Norvasc Newbie Canada Joined 6488 days ago 30 posts - 31 votes Studies: French
| Message 1 of 8 03 March 2010 at 4:09am | IP Logged |
I was wondering if you someone might be able to advise me on a couple of items that I am looking for. I have been learning french for about three years now and am in a low intermediate level. My resolution for this year is to take my french to another level and I am interested in learning french and committing to memory as many phrases as possible. Does anyone know of any French apps that I can download into my ipod touch. I did get BYKI and have finished all the words and phrases. Is there an intermediate level french app out there?
Second question that I have is that I have also finished all the lessons of Coffee time french up-to the current lesson. During lesson 31-40, Mark changed the format of the lessons by starting with a french dialogue and then explaining the sentences and the words. I found this very useful. I think that he did the same with coffee time Spanish. After lesson 80 he started showtime Spanish. I believe Showtime Spanish is in that dialogue-explanation format. In coffee time french he is yet to reach lesson 80 and he promises that he will start showtime french after that. As I am impatient and cannot wait, does anyone know of a similar course, podcast or audio book where I would be able to listen to a dialogue in French followed by meaning translation and explanation?
Thank you in advance
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tpark Tetraglot Pro Member Canada Joined 7045 days ago 118 posts - 127 votes Speaks: English*, German, Dutch, French Personal Language Map
| Message 2 of 8 03 March 2010 at 4:28am | IP Logged |
Although not an app, the Radio-Canada podcasts are good for learning, since they cover topical events for the day. Ultralingua is helpful as it's a great dictionary and also covers conjugation of the verbs. The Champs-Elysées study series is good, as it covers all sorts of idiomatic expressions and covers interesting things - the guide has the translations in it. It's a book so you can't download it to your ipod, but the audio can be transferred to the device. Sorry I can't be of more help.
--Ted
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ungoo Bilingual Pentaglot Senior Member Taiwan Joined 5463 days ago 22 posts - 25 votes Speaks: English, Mandarin*, Taiwanese*, Cantonese, French Studies: German
| Message 3 of 8 07 March 2010 at 5:27pm | IP Logged |
Quick question on the Champs-Elysées (with study supplement), will it be too advanced for my level if I have only
completed Assimil french with ease? Or it'll be more suitable after Assimil using french?
Thanks.
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Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 6010 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh
| Message 4 of 8 07 March 2010 at 5:56pm | IP Logged |
I've seen various language learning apps for various languages on the iPhone, and they all look like basic vocabulary flashcard programs.
I'd love to be wrong -- the portability and power of these devices would be a great help to the learner, but I think the lack of a proper keyboard has discouraged people from releasing anything more sophisticated.
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tpark Tetraglot Pro Member Canada Joined 7045 days ago 118 posts - 127 votes Speaks: English*, German, Dutch, French Personal Language Map
| Message 5 of 8 08 March 2010 at 5:50pm | IP Logged |
ungoo wrote:
Quick question on the Champs-Elysées (with study supplement), will it be too advanced for my level if I have only
completed Assimil french with ease? Or it'll be more suitable after Assimil using french?
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Generally I don't think it's too advanced. I like this program because it covers a lot of idiomatic expressions, and the kind of things they write about are usually current and interesting.
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BearBoi Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5942 days ago 32 posts - 31 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian
| Message 6 of 8 08 March 2010 at 9:22pm | IP Logged |
There is French Coach by Ubisoft its about £3-4 its another DS port (i.e. like Grand Theft auto China Town Wars, Spanish coach,etc)
Edited by BearBoi on 21 March 2010 at 11:14pm
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jimbo Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6293 days ago 469 posts - 642 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin, Korean, French Studies: Japanese, Latin
| Message 7 of 8 08 March 2010 at 11:18pm | IP Logged |
France 24 (TV news clips in English, Arabic, and yes, even French)
Le Figaro
Le Monde
Stitcher (Internet radio broadcasts in various languages. Free.)
Radio France
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delectric Diglot Senior Member China Joined 7180 days ago 608 posts - 733 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: German
| Message 8 of 8 09 March 2010 at 9:34am | IP Logged |
I don't know if you can get 'mobi-pocket reader' for the iphone? I have it on my Windows
mobile phone. You can get Assimil French and Spanish with Ease in a electronic handy
format.
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