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| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7018 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes  Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 33 of 376 05 October 2009 at 6:15pm | IP Logged | |||||
OK, here goes: French - French in Action, Linguaphone full basic course, Linguaphone advanced course Italian - Pimsleur full course, Linguaphone full basic course Portuguese - Assimil's El Nuevo Portugués sin Esfuerzo, Linguaphone full basic course Catalan - Assimil's El Catalán sin Esfuerzo, TY Catalan, Colloquial Catalan German - Pimsleur full course, Linguaphone full basic course, Linguaphone advanced course Russian - Pimsleur full course, TY Russian Script, Linguaphone full basic course Arabic - TY Arabic Script, Mastering Arabic Script, Linguaphone full basic course, Al-Kitaab series (including Alif Baa and books 1-3) Dutch - Pimsleur compact course, Linguaphone full basic course DISCLAIMER: I haven't actually used all these courses (I will some day, though) but I have them, I have reviewed them and they are my favourites. EDIT: Forgot about learning the cyrillic alphabet with TY. It's now updated. Edited by patuco on 07 October 2009 at 1:12am 10 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| zorglub Pentaglot Senior Member France Joined 7003 days ago 441 posts - 504 votes 1 sounds Speaks: French*, English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: German, Arabic (Written), Turkish, Mandarin | Message 34 of 376 06 October 2009 at 1:05am | IP Logged | |||||
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Well , i like Assimil and don't make translations all the time.
At first you do need a translation to understand the meaning, but that's it . maybe you don' t use it the way that would suit you.
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| zorglub Pentaglot Senior Member France Joined 7003 days ago 441 posts - 504 votes 1 sounds Speaks: French*, English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: German, Arabic (Written), Turkish, Mandarin | Message 35 of 376 06 October 2009 at 1:10am | IP Logged | |||||
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Albanian ?
Just found those 4 [German] German [French] French [Spanish] Spanish [Serbian] Serbian
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| zorglub Pentaglot Senior Member France Joined 7003 days ago 441 posts - 504 votes 1 sounds Speaks: French*, English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: German, Arabic (Written), Turkish, Mandarin | Message 36 of 376 06 October 2009 at 1:33am | IP Logged | |||||
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I'd say :
PImsleur Assimil except Arabic Michel Thomas Pimsleur is absolutely fantastic to start from scratch and acquire the core of a language. I used: Assimil L'allemand (for revision of my school learnt German):*** Pimsleur Brazilian Portuguese 1-3 ***** Assimil le brésilien sans peine ***** Assimil le portugais sans peine *** Will review with next "Le brésilien" due to be released next November. Pimsleur Spanish 1-4 ***** Assimil l'espagnol sans peine ***** Assimil L'espagnol ***** Assimil Perfectionnement espagnol ***** Platiquemos (FSI modernised) : maybe good for the serious learner, but sooooo boooring. Gave up. (Listened to a few FSIs: very boring not for the laid back lazy learner) Pimsleur Italian 1-3 ***** Assimil l'italien sans peine ***** Assimil l'italien ***** Assimil perfectionnement italien **** Pimsleur Eastern Arabic 1, 2 and doing 3: ***** Michel Thomas Arabic foundation/advanced **** Assimil Arabic 0 gave up , too slow , does not sound arabic Linguaphone Arabic (MSA) (longcourse) in the middle of it: ** - very good sound track. - very complicated cumbersome use of the multiple books - no transliteration for the exercises - short in explanations Michel Thomas Mandarin foundation and advanced *** - Allows for tones pronunciation I think. - Slow - Difficulty understanding the teacher's difficult American accent: needed to rewind many times. - Don't like the continuous prompting for sentence construction. - Makes you realise learning mandarin is possible *** - A tiny start. Assimil l' anglais and perfectionnement anglais to improve my pronunciation and vocabulary: ***** very good voices , texts , idioms, and speed. But I'd prefer the "perfectionnement" to be either in British English or American English , not both. Pimsleur 10 lessons courses for survival and courtesy when travelling: Croatian Greek Czech Norwegian Danish Swedish Dutch gets you lots of friendly smiles Projects: I periodically listen to or shadow my Assimil CDs in my car or running (iPod) for revision, according to next travel. Pimsleur Greek 1/2 Maybe Michel thomas greek. Turkish 1. Both for travelling. Maybe Pimsleur Japanese 1-3 or Mandarin1-3 Note that I learn mostly in my car or running. Audiolearning. Edited by zorglub on 07 October 2009 at 6:03pm 8 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| hobbitofny Senior Member United States Joined 6236 days ago 280 posts - 408 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian | Message 37 of 376 07 October 2009 at 3:32am | IP Logged | |||||
The slightly outdated language has been helpful. I was visiting Russia and used correctly words for some references to Soviet era. It impressed the host. I have limited vocabulary, but he felt I had depth to my Russian knowledge and a sense of the past era. Simply due to my slightly outdated Russian. It may not matter ordering dinner or buying a gift. However, it served well on establishing a relationship. I think the program is one of the best for Russian. I would also add the Spoken Language course is great. At first, I thought the comments about smoking were outdated. However last visit at 11pm on a Moscow street, I needed the words and phrases. A man did not have a light and needed one. Smoking is still big in Russia. If you do not travel in a tour group, these older courses can aid you. By the way Spoken Russian used the term for outhouse and not the current term for toilet. If you are visiting in the a countryside home with an outhouse. They will be impressed you know the term. Simple do not mix them up. Asking for an outhouse in a big city like Moscow will get odd looks. :) Modern Russian I and II (Goverment courses for colleges and government training 1960s. At first refered to as the Syracuse University Project. In the early 1960s, a major language training location for the US government. After a change of publishers to Georgetown University, the reference to Syracuse University Project was removed from title. Has most hours of audio of any Russian program.) Spoken Russian 1 and 2 (First designed for WWII training needs. The series has had some updating through the years. The audio has both English and Russian.) Linguaphone Russian PDQ and the full course. (The full course was designed by staff of Moscow State University in 1970s. A good course for self study.) N.B. Karavanova's Survival Russian: A Course in Conversational Russian 8th Edition(2008) with mp3 cd Now You're Talking Russian in No Time 3rd edition (Barron's Phrase Book with cds. It is good tool for filling in gaps.) Дорога В Россию (The Way to Russia) 4th edition Moscow State University(MSU) course books and cds 2008 If you go to MSU to learn Russian, they use this method for teaching. (The course books present the needed skills to pass the Russian Federation's standards tests for Russian language, Test of Russian as a Foreign Language or TORFL (Тест по русскому языку как иностранному or ТРКИ) ) Survival Russian will give you good modern Russian with about 700 words. It will explain culture commentary for everyday life. Most chapters give 6 or more dialogues. They do a wonderful job of presenting the common exchanges you will have with a Russian. I was surprise how often the exchange presented the most common dialogues you will hear and need. The book is worth it at less then $50 with the cd. It can be used to start learning Russian or after completing another course. The title is very correct for the content. If you want Russian language courses from Russia, MSU produced or tested are best. Edited by hobbitofny on 07 October 2009 at 11:43am 5 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Kyrie Senior Member United States clandestein.deviantaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5732 days ago 207 posts - 231 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Portuguese | Message 38 of 376 07 October 2009 at 3:52am | IP Logged | |||||
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[Portuguese] - Pimsleur Brazilian Portuguese - FSI Programmatic Portuguese [German] - Pimsleur German - TY German 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| lagwagon555 Diglot Groupie New Zealand Joined 6122 days ago 38 posts - 47 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto Studies: Japanese | Message 39 of 376 08 October 2009 at 4:12am | IP Logged | |||||
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Teachh Yourself Esperanto - being the only complete language course I have completed from beginning to end (so far). Very short, but so well written, and entertaining. The amount it manages to cram into such a small book is probably due to the implicit simplicity of Esperanto, but that doesn't change the greatness of this book.
Remembering the Kanji - Although not a complte language learning method, it's the closest thing to a miracle in language learning I've come across. Most people still don't believe I've only been learning kanji for a few months. 5 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| irrationale Tetraglot Senior Member China Joined 6053 days ago 669 posts - 1023 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English*, Spanish, Mandarin, Tagalog Studies: Ancient Greek, Japanese | Message 40 of 376 08 October 2009 at 6:15am | IP Logged | |||||
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Pimsleur,
FSI. I always start a language with Pimsleur. FSI rounds it out to the intermediate/advanced level where you can speak independently and thus continue to learn on your own with the core vocab you need. They are very complimentary programs and have worked fantastically for me. 5 persons have voted this message useful |
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