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| Mikael84 Bilingual Pentaglot Groupie Peru Joined 5299 days ago 76 posts - 116 votes  Speaks: French*, Finnish*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Arabic (classical), German, Russian | Message 1 of 4 03 July 2011 at 4:54am | IP Logged |
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Hey guys,
I'm up to lesson 57 of the 1971 version of Russian Assimil (in French, so it's "le Russe sans peine"). Quick review up to now for those that are interested: - great method, it feels more solid than the other Assimil courses I know (the latest Arabic one and the Portuguese one from a few years back). More content, more dense, and very intelligent progression. - it says you need to dedicate at least 15mns a day to the course. In my experience, if you want to start a new lesson everyday, you actually need way more than that. I haven't timed myself but I probably average 45mns (including a couple short breaks as I feel that focusing for extended periods without stopping is counterproductive). - it's not clear how to proceed with the exercises that come after each lesson. My modus operandi has been to listen to the tape without looking at the text to test my listening comprehension. I give it two or three repeats and then allow myself to look at the text regardless of whether I understood everything or not. It's usually a good gauge of how well I absorbed that day's lesson. - I'm curious how the active phase will unfold. I feel I probably haven't absorbed all of the vocabulary that's been thrown at me even though the writers have done a great job of regularly repeating high frequency words to make sure you don't forget them. Has anyone here gone through the entire course, all 100 lessons passive+active? 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| flydream777 Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6490 days ago 77 posts - 102 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: German, Russian, Portuguese, Mandarin, Greek, Hungarian, Armenian, Irish, Italian | Message 2 of 4 03 July 2011 at 5:23am | IP Logged |
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I am at lesson 84. I also agree that it takes MUCH longer than 15-30 min a day on each lesson. My avg is
about an hour per day. I can't always do that, so progress has slowed down. I was expecting the active wave to be pretty hard. So far, it's been on the easy side but I've studied Russian on and off for a while, so I think that makes it easier. It's a very dense course. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Mikael84 Bilingual Pentaglot Groupie Peru Joined 5299 days ago 76 posts - 116 votes Speaks: French*, Finnish*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Arabic (classical), German, Russian | Message 3 of 4 03 July 2011 at 5:28am | IP Logged |
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Flydream77, how have you been working on the exercises after each lesson? (both the regular exercise and the "dobavotchnoe").
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| flydream777 Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6490 days ago 77 posts - 102 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: German, Russian, Portuguese, Mandarin, Greek, Hungarian, Armenian, Irish, Italian | Message 4 of 4 04 July 2011 at 12:01am | IP Logged |
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In the passive phase I just make sure I understand everything. In the active phase I just try to translate
them like the dialogs. If I don't get it right, I will repeat it a couple times til it sticks in my head a little. Even after finishing an Assimil course, I will still regularly listen to the recordings to make sure that it stays somewhat fresh in my mind. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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