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| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6405 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes  Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 34 of 39 10 May 2011 at 3:50pm | IP Logged | |||||
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There is something to be said for revising grammar points by encountering them several
times from different angles, but for GermanPod101 I still create the lessons within each series in a linear manner. Those who want to have a charted path to follow will have that, and those who want to cherry-pick interesting lessons can still do so.
Indeed. The Pod101 sites have taught everything several times over. You're not supposed to study each lesson. Seasons can often be used interchangeably, with just a different topical focus / different target group. For example, for GermanPod101, Intermediate Series Season 1 is using German songs as a basis, season 2 focuses on what you need to move to Germany or for an extended stay, season 3 focuses on living & working in Germany and season 4 (to be released soon) will be aimed at business travelers. The grammar content is mostly the same, and some of the vocabulary repeats, but the idea is to offer everyone a context that he can relate to, in order to make learning easier and more relevant. 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6517 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 35 of 39 10 May 2011 at 3:56pm | IP Logged | |||||
I honestly have no idea. Last time I bought my account I used a "pay for one year, get two" deal, and I'm still paid up until November this year. But that was a long time ago and I don't remember how much I paid. I'm moderately well off, so I didn't care that much. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Snowflake Senior Member United States Joined 5894 days ago 1032 posts - 1233 votes Studies: Mandarin | Message 36 of 39 10 May 2011 at 4:16pm | IP Logged | |||||
I'm thinking specifically about CLO (ChineseLearnOnline). CLO has lessons 1 to 420 which are intended to be used sequentially. Those 420 levels are divided into 7 levels so that level 1 has lessons 1 to 60, level 2 has lessons 61 to 120, etc. The last few lessons of each level are the reviews for the level.
CLO lessons do build on prior ones. That was a large factor in choosing it. I need the repetition and that "step ladder approach". A drawback for some would be that CLO only goes through intermediate. Edited by Snowflake on 10 May 2011 at 4:25pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6485 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 38 of 39 11 May 2011 at 2:03am | IP Logged | |||||
This is true. I downloaded my girlfriend from there. 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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