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| Mieke Tetraglot Newbie Belgium Joined 5446 days ago 21 posts - 29 votes Speaks: Dutch*, French, English, Russian Studies: German, Spanish | Message 1 of 10 12 January 2010 at 2:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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I would like to start learning Hebrew in the near future but I'm still debating on which method/program to use.
Does anyone know if the FSI Hebrew course available for download could bring me to the same level als Assimil claims it can (B2)? Thanks! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Paskwc Pentaglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5676 days ago 450 posts - 624 votes  Speaks: Hindi, Urdu*, Arabic (Levantine), French, English Studies: Persian, Spanish | Message 2 of 10 12 January 2010 at 6:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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I haven't tried the course in question, but as a general rule FSI courses are every bit
as comprehensive as Assimil, if not more so. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6150 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 3 of 10 13 January 2010 at 12:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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I believe FSI will bring you to a comfortable B2, but I don't know if Assimil will. The FSI Hebrew course has about 40 hours of audio, while Assimil has about 4. Assimil will cover a lot of grammar, but won't give a lot of examples. Each dialogue might contain two or three important points. The FSI course will cover the same amount of grammar, but in a lot more detail, sometimes painfully so. As you seem to be a proficient language learner, Assimil might be your best choice, and you always have FSI as a free resource.
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| Mieke Tetraglot Newbie Belgium Joined 5446 days ago 21 posts - 29 votes Speaks: Dutch*, French, English, Russian Studies: German, Spanish | Message 4 of 10 13 January 2010 at 2:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks Paskwc and DaraghM for your replies.
Just wondering, DaraghM, why would you think Assimil might be my best choice, since I gather from your post that FSI seems more thorough? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| maaku Senior Member United States Joined 5573 days ago 359 posts - 562 votes Speaks: English* | Message 5 of 10 14 January 2010 at 6:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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I would not choose between them. Assimil and FSI have very different strengths and they really complement each other well. Do both.
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| Paskwc Pentaglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5676 days ago 450 posts - 624 votes Speaks: Hindi, Urdu*, Arabic (Levantine), French, English Studies: Persian, Spanish | Message 6 of 10 14 January 2010 at 8:23pm | IP Logged | ||
I'm guessing DaraghM's reasoning is tied to the tediousness of FSI. While undoubtedly helpful, some people struggle with using FSI because it can become a very long, boring, and protracted affair. Nonetheless, many people still love FSI and are willing to go through the motions with it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6908 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 7 of 10 15 January 2010 at 1:42am | IP Logged | ||
While FSI Hebrew may be a better choice than Assimil (and cheaper), I think it's unfair to judge a course by pure listening hours... silence, drills, repetition, English and so on. One could as well say that it takes FSI 40 hours to teach what Assimil does with just 4 hours of content (assuming that vocabulary and grammar is about the same in both courses). ProfArguelles has written something similar on page 3 here: http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?T ID=22&TPN=3 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Mieke Tetraglot Newbie Belgium Joined 5446 days ago 21 posts - 29 votes Speaks: Dutch*, French, English, Russian Studies: German, Spanish | Message 8 of 10 16 January 2010 at 7:02am | IP Logged | ||
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Thank you everyone for your replies.
Since I'm since quite unsure whether Assimil would suit me (having never worked with it), I'm a bit hesitant to buy it. I have however found out that my local library owns a copy of L'Hebreu sans peine. That way I can try it out and combine Assimil and FSI. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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