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| Necronos Newbie United States Joined 4478 days ago 37 posts - 41 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 9 of 31 17 April 2012 at 7:41am | IP Logged |
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I just finished Lesson 13 on Pimsleur Spanish I. I think following along with the
transcript was a good decision, I'm not struggling to recall a world later in the lesson after I have seen how it looks. I also went over the transcript for Lesson 12 this evening. I thought it would be faster than listening to the audio but it turned out to take the same time. I guess I won't be saving time doing it this way, but at least I can put the transcript down when I'm disturbed by others. It was nice that Lesson 13 introduced more ways to say the time, I need to just learn all the vocab. for time since I'll be able to use it so much at work. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| dbag Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4871 days ago 605 posts - 1046 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 10 of 31 17 April 2012 at 6:20pm | IP Logged |
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I definitely think going over a transcript is worth while. I would have learnt things a
lot quicker had I glanced at one occasionally. For example I thought that the phrase " me ha dicho" was something like "maya dicho", which confused me no end. So I wasted months by not learning an essential part of Spanish grammar upfront. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Gatsby42 Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4490 days ago 55 posts - 72 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 11 of 31 17 April 2012 at 6:30pm | IP Logged |
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Interesting. I haven't needed a transcript for Pimsleur so far since mostly everything
has been review(save for a couple words), but I suppose it would be handy when the material starts to go past my current level. Where does one find a transcript? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Necronos Newbie United States Joined 4478 days ago 37 posts - 41 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 12 of 31 17 April 2012 at 11:05pm | IP Logged |
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The transcripts are really helping me connect with how words are spelled, and should help
me when I start reading more in Spanish. It is making reviewing past lessons a lot easier too. @Gatsby42 if you PM me your email address then I can send you the transcripts that I have 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Necronos Newbie United States Joined 4478 days ago 37 posts - 41 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 13 of 31 20 April 2012 at 3:55am | IP Logged |
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In the last two days I spent 1 hour each with Lesson 14 and with Lesson 15. I have to
admit that I'm beginning to get a little bored with Pimsleur at the moment, and so rather than slogging thought the rest of Spanish I, I'm going to take a break and switch to Michel Thomas's Foundation Spanish. I was planning on pushing through with all of Spanish I before May 1st but I wasn't enjoying it as much as I once was. I wasn't as focused as I could have been during Lesson 15, even when I repeated it today I was still having some difficulty being attentive. Rather than let my studies slide, I'll take a change of scenery and try Michel Thomas. It was a toss up between trying Michel Thomas or Paul Noble next. Since most people feel that Noble ripped off Thomas, I figured I owed it to Thomas to do his course first! Cool moment with Spanish - I have now the ability to say the time using military format, and I've been taking every chance that I can both last night and today! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Necronos Newbie United States Joined 4478 days ago 37 posts - 41 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 14 of 31 21 April 2012 at 7:16am | IP Logged |
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Wow! I just finished the first CD on Michel Thomas Spanish Foundation and I'm loving it.
MT's approach is clicking with me and I'm already feeling the gears finally align in my head. So much has just come together in that 1 hour that I'm completely dumb struck. I can't wait to dive into the 2nd CD tomorrow. I plan on doing a CD a day for the complete Foundation course and then repeating it, probably at a faster pace. I'm not too fond of MT's slurpy voice, and the dumb student is so DUMB, but the method is so completely FANTASTIC I can't help but to love it all. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Necronos Newbie United States Joined 4478 days ago 37 posts - 41 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 15 of 31 22 April 2012 at 1:53am | IP Logged |
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I finished the 2nd CD of MT Foundation, and since I'm earlier than usual, I'm really
tempted to start the 3rd CD. Hopefully I can put off that temptation and work through the booklet to hammer home what I've learned so far in the first 2 CD's. There is a lot of information crammed into such a small period of time, I'm thinking I could really benefit from drilling it so I can get more comfortable and get my recall, and my ability to speak the new phrases and such, faster. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Necronos Newbie United States Joined 4478 days ago 37 posts - 41 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 16 of 31 22 April 2012 at 7:23am | IP Logged |
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I found a copy of 'Spanish for Reading', and I've started going though it tonight.
Granted, I was sitting in front of the TV while going through the introduction/pronunciation/cognates section (it was my wife's shows, so I wasn't too distracted from the text!), but it does seem to offer something that I was worried I wouldn't get as well as I wanted from the courses that I am currently working through. (Michel Thomas, Pimsleur) With the Super Challenge approaching, I was looking for reading material that I could start reading and working through, but the idea of using a dictionary for almost every sentence is just frustrating. I've found plenty of material at the library, and downloaded some free Spanish texts to my Kindle, so now I'm only lacking in the reading department. Hopefully the couple of weeks/months it takes me to get through 'Spanish for Reading' will give me the ability that I need. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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