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| ChiaBrain Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5750 days ago 402 posts - 512 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish* Studies: Portuguese, Italian, French Studies: German | Message 9 of 19 10 May 2012 at 2:04pm | IP Logged | ||
Ya, I might still use it when I can't look at a book (ie: jogging, shopping) if I have nothing better. It really does burn those phrases into your mind and I can only listen to the Assimil CDs so many times and they have no explanations. I'm definitely going to have to start using French in Action at home though. It looks really cool from what I've seen of it. Bonne chance avec vos études et merci pour votre visite! Edited by ChiaBrain on 10 May 2012 at 2:19pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ChiaBrain Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5750 days ago 402 posts - 512 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish* Studies: Portuguese, Italian, French Studies: German | Message 10 of 19 15 May 2012 at 3:56am | IP Logged | ||
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I've finished up to and including:
Michel Thomas - Disk 7 Paul Noble - part one Pimsleur 1 - up to half of #5 I realize Paul Noble and MT are rather redundant but I'm interested in comparing. I have to say, I do like losing the students for the native speaker. Its painful to have to hear them struggle. Its convenient to be able to use these audio based methods while exercising but I do find myself wanting to see text and tables to confirm and affirm what I'm learning. I'm considering going to Quebec in September. I'd like to have at least basic travel phrases down. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ChiaBrain Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5750 days ago 402 posts - 512 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish* Studies: Portuguese, Italian, French Studies: German | Message 11 of 19 17 May 2012 at 6:34am | IP Logged | ||
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Quick update before bed.
Pimsleur 1 - completed lesson #6 at work. I may want to re-listen on my own time so I can answer the prompts out loud but then again the material is re-hashed in future lessons. Michel Thomas - Disk 8, Track 9 completed I will use the review for the prompts. I'd like to do more Assimil but I feel compelled to do Pimsleur as I want to have a lot of active vocabulary and phrases for when I visit Quebec. I'm considering getting Berlitz - French for your Trip. Edited by ChiaBrain on 17 May 2012 at 6:36am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| microsnout TAC 2010 Winner Senior Member Canada microsnout.wordpress Joined 5413 days ago 277 posts - 553 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 12 of 19 17 May 2012 at 6:58am | IP Logged | ||
This may be a better phrase book for your trip: Le québécois pour mieux voyager 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
 songlines Pro Member Canada flickr.com/photos/cp Joined 5151 days ago 729 posts - 1056 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French Personal Language Map | Message 13 of 19 17 May 2012 at 8:59am | IP Logged | ||
Thanks for the trip-tip, Microsnout. I've added it to my "liste cadeaux". ChiaBrain: new copies are currently significantly cheaper on Amazon.ca than on Amazon.com : $9.95 (Cdn) vs. $22.47 . Amazon.ca also ships from Canada, whereas I notice that the new dot-com copy on sale is coming from France, so postage costs for the former should be lower too (since neither qualify for free "domestic shipping" to the U.S.). Edited by songlines on 17 May 2012 at 9:00am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| ChiaBrain Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5750 days ago 402 posts - 512 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish* Studies: Portuguese, Italian, French Studies: German | Message 14 of 19 20 May 2012 at 6:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for the tips, folks.
I also found this link: http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu/collection/lm_canada/ca_in dex.html Quick update: I finished Michel Thomas and did some of the review CD. I also did lessons 1 - 3 of French in Action which I loved. FiA is a trip! Normally at this point I would focus on input with Assimil and French in Action but since I'm going to need some output soon I think I'll continue with Michel Thomas, Paul Noble, Pimsleur and get both those phrasebooks. The one has audio which I can use for shadowing and the other will give me specifics for le Francais Quebecois. Also checking out... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_French#Overview_of_the_r elation_to_European_French http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_French_lexicon Edited by ChiaBrain on 20 May 2012 at 10:33pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ChiaBrain Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5750 days ago 402 posts - 512 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish* Studies: Portuguese, Italian, French Studies: German | Message 15 of 19 24 May 2012 at 6:27am | IP Logged | ||
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Completed Michel Thomas Review CD 1 today. I missed more than I wanted to but I was able
to understand why my output was incorrect. I also listened to some RFI Journale in Francais Facile. I'm thinking about doing FSI French FAST next. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ChiaBrain Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5750 days ago 402 posts - 512 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish* Studies: Portuguese, Italian, French Studies: German | Message 16 of 19 13 June 2012 at 2:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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Been awhile, but I've been studying even if not as regularly as would be ideal.
I've completed lesson 10 of Pimsleur 1 and lesson 5 of Assimil. I'm planning on continuing with those and also with Michel Thomas. I do like his explanations even if listening to his student's responses can be painful. With Pimsleur I don't always respond to the prompts mostly because I am semi-occupied (exercising, shopping, cleaning) when I do the lessons. I might try pausing it or going back when this happens. I've also been doing a lot of unstructured learning consisting mostly of: asking myself how I'd say something, reading any French text I come across and listening to French news, usually RFI's Journal en Francais Facile. Edited by ChiaBrain on 13 June 2012 at 2:11pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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