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| JPike1028 Triglot Senior Member United States piketransitions Joined 5397 days ago 297 posts - 337 votes  Speaks: English*, French, Italian Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic (Written), Swedish, Portuguese, Czech | Message 1 of 15 18 July 2011 at 11:04pm | IP Logged | ||
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Assuming the second level of Assimil is set up the same way, would it be okay to continue to do the passive wave
through that while still working through the active wave of the first level? Or will you run into overlap issues? 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5565 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 2 of 15 18 July 2011 at 11:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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Most certainly. Treat the two books as one series.
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 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6909 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 15 18 July 2011 at 11:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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I haven't worked with any second level book except the Chinese (which is divided into vol 1 and 2 - ~100 lessons in total). You should finish the last ~50 lessons actively anyway, and whether you do this separately or by doing lesson 1-49 from vol 2 at the same time (passively), shouldn't matter much.
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| dbag Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5022 days ago 605 posts - 1046 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 4 of 15 19 July 2011 at 12:24am | IP Logged | ||
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I was wondering about this some time ago. I finished my passive wave a little while back, and decided not to move onto the second volume.
It seems like there is quite a big jump in difficulty between the two volumes (I am using the Spanish volumes). The advanced level seems to deal with very fine shades of meaning. I decided that it would be best for me to become more comfortable with the level of language in the first volome before moving on. To be honest, I will need to spend a long time with the book even after completing the initial passive / active waves, to reach this point. I am actually glad that my passive wave is over, as it means I can concentrate on just one lesson a day. I found juggling two lessons a day became very challenging towards the end, and would sometimes feel I had completed neither to a satisfactory standard. Opinions on how long to spend with an Assimil course seem to differ widely on this forum. Prof A. advocates spending an hour a day for a year (365 hrs) whereas fanatic seems to actually be able to speak the language after just completing the active / passive waves. When you get to a certain point in the first book, you will probably know which is the right aproach for you. Edited by dbag on 19 July 2011 at 12:25am 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5575 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish*, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian | Message 5 of 15 19 July 2011 at 1:52am | IP Logged | ||
I have done the same my self. I find this method quite effective...I actually used three Assimil French courses in a row (with ease, using and business). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5565 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 6 of 15 19 July 2011 at 9:52am | IP Logged | ||
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Latinoboy how did you find the business course?
As to spending time with Assimil - I find that a 2nd active wave, or periodic random review really works well. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| chrisphillips71 Groupie United States Joined 5236 days ago 64 posts - 86 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 7 of 15 19 July 2011 at 11:36pm | IP Logged | ||
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I am curious, from where does everybody buy the second level of Assimil? It seems to me
that you can only buy it directly from Assimil. For what it is worth, I am in the US. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Random review Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5783 days ago 781 posts - 1310 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin, Yiddish, German | Message 8 of 15 19 July 2011 at 11:53pm | IP Logged | ||
I got mine from abe books. As you're from the U.S. you'd use their U.S. site Edited by Random review on 19 July 2011 at 11:54pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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