slucido Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Spain https://goo.gl/126Yv Joined 6703 days ago 1296 posts - 1781 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan* Studies: English
| Message 9 of 14 26 July 2010 at 9:02am | IP Logged |
Maybe I am wrong, but I think Pimsleur is better after MT and Assimil. Pimsleur is pure drilling and I think it's a good way to consolidate the basics you have gained with MT and Assimil.
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johntm93 Senior Member United States Joined 5355 days ago 587 posts - 746 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish
| Message 10 of 14 26 July 2010 at 9:21am | IP Logged |
slucido wrote:
Maybe I am wrong, but I think Pimsleur is better after MT and Assimil. Pimsleur is pure drilling and I think it's a good way to consolidate the basics you have gained with MT and Assimil. |
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I did like Pimsleur for the the drilling (it got boring but worked), and with MT you can forget things quick if you skip a few days.
I'm trying to get started with FSI for the drilling...I keep forgetting the damn tenses in Spanish!
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alang Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 7249 days ago 563 posts - 757 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish
| Message 11 of 14 26 July 2010 at 11:45am | IP Logged |
BobbyE wrote:
Thank you much for the reply.
I start work next week with many native speakers of Spanish. This is the main reason I want to supplement pimsleur. You do not recommend any supplementation? I can be patient though too.
Also, I don't know if it will help, but I just got a bunch of Spanish movies this English subtitles. If it doesn't help, at least it will be interesting to see non-hollywood movies. |
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The immediate use of the language. I think nothing beats practice with a native speaker. I do recommend supplementation, but not in excess. One example was when I was learning Spanish I used Pimsleur and Madrigal's Magic Key book. It was the idea of converting English words to Spanish, so my flow of speech was more creative.
The movies are a great idea. The more input the better, but be aware the dialogue will be for a specific audience. It is after all a reflection of society. (Depending when the movies were made.) There might be a lot of slang, vulgarities etc...
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BobbyE Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5275 days ago 226 posts - 331 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin
| Message 12 of 14 27 July 2010 at 8:17am | IP Logged |
Well, tried the first half of MT's Spanish. In all humbleness, I respect the method greatly but it is just not for me. I will continue with Pimsleur, doing multiple lessons per day. Upon completion, I will begin Assimil and Platiquemos. Using Spanish movies as supplementation along the way.
Thank you everyone for your input.
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johntm93 Senior Member United States Joined 5355 days ago 587 posts - 746 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish
| Message 13 of 14 27 July 2010 at 8:38am | IP Logged |
Ahh well, not everyone learns the same. I'd still say start Assimil now, the passive phase will be extremely boring if you do it later. And you might as well start now, you'll only get fluent faster, right?
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BobbyE Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5275 days ago 226 posts - 331 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin
| Message 14 of 14 28 July 2010 at 2:41am | IP Logged |
Will do after my first paycheck.
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