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| zorglub Pentaglot Senior Member France Joined 7003 days ago 441 posts - 504 votes  1 sounds Speaks: French*, English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: German, Arabic (Written), Turkish, Mandarin | Message 1 of 22 22 May 2007 at 2:08pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm giving up with the new Assimil Arabic method. The audio part is talked so slow I can't repeat it, it's very unatural. I do not recommend it, contrary to usual Assimil programs.
I'll have to resort to Pimsleur Eastern Arabic 2 (level 3 should come next year they said) but that won't lead me as far as i would like. ANd I'm still to find a way to get it cheap ! EDIT. Look up my on December 29th 2008 post. Sorry, I'm changing my mind. Edited by zorglub on 29 December 2008 at 6:04am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| TDC Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6924 days ago 261 posts - 291 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin, French Studies: Esperanto, Ukrainian, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Persian | Message 2 of 22 22 May 2007 at 2:37pm | IP Logged | ||
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I haven't listened to it, but I would imagine they would speed up after a certain point right?
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| zorglub Pentaglot Senior Member France Joined 7003 days ago 441 posts - 504 votes 1 sounds Speaks: French*, English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: German, Arabic (Written), Turkish, Mandarin | Message 3 of 22 22 May 2007 at 2:43pm | IP Logged | ||
Nooo ! I realised they don't or so little. I hear a lot of arabic and they speak a different language, given the speed. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| The Log Groupie United Kingdom Joined 6583 days ago 57 posts - 58 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 4 of 22 23 May 2007 at 2:55pm | IP Logged | ||
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Couldn't you just speed it up with some software to get the speed you want? Don't some programs do it with without changing the pitch?
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| The Log Groupie United Kingdom Joined 6583 days ago 57 posts - 58 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 5 of 22 23 May 2007 at 3:10pm | IP Logged | ||
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By the way, what is the teaching language? I think the French and English versions are different so you might want to try the other one.
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| awake Senior Member United States Joined 6639 days ago 406 posts - 438 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Esperanto, Spanish | Message 6 of 22 24 May 2007 at 12:09am | IP Logged | ||
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Interestingly NPR (American public broadcasting radio) did a story on Assimil
a few years ago, greatly praising the method but generally indicating that the Arabic course is to be avoided. If you're curious, you can see the story at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5021582 I believe someone here (I think Ardaschir but I'm not positive) indicated that the Linguaphone Arabic course is much better (and uses a similar method). It may be worth looking into. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Zorndyke Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6961 days ago 374 posts - 382 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Czech | Message 7 of 22 24 May 2007 at 2:48am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm pretty sure zorglub refers to the new "Assimil - L'Arabe".
And I have listened to the audio and it is really unnaturally slow (and this also includes the last lessons). But I'm curious whether there were any additional reasons for you to drop the course apart from the speed of the dialogues, zorglub. Edited by Zorndyke on 24 May 2007 at 2:55am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| zorglub Pentaglot Senior Member France Joined 7003 days ago 441 posts - 504 votes 1 sounds Speaks: French*, English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: German, Arabic (Written), Turkish, Mandarin | Message 8 of 22 24 May 2007 at 4:51am | IP Logged | ||
Yes it's the new one and its English adaptation is still pending. The other reason is the voices are awful and they start with the very classic arabic endings that are not used nowadays, then switch to a more contemporary "standard" Arabic. And it looks quite grammary oriented, not "Assimil". ================================== QUOTE ""Interestingly NPR (American public broadcasting radio) did a story on Assimil a few years ago, greatly praising the method but generally indicating that the Arabic course is to be avoided. If you're curious, you can see the story ..."" I also had been told the previous version was a little bit of a "hairshirt way" , but I'll look at the story. ============================================ QUOTE; ""Couldn't you just speed it up with some software to get the speed you want? Don't some programs do it with without changing the pitch? "" I did try but the result is'nt good. ============== Thanks for your comments 1 person has voted this message useful |
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