russian audio course. ------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Edited by DaraghM on 08 April 2011 at 12:46pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| hobbitofny Senior Member United States Joined 6234 days ago 280 posts - 408 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian | Message 12 of 21 08 April 2011 at 2:53pm | IP Logged | |||||
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There are records for the Russian. However, I have not been able to find a set. They date back to the 1950s. Has anyone got a set?
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| TerryW Senior Member United States Joined 6358 days ago 370 posts - 783 votes Speaks: English* | Message 13 of 21 08 April 2011 at 4:15pm | IP Logged | |||||
You chop out the silent spaces where you're supposed to answer? That's not "The Pimsleur Method," that's "Pimsleur's Digest"! ;-) Is that for when you're good enough to shadow right over the spoken answer immediately? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| garyb Triglot Senior Member ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5208 days ago 1468 posts - 2413 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, French Studies: Spanish | Message 14 of 21 08 April 2011 at 6:02pm | IP Logged | |||||
I find it useful for revising lessons I've previously done while on the go. Not so much use for doing lessons for the first time, although if you don't mind pressing the pause button after every question it can let you fit a lot more lessons onto your MP3 player... 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| kmart Senior Member Australia Joined 6125 days ago 194 posts - 400 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian | Message 15 of 21 09 April 2011 at 10:05am | IP Logged | |||||
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Can anyone tell me what level the Maaster Linguist course takes you to? The website states "intermediate", but that could mean ANYTHING in salesman jargon!
Being already at an intermediate level (B1-B2), I'd like to know if there's anything extra to be gained from the course. ;-) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| MichaelM204351 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5445 days ago 151 posts - 173 votes Speaks: English*, Biblical Hebrew Studies: Modern Hebrew, German, Spanish | Message 16 of 21 09 April 2011 at 5:04pm | IP Logged | |||||
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If you're at a B1, you could probably gain a little, but if you're at a B2 it's probably not worth it... If I were you, I would just get the book at amazon (you can get them for about a dollar). That way you could go through it quickly and gain whatever you can, while simply reviewing what you already know...
This is what I did with German and it was very helpful. Essentially, it is just a collection of dialogs. So, if you can read the dialog easily and without too much difficulty repeat the dialog in the target language while reading the English side, move on to the next dialog. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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