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| paisley Groupie United States Joined 5714 days ago 59 posts - 60 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin | Message 1 of 37 05 April 2009 at 1:33am | IP Logged |
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I did a search but can't find anyone who has used the program yet, other than the brief demo on their website.
i'm about done my pimsleur III, am working through my rosetta stone and am curious about Fluenz. (studying Spanish) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| global_gizzy Senior Member United States maxcollege.blogspot. Joined 5705 days ago 275 posts - 310 votes Studies: Spanish | Message 2 of 37 14 April 2009 at 8:43pm | IP Logged |
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Nope, sorry. I only heard of it today. About 2 hours ago.
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| hoseline Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5691 days ago 10 posts - 11 votes | Message 3 of 37 28 April 2009 at 8:02pm | IP Logged |
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not at all what is it?
I use free resources on the internet though like http://www.econtrader.com http://www.elanguagelearning.com they should help you out free of charge 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Solomon224 Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5681 days ago 4 posts - 4 votes | Message 4 of 37 11 May 2009 at 11:12pm | IP Logged |
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not tried it but came very close to buying Mandarin Fluenz.
But in email i was told only 300 words are taught. this is great for absolute beginners. But because i finished Pimsleur - it seems useless for me. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| GoingGoingGone Newbie United States Joined 5670 days ago 28 posts - 39 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, French, Swedish, Mandarin | Message 5 of 37 19 May 2009 at 1:37pm | IP Logged |
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I tried Rosetta Stone Spanish and was not happy with it at all. The sessions were the same boring, repetitive activity over and over, and all it taught me were random words that would not be useful if I travelled like "red" and "ball", etc. It did not teach me how to build a sentence or grammar. There was also no cultural immersion - just the same pictures of people that are on OTHER languages such as Mandarin and Swahili. I was so bored and uninspired I quit.
Since then I have found Fluenz - a MUCH better self teaching program you can do on your computer. It teaches useful information, how to build a sentence. It offers many different activities so that you never get bored. It shows you people and places in the countries of the language you are studying instead of "generic" people. It is fun, inspiring, and useful. On the Fluenz website you can try it for free without even registering or giving any personal information. As soon as I tried it I was completely hooked, and now I want all of their languages! And it costs less than Rosetta Stone! Edited by GoingGoingGone on 19 May 2009 at 1:38pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Akipenda Lugha Diglot Groupie Canada Joined 5740 days ago 78 posts - 82 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Swahili, Sign Language, Spanish | Message 6 of 37 19 May 2009 at 6:16pm | IP Logged |
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I looked at the preview on their website. I think it will be successful if it is well
marketed. It seems to mix aspects of a classroom experience with rosetta-stone like activities. For a beginner it would give you a strong foundation to build off of when you're finished it. I would consider getting it for a non indo-european language like Mandarin. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 6013 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 7 of 37 19 May 2009 at 11:04pm | IP Logged |
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I've done the Mandarin demo and if it wasn't for the price I'd have bought the Chinese course by now. Or maybe if the demo had been a bit longer. I'm certainly intrigued by the way it's presented -- it seems kind of halfway between Michel Thomas and Pimsleur....
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| Kugel Senior Member United States Joined 6540 days ago 497 posts - 555 votes Speaks: English* | Message 8 of 37 22 October 2009 at 6:09pm | IP Logged |
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Does the Mandarin course really only have 300 words?
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