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| Footnoted Newbie United States Joined 4860 days ago 35 posts - 42 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 1 of 16 11 September 2011 at 5:08pm | IP Logged | ||
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I am using Assimil for about 75% of my French study and while I am enjoyiing it I have to say that there is
not enough repetition for me to truly absorb most of the lessons. I find that making flashcards for key vocab and idiomatic phrases helps me tremendously as does writing out the lessons, but then I wonder if this means my learning style must not be suited to the Assimil's philosophy and maybe I should focus on other programs. Any comments would be appreciated. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jazzboy.bebop Senior Member Norway norwegianthroughnove Joined 5421 days ago 439 posts - 800 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Norwegian | Message 2 of 16 11 September 2011 at 5:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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Assimil courses can be used in many different ways. They generally have good content and a good progression in content and doing what you want to help ensure you better assimilate the lessons should in know way mean that you should stop using Assimil.
I am finding the New French With Ease a fantastic course and as I am now going through the active wave I am making flaschards to help me remember the vocabulary better. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5568 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 3 of 16 11 September 2011 at 9:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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Why don't you save yourself the bother and wasted time of making cards and go back and review old lessons on regular basis? The book is small enough to carry around.
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| TMoneytron Groupie United States Joined 4864 days ago 70 posts - 83 votes Studies: German | Message 4 of 16 11 September 2011 at 9:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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I actually find it is a good idea to mix up the content. I put the words in as I go along. I have about 500 through lesson 68.
You can get a little locked into seeing the words in a particular context, adding some randomness to it does help. For example, I saw Ehe on Anki and didn't know what it was until I thought back to lesson 47. You should be training yourself to not think back to Assimil, but to automatically know what the word means. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| mikonai Diglot Senior Member United States weirdnamewriting.bloRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4932 days ago 178 posts - 281 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Swahili, German | Message 5 of 16 12 September 2011 at 12:10am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm also using flashcards (Anki) with Assimil. Thus far I've found it to be a good
course, but I do best with a mix of content. Whether or not it strictly follows the Assimil philosophy, I find it works better for me, and that's really all that matters for me. I find that using flash cards to pop the word up and make me think of it every once in a while is helpful, so I use flash cards. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4892 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 6 of 16 12 September 2011 at 3:26am | IP Logged | ||
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I just updated my Anki flashcards for the last 20+ lessons from Assimil (42-62), and I've
been amazed how much vocabulary is in there. I'm with you: there isn't enough repetition for me to really remember all that vocabulary. I've also noticed that I might understand a word in the context of the Assimil dialogue, but that I've needed to use a dictionary to enter the core definition. This is new - I didn't notice this in the first dozen lessons. I find the flashcards very helpful, both creating them and using them. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| misslanguages Diglot Senior Member France fluent-language.blog Joined 4849 days ago 190 posts - 217 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: German | Message 7 of 16 12 September 2011 at 3:33am | IP Logged | ||
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Flash cards are always useful!
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| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6553 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 8 of 16 12 September 2011 at 4:43am | IP Logged | ||
Only on the 7th planet from the sun. On Earth, they aren't of much use to someone who has reached her goals, for example. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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