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| josht Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6444 days ago 635 posts - 857 votes  Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Spanish, Russian, Dutch | Message 1 of 10 25 May 2012 at 2:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm looking for opinions from people who are using / have used the brand new Russian with
Ease from Assimil, with the English base. As I understand, it's a translation of the French version, Le Russe. How does it measure up in comparison to the fairly poor "Le Russe sans peine"? Cheers! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4705 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 2 of 10 25 May 2012 at 3:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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I have no idea about the French version, but I do know that I really like the English base Russian with Ease that Assimil have made. So much, in fact, that I've made it to lesson 79 in 79 days!
It's really good, it's Assimil. There are a few bugs and some translations are too free, but other than that, it's great. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| josht Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6444 days ago 635 posts - 857 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Spanish, Russian, Dutch | Message 3 of 10 25 May 2012 at 3:26pm | IP Logged | ||
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tarvos: Thanks for the input. Did you order it directly from Assimil?
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| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4705 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 4 of 10 25 May 2012 at 3:49pm | IP Logged | ||
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Yes, I did.
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| Wulfgar Senior Member United States Joined 4669 days ago 404 posts - 791 votes Speaks: English* | Message 5 of 10 26 May 2012 at 7:55am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm on 85 in the first wave and 36 in the second. This is the first time I've used Assimil as my main course, and I'm doing it
the way they suggest. I'm going to complete this course, and then I'll try to give a thorough review. But I will say a few words now. Basically, the Assimil method, as spelled out, doesn't work well for me. The method tends to be more passive than most, and I've never been a good passive learner. If you have used Assimil before with good results, and feel the method is sound, then the Russian course will probably be better suited for you. But keep in mind that for English speakers, Russian is pretty "grammar intensive", and don't be surprised if you'll need to supplement Assimil more than you did for a less intensive language. I could be wrong about that. Maybe the French program would have been just as poor for me if I had used it. Out of Penguin, Modern, Princeton and Assimil, the best course for me is Penguin. 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4705 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 6 of 10 26 May 2012 at 11:14am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm not too fussed with the intricate details of the grammar. I do make some mistakes with it (everybody does) but in general I don't get carried away when I do because I have studied German for four and Latin for five years respectively, thus cases and odd constructions weren't new to me.
And I always supplement what I do with something else. Edited by tarvos on 26 May 2012 at 11:15am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| fabriciocarraro Hexaglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Brazil russoparabrasileirosRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4713 days ago 989 posts - 1454 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishB2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French Studies: Dutch, German, Japanese | Message 7 of 10 26 May 2012 at 3:20pm | IP Logged | ||
I'm on lesson 23 now with the new Russian With Ease, and I'm really liking it! Assimil's approach works for me, but I agree with Wulfgar here. The best Russian course for me is still Penguin. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| ericblair Senior Member United States Joined 4709 days ago 480 posts - 700 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 8 of 10 27 May 2012 at 5:32am | IP Logged | ||
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Today was Lesson 13 for me in Russian With Ease from the English base. I am emnjoying it
so far. I'm doing the old Dutch w/ Ease directions with it and doing it once in the morning and once at night most days (though today I was packing up for a move tomorrow and was helping a friend buy a car, so once may have to suffice). I am enjoying it so far. After I take the FSOT and LSAT next month, I will likely begin digging into the Penguin course as I think I'll have enough exposure to vocab and such for it all to make sense. Long story short, I'd say you get it based off my experience so far. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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