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| sammiad Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5487 days ago 26 posts - 28 votes Studies: English*, Spanish, Japanese | Message 17 of 22 02 March 2010 at 10:53pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm currently reading Japanese With Ease, and i think i should be repeating the lessons more. I tend to shadow and first off read the japanese (the romanji actually, becuase its hard not too when its printed below) and then again reading the literal translation.
I just wondered do you do the 30mins in one session ? I'm a little split over doing it several times in a row or later the same day. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| kmart Senior Member Australia Joined 6152 days ago 194 posts - 400 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Italian | Message 18 of 22 05 March 2010 at 11:26am | IP Logged | |||||
I buy a lot of second-hand stuff from the USA that the sellers won't ship internationally so I get it sent to my daughter's address in Maryland. As soon as we arrive for our annual visit my first words are "Give me my goodies!" (Well, the most recent trips have been "Give me my granddaughter! And my goodies!") ;-) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| coyote Diglot Newbie United States Joined 6270 days ago 32 posts - 34 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 19 of 22 09 March 2010 at 1:35am | IP Logged | |||||
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There are a variety of ways of using Assimil. Following are all the types of study available:
--Reading silently the Target Language --Reading the TL while speaking it --Reading the English text --Listening to the TL --Listening to the TL while reading it silently --Listening to the TL while reading it aloud --Listening to the TL and speaking it simultaneously (shadowing) --Oral & written exercises --Grammar The reading and listening exercises may be mixed up as you like; however, it's good to try to incorporate them all, if you have time, into a particular lesson. By the end of the lesson, you should be able to listen to the recording and understand most of it without the aid of the text--either the TL text or the English text. There's nothing wrong with memorizing (or internalizing) the text, though that takes more time. Personally, I prefer to learn as much as I can of a particular lesson, before going forward, which I guess violates the "passive-active" structure of the program. The main thing is that Assimil is a wonderful resource, and you don't have to follow the course directions. Just find out what works for you, and practice. 3 persons have 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 20 of 22 09 March 2010 at 2:39am | IP Logged | |||||
Hahahaha :D I'm just up north in Pittsburgh! Maryland is very nice! My dad is from Cumberland, Maryland! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Luk Triglot Groupie Argentina Joined 5363 days ago 91 posts - 127 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English, French Studies: Italian, German, Mandarin, Greek | Message 21 of 22 21 July 2010 at 10:04pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I have found several errors in my El nuevo Italiano sin esfuerzo. The numbers of the notes are wrong sometimes; I found an exercise which task was in French (it is supposed to be an Italian/Spanish book), and the answer was (fill!) in Spanish. Now, I'm starting to worry because I found two verbs (also in the exercises) in Italian which had the wrong conjugation form. So far I can work with it although I'm a little disappointed.
I hope that's the end of it. If I found more mistakes, I'll let you guys know (if you're interested) Edited by Luk on 21 July 2010 at 11:01pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| flydream777 Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6519 days ago 77 posts - 102 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: German, Russian, Portuguese, Mandarin, Greek, Hungarian, Armenian, Irish, Italian | Message 22 of 22 21 July 2010 at 11:14pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Yeah in most of their courses that have been translated, there are a few typos
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