mallorina Triglot Newbie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5009 days ago 8 posts - 8 votes Speaks: Spanish, English*, Italian Studies: German, Portuguese, Norwegian, Hawaiian, Irish, Arabic (classical)
| Message 1 of 8 04 April 2011 at 6:24pm | IP Logged |
I'm just starting to learn french and I need some more materials.
I currently have a work book.
"10 minutes of french a day."
Thanks.
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mr_chinnery Senior Member England Joined 5758 days ago 202 posts - 297 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French
| Message 2 of 8 05 April 2011 at 1:49am | IP Logged |
I'm using Michel Thomas and a grammar book from the bbc, plus watching the news alot.
How did you learn Spanish and Italian?
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psy88 Senior Member United States Joined 5592 days ago 469 posts - 882 votes Studies: Spanish*, Japanese, Latin, French
| Message 3 of 8 05 April 2011 at 4:32am | IP Logged |
I used the 10 minutes a day book for Spanish. The flash cards were useful. I never used the stick-ons. I now have the book and CD for French.They are fun and "lite". But for both languages, I learned more as well as found more interesting and enjoyable, the Michele Thomas and the Pimsleur programs. They are expensive (especially Pimsleur) so check the local library.
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Shenandoah Newbie United States Joined 5028 days ago 30 posts - 59 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French
| Message 4 of 8 05 April 2011 at 4:26pm | IP Logged |
I'm learning French and there are lots of materials out there.
I use a combination of classwork, Rosetta Stone, Pimsleur, reading easy books, watching French TV online, reading French discussion forums, Assimil, a textbook...
It really depends on how much time you have available to spend, and how you prefer to spend that time. I've spent 10+ hours on a single weekend day on studying, so I like to have a wide variety of sources available. Other people get by with Assimil and half an hour/day until they can start reading and watching native sources.
Between your library and the internet, you can get a lot for free. Sites like amazon will help you find used versions of some materials for cheaper.
Your profile shows that you have a lot of languages you already speak and study, so hopefully you already have a feel for the types of materials you prefer using.
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mallorina Triglot Newbie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5009 days ago 8 posts - 8 votes Speaks: Spanish, English*, Italian Studies: German, Portuguese, Norwegian, Hawaiian, Irish, Arabic (classical)
| Message 5 of 8 06 April 2011 at 3:07am | IP Logged |
Thanks alot everyone.
I really apperciate all the responses.
:)
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mallorina Triglot Newbie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5009 days ago 8 posts - 8 votes Speaks: Spanish, English*, Italian Studies: German, Portuguese, Norwegian, Hawaiian, Irish, Arabic (classical)
| Message 6 of 8 06 April 2011 at 3:10am | IP Logged |
mr_chinnery wrote:
I'm using Michel Thomas and a grammar book from the bbc, plus watching the news alot.
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I learned Spanish from gaining alot of hispanic friends in my community and using Rosetta Stone. But, I don't recommend Rosetta Stone. For one it gets very boring and two it doesn't really help you understand the sentence structure. A plus on Rosetta Stone is it is good for gaining vocabulary.
A website I would recommend for Spanish is www.studyspanish.com
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Edited by mallorina on 13 April 2011 at 6:23pm
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Chris Heptaglot Senior Member Japan Joined 7122 days ago 287 posts - 452 votes Speaks: English*, Russian, Indonesian, French, Malay, Japanese, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Korean, Mongolian
| Message 7 of 8 06 April 2011 at 4:03am | IP Logged |
There are plenty of quality, free materials for beginners here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/
Have a look at about.com too.
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conroy Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5075 days ago 36 posts - 51 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French
| Message 8 of 8 08 April 2011 at 3:56pm | IP Logged |
There is a very good series of podcasts called "Coffee Break French" available on iTunes and at
http://radiolingua.com/cbf-step-1/
The broadcasts are both informative and enjoyable.
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