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| mikey Newbie United States Joined 5439 days ago 13 posts - 14 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Korean | Message 1 of 11 06 January 2010 at 12:44am | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm writing to see if I can get some info on this program. I just received French Without Toil (1971) in the mail today after Prof. Arguelle's youtube review sparked my interest.
Does anyone know if there is an edition of Le Coréen Sans Peine from the late 60's to early 70's or earlier? Currently I am only able to find two editions. one from the 90's and another from 2004. Obviously I am asking for these time frames because I think (having lurked the forums) it is generally said that the earlier editions of Assimil are far superior to their current catalog. Any knowledge will be greatly appreciated. Also, has anyone had any experience with Assimils Korean program? Edited by mikey on 06 January 2010 at 2:19am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| kerateo Triglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 5649 days ago 112 posts - 180 votes  Speaks: Spanish*, English, French Studies: Italian | Message 2 of 11 06 January 2010 at 2:24am | IP Logged | |||||
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the only program assimil has ever made for korean is "le coreen sans peine", which is the one they currently sell. Maybe the cover from the 90s and 2004 is different, but still the same.
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| goosefrabbas Triglot Pro Member United States Joined 6371 days ago 393 posts - 475 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German, Italian Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 11 06 January 2010 at 3:14am | IP Logged | |||||
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I've only ever seen one. And Assimil's Korean course receives very poor reviews. From what I remember, it's very unorganized. There should be a few reviews on amazon . com/fr/ca. Edited by goosefrabbas on 06 January 2010 at 3:14am 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Warp3 Senior Member United States forum_posts.asp?TID= Joined 5538 days ago 1419 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Korean, Japanese | Message 4 of 11 06 January 2010 at 4:40pm | IP Logged | |||||
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The fact that it receives poor reviews is very useful information. I recently emailed Assimil asking if they had any near future plans to release an English language version of their Korean course, but they said there were no plans for that at present due to lack of interest. However, if their Korean course isn't that great, then that may be a moot point anyway.
I may still check out Assimil's Spanish course, though, as I've heard good things about it. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Chris Heptaglot Senior Member Japan Joined 7124 days ago 287 posts - 452 votes Speaks: English*, Russian, Indonesian, French, Malay, Japanese, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Korean, Mongolian | Message 5 of 11 13 January 2010 at 6:00am | IP Logged | |||||
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The Korean text is followed by two transliteration systems throughout the book, which is extremely irritating. I'd get some Tipex and let loose on it before you begin!
Have you considered Linguaphone instead? Edited by Chris on 13 January 2010 at 6:01am 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| goosefrabbas Triglot Pro Member United States Joined 6371 days ago 393 posts - 475 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German, Italian Personal Language Map | Message 6 of 11 13 January 2010 at 6:45am | IP Logged | |||||
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Warp3, the Assimil Spanish With Ease course is very good. Perhaps not as good as the older Without Toil courses, but for a modern course it's one of the best you can find.
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| Warp3 Senior Member United States forum_posts.asp?TID= Joined 5538 days ago 1419 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Korean, Japanese | Message 7 of 11 13 January 2010 at 10:31pm | IP Logged | |||||
According to their website, there isn't a Linguaphone course for Korean, so I don't think that would help him much. :-/
Good to know. Thanks for the input. :) Edited by Warp3 on 13 January 2010 at 10:33pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Chris Heptaglot Senior Member Japan Joined 7124 days ago 287 posts - 452 votes Speaks: English*, Russian, Indonesian, French, Malay, Japanese, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Korean, Mongolian | Message 8 of 11 15 January 2010 at 5:21am | IP Logged | |||||
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That's odd. With the interest in Korean out there, I'm surprised the Korean course is no longer available. It does exist, because I have it. Looks like it can only be had second-hand.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Korean-Linguaphone-Language-Starter- Course/dp/0747307814 I also recommend Critical Languages Korean CD Rom. Other than that, I'd go to the Hollym (www.hollym) website and see what takes your fancy. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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