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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 9 of 22 14 February 2010 at 12:26am | IP Logged | |||||
I think so, The first lesson is Marco making a phone call, and the second has him buying a train ticket to Milan. The audio is very good. I love this program. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| kmart Senior Member Australia Joined 6152 days ago 194 posts - 400 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian | Message 10 of 22 19 February 2010 at 11:37am | IP Logged | |||||
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Grazie mille, datsunking, it's definitely the same. I'm up to about lesson 35 now, and it's moving a bit fast for me, it would be nice if there was an alternative version so I could do more work at the slower speed (yes i am an extremely slow and lazy language learner).
I must say I was very skeptical about the shadowing technique recommended for Assimil (not that I doubted it could work, just that it seemed too much like hard work). However, I decided to give it a go, and after only working through 35 lessons I can already see (I mean hear!) the difference when listening to Italian movies - it's like my ear has been trained to hear faster. I'm definitely a fan! ;-) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5613 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French | Message 11 of 22 19 February 2010 at 6:14pm | IP Logged | |||||
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It is very amazing. I'm on lesson 8 now. :) best of luck to you. I would race you, but you obviously have a little head start! :P
I feel that I will have a good grasp of Italian when I'm finished. I plan on doing it twice actually. (100 days each, I should be done in the summer sometime) :D 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| kyssäkaali Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5581 days ago 203 posts - 376 votes Speaks: English*, Finnish | Message 12 of 22 19 February 2010 at 6:51pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Just wanted to pop in and say this thread made me smile. :) I can just imagine you checking the mail and then running to come tell us about your new goodies that just arrived, lol! I know I'll be reacting the same way when my !Xóõ dictionary finally arrives...
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| kmart Senior Member Australia Joined 6152 days ago 194 posts - 400 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian | Message 13 of 22 20 February 2010 at 2:51am | IP Logged | |||||
I think you will win, in any case! I have a fifteen minute drive to work - I practice shadowing one lesson each way, repeating it over and over. But the last few lessons I am struggling to get to a level I am happy with, within the time frame, so anticipate that the pace is going to slow down considerably. At home I put difficult phrases into Anki and practice shadowing again if I need the extra practice, and read the transcription and look up translations where necessary, for a few lessons ahead. I'm not really doing the active/passive thing, just the shadowing, with my own "recycling" study plan that I devised with Pimsleur. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5613 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French | Message 14 of 22 24 February 2010 at 6:07pm | IP Logged | |||||
That's very smart! I should try listening to it in te car just to reinforce it :D 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5613 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French | Message 15 of 22 24 February 2010 at 6:07pm | IP Logged | |||||
Trust me, It will never get old. hahahah I LOVE getting new material in the mail. :D 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| goosefrabbas Triglot Pro Member United States Joined 6396 days ago 393 posts - 475 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German, Italian Personal Language Map | Message 16 of 22 25 February 2010 at 1:49am | IP Logged | |||||
Same here. Whenever I get a new language book in the mail, I'm like a child on Christmas morning! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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