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| datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5613 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French | Message 1 of 21 18 August 2010 at 5:17pm | IP Logged | |||||
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We have a discount store about 20 minutes from my house. I bought Living Language Beyond the Basics Italian brand new for $5, and a Langenscheidt Italian Grammar guide for $2 :D They just have stacks of these programs, there were 10 for Beyond the Basics Spanish.
Has anyone used the Beyond the Basics courses? I figured it could only help after Assimil, along with the grammar guide :) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| josht Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6474 days ago 635 posts - 857 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Spanish, Russian, Dutch | Message 2 of 21 18 August 2010 at 5:36pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Based solely on your posts here, I'm beginning to wonder whether you actually study languages, or if you're just attempting to amass as many books and programs as possible.
I kid, of course, but having once gone down the route of buying a silly amount of German resources, I will say: there's a point at which having yet another grammar book / course starts to have diminishing returns. At that point, your time would be better spent using the materials you have rather than looking for more books to throw onto the pile. 4 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5593 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 3 of 21 18 August 2010 at 6:55pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I have done Beyond the Basics French - They are a nice little dialogue-a-day type course that helps reinforce what you already know and maybe add a few extra bits of knowledge to your arsenal - and the book is small enough to carry anywhere.
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| datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5613 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French | Message 4 of 21 18 August 2010 at 8:24pm | IP Logged | |||||
I didn't have an Italian grammar guide; and I use every book I've ever bought. Some I've read several times :D I've buckled down a bit. I have a base program, a program to get me a little further, native material (newspapers or audio) A big dictionary and a solid grammar guide for each language I study. For German and Spanish...I have about 10-15 books each...... With lack of natives speakers I turn to books and programs for practice and building. My Spanish was almost entirely learned through books :D 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| vikramkr Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6097 days ago 248 posts - 326 votes Speaks: English*, Portuguese | Message 5 of 21 19 August 2010 at 12:22am | IP Logged | |||||
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10-15 instructional books for each language is far too many...
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| zekecoma Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5372 days ago 561 posts - 655 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 6 of 21 19 August 2010 at 1:06am | IP Logged | |||||
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I have about 6-7 books for German and I don't even use two of them anymore. Maybe one of
them I'll return to but not the other. I only have Assimil German with Ease, Living Language Ultimate German and Advanced German, How to Read and Write German, The Everything Learning German Book and my Langenscheidt Standard Dictionary German. Don't buy too many, could have been used on something more. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| jplain Newbie United States Joined 5325 days ago 23 posts - 34 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 7 of 21 19 August 2010 at 1:54am | IP Logged | |||||
He didn't say he had 10-15 instructional books. And so what if he does? What's with the judgment? For YOU perhaps that might be too many. For someone else, it might be just right...or maybe not enough. ;-) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| vikramkr Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6097 days ago 248 posts - 326 votes Speaks: English*, Portuguese | Message 8 of 21 19 August 2010 at 1:59am | IP Logged | |||||
I assumed that these 10-15 books are instructional; that may or may not be correct. I wasn't trying to be judgmental; in my opinion, if all of those books are indeed instructional, then going through all of them (or even half of them) could very well be redundant. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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