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| raxter Diglot Newbie Spain Joined 5711 days ago 13 posts - 13 votes Speaks: English, Spanish* Studies: German, Japanese | Message 1 of 6 26 July 2011 at 9:07pm | IP Logged |
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I took German in High Scool, so I have no knowledge of French at all, I will like you guys to recommend me some
useful books that can help me build a solid base. Also reading books like the Penguin Series in English. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| watupboy101 Diglot Groupie United States Joined 4903 days ago 65 posts - 81 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 2 of 6 30 July 2011 at 5:38pm | IP Logged |
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I'll tell you what I've heard on this site a lot.
1. Pimsleur* 2. Michel Thomas* 3. Assimil New French With Ease 4. FSI Basic French 5. L-R (throw in sometime with 3 and 4) Watch movies whenever you feel comfortable... Talk on busuu with people... Read magazines*. You should also give Lingq a try. * - stuff I've never done but I've heard good things about it. Hope this helps :) ps. AVOID ROSETTA STONE!!!!! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| 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 3 of 6 30 July 2011 at 6:53pm | IP Logged |
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I have found that the best way to go about self-learning if it is your first time is to explore as many options as
possible and then pick what works for you. I personally spent my first year trying different methods and finally settled on what worked best for me (MT and Assimil combo - pretty popular combo, btw). Some of the things I tried during my year included: Pimsleur MT Assimil FSI FLR L-R Hugo's "Three month" Word Lists/Anki LiveMocha Rosetta Stone (I got it for free from a friend) Byki LingQ etc. I think that the best thing to do is to search around on here and pick a couple of things to work with and then give them about a month or so and see what works best for you. I find language learning to be a very personal process and ultimately you have to discover what personally is your style of learning. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5009 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 4 of 6 31 July 2011 at 2:39pm | IP Logged |
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Depends on what approach do you like.
I'd recommend the Assimil, perhaps Vocabulaire progressif and/or Grammaire progressive (both are french made and have quite a lot of exercises. there are three levels of each) or other french-made sources. What about some Spanish textbook which might better use your advantage of being native of another romance language? FSI is a good source as well and free, but it might be boring, as it is based on drills. The easy readers: http://www.blackcat-cideb.com/56-french-catalogue http://www.cle-inter.com/recherche-15.html For listening there are many sources, among others radio france international makes news in easy french for learners. http://www.rfi.fr/lffr/statiques/accueil_apprendre.asp 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5262 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 5 of 6 31 July 2011 at 3:42pm | IP Logged |
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The op's native language is Spanish. Learning French through an English base would waste the op's native advantage as a Romance speaker. Much of the grammar and vocabulary are similar. I think it would be more efficient for a native Spanish speaker to approach learning French using his native language as a base as opposed to using English. I don't use or generally recommend Assimil myself. I know that Assimil helps many learners here so maybe Assimil- "El nuevo francés sin esfuerzo" which is tailored for Spanish speakers, would be of more help to a fellow Romance language speaker of Spanish than the English based course.
Also Radio France Internationale (RFI) has Aprenda francés a través de la literatura along with other Spanish base learning aids that can act as a supplement to whatever course/method he/she may choose. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4909 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 6 of 6 02 August 2011 at 8:45pm | IP Logged |
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If you're starting with no knowledge at all, it might be good to use a course which gives a quick overview. I'm using Fast French for this reason.
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