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LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian	Message 17 of 35 18 April 2010 at 3:05am \| IP Logged
	I've decided to do FSI Basic 1+2 after Assimil. There is just an amazing amount of audio and grammar that when combined with Assimil will will give one a VERY level of command. Assimil will give me Business and Colloquial abilities while FSI will give me a solid Formal language. AWESOME...(I'm using FSI FAST French's audio to supplement, listening to the conversations it has is kind of fun) Edited by LatinoBoy84 on 18 April 2010 at 3:06am 1 person has voted this message useful
LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian	Message 18 of 35 17 May 2010 at 3:45am \| IP Logged
	I got a hold of the Michel Thomas Advanced course. My Passive abilities are approximately C1 but I really need to work on speaking Grammatically correct French I keep using my Spanish grammar as a crutch. Hopefully MT French will help me correct this. Oh after speaking with a few native speakers, all have commented that they can't place my accent. "Not bad" somewhere between Spanish and English (which makes sense). I think I'm going to take the College Board CLEP exam (for kicks) and to see how high I can score. Edited by LatinoBoy84 on 17 May 2010 at 3:45am 1 person has voted this message useful
LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian	Message 19 of 35 20 May 2010 at 5:17am \| IP Logged
	Finished MT Advanced Disk 1 and then repeated it. OMG even though I'm in Assimil's Using level right now, I still got a huge benefit from the first CD. With MT the grammar is just so much more explicit. I was already able to make a link to Spanish grammar and make corrections on a couple of ways I was structuring my sentences. 1 person has voted this message useful
LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian	Message 20 of 35 13 July 2010 at 5:01am \| IP Logged
	Switched it up a bit to keep things interesting. I've finished going through the FSI FAST Metropolitan recordings and Just listened and used the drills of the first 3 Basic FSI tapes. I'm probably going to go through the sub-Saharan FAST FSI recording drills as well. I have the FSI French materials to be top quality. They are dry if you're an absolute beginner. Once you are at intermediate level they become so much more enjoyable. I've found it easier to stay focused by being unfocused. In other words use a different course when one starts to get dry, for new found energy and then bounce back to old one once you've had a little break. I found that this keeps me motivated. 1 person has voted this message useful
LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian	Message 21 of 35 22 July 2010 at 5:33am \| IP Logged
	And I am back to Assimil...Yay!!! Just did Lesson 23 of Using French (Spanish Base). I'm probably going to take the French CLEP just to see how well I do, aiming for a "12 credits" score...Just for fun. Next summer I'm going to my local Alliance Francais and aiming for B2 DELF or C1 DALF...Ahh the Joys of speaking Spanish and English and getting free access to so much French... :P Edited by LatinoBoy84 on 22 July 2010 at 5:35am 2 persons have voted this message useful
McSensei Newbie United States Joined 5247 days ago 28 posts - 32 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French	Message 22 of 35 06 August 2010 at 2:58am \| IP Logged
	J'aime bien ton blog. Il m'encourage beaucoup parce que je suis en train d'apprendre le français utilisant le livre d'apprentissage d'Assimil "New French with Ease". En ce moment, j'étudie la trente-neuvième leçon. En plus, j'utilise aussi "French in Action". à le fin du premier livre, je vais commander le deuxième livre, 'Using French". Edited by McSensei on 06 August 2010 at 2:59am 1 person has voted this message useful
michaelmichael Senior Member Canada Joined 5248 days ago 167 posts - 202 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French	Message 23 of 35 06 August 2010 at 4:54am \| IP Logged
	j'étudie aussi le français. Bonne chance !! 1 person has voted this message useful
LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian	Message 24 of 35 13 August 2010 at 4:46am \| IP Logged
	Merci beaucoup!!! Je trouve j'ai besoin de la pratique, mais je suis très heureux de mon progresse. I am now working my way through all the FSI French Basic tapes, I am currently on Tape 3 of Unit 3. 1 person has voted this message useful

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LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian	Message 17 of 35 18 April 2010 at 3:05am \| IP Logged
	I've decided to do FSI Basic 1+2 after Assimil. There is just an amazing amount of audio and grammar that when combined with Assimil will will give one a VERY level of command. Assimil will give me Business and Colloquial abilities while FSI will give me a solid Formal language. AWESOME...(I'm using FSI FAST French's audio to supplement, listening to the conversations it has is kind of fun) Edited by LatinoBoy84 on 18 April 2010 at 3:06am 1 person has voted this message useful
LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian	Message 18 of 35 17 May 2010 at 3:45am \| IP Logged
	I got a hold of the Michel Thomas Advanced course. My Passive abilities are approximately C1 but I really need to work on speaking Grammatically correct French I keep using my Spanish grammar as a crutch. Hopefully MT French will help me correct this. Oh after speaking with a few native speakers, all have commented that they can't place my accent. "Not bad" somewhere between Spanish and English (which makes sense). I think I'm going to take the College Board CLEP exam (for kicks) and to see how high I can score. Edited by LatinoBoy84 on 17 May 2010 at 3:45am 1 person has voted this message useful
LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian	Message 19 of 35 20 May 2010 at 5:17am \| IP Logged
	Finished MT Advanced Disk 1 and then repeated it. OMG even though I'm in Assimil's Using level right now, I still got a huge benefit from the first CD. With MT the grammar is just so much more explicit. I was already able to make a link to Spanish grammar and make corrections on a couple of ways I was structuring my sentences. 1 person has voted this message useful
LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian	Message 20 of 35 13 July 2010 at 5:01am \| IP Logged
	Switched it up a bit to keep things interesting. I've finished going through the FSI FAST Metropolitan recordings and Just listened and used the drills of the first 3 Basic FSI tapes. I'm probably going to go through the sub-Saharan FAST FSI recording drills as well. I have the FSI French materials to be top quality. They are dry if you're an absolute beginner. Once you are at intermediate level they become so much more enjoyable. I've found it easier to stay focused by being unfocused. In other words use a different course when one starts to get dry, for new found energy and then bounce back to old one once you've had a little break. I found that this keeps me motivated. 1 person has voted this message useful
LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian	Message 21 of 35 22 July 2010 at 5:33am \| IP Logged
	And I am back to Assimil...Yay!!! Just did Lesson 23 of Using French (Spanish Base). I'm probably going to take the French CLEP just to see how well I do, aiming for a "12 credits" score...Just for fun. Next summer I'm going to my local Alliance Francais and aiming for B2 DELF or C1 DALF...Ahh the Joys of speaking Spanish and English and getting free access to so much French... :P Edited by LatinoBoy84 on 22 July 2010 at 5:35am 2 persons have voted this message useful
McSensei Newbie United States Joined 5247 days ago 28 posts - 32 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French	Message 22 of 35 06 August 2010 at 2:58am \| IP Logged
	J'aime bien ton blog. Il m'encourage beaucoup parce que je suis en train d'apprendre le français utilisant le livre d'apprentissage d'Assimil "New French with Ease". En ce moment, j'étudie la trente-neuvième leçon. En plus, j'utilise aussi "French in Action". à le fin du premier livre, je vais commander le deuxième livre, 'Using French". Edited by McSensei on 06 August 2010 at 2:59am 1 person has voted this message useful
michaelmichael Senior Member Canada Joined 5248 days ago 167 posts - 202 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French	Message 23 of 35 06 August 2010 at 4:54am \| IP Logged
	j'étudie aussi le français. Bonne chance !! 1 person has voted this message useful
LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian	Message 24 of 35 13 August 2010 at 4:46am \| IP Logged
	Merci beaucoup!!! Je trouve j'ai besoin de la pratique, mais je suis très heureux de mon progresse. I am now working my way through all the FSI French Basic tapes, I am currently on Tape 3 of Unit 3. 1 person has voted this message useful