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| polywannabe Newbie United States Joined 5314 days ago 35 posts - 43 votes Speaks: English* | Message 1 of 27 11 May 2010 at 10:36pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi there,
I always wanted to learn french and I finally decided to take the plunge :-) After some research I devised the following plan: 1)Michel Thomas (Foundation + advanced) 2)Pimsleur (all 3 units) 3)Assimil (with ease + using French) Do you guys think this is a good progression? Also, I was thinking about skipping Pimsleur and go straight to Assimil - however, I do actually have the pimsleur program from a friend (who tried it but gave up) - So I was thinking it would be a waste not to go through it. My main idea for this study plan is that one program will help prime me for the next one. However, at the same time, I don't want to be too obsessive about it and if there are no major benefits for using Pimselur (for example, make assimil easier), then maybe I should skip it. Any suggestions? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| rufusadams Newbie United States Joined 5322 days ago 6 posts - 6 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 2 of 27 12 May 2010 at 2:13am | IP Logged | ||
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Hey, I was in the same position a couple of months ago...
I had Michel Thomas and Pimsleur and was contemplating buying Assimil. I can't say if this is the best method, but this is what I did and it's worked pretty well so far: I did most of the Michel Thomas foundation, then worked through 4 or 5 pimsleur lessons. Around this time I started Assimil French with Ease and ditched Pimsleur and put Michel Thomas on hold. I got pretty bored with pimsleur, but I feel I'll go back to Michel Thomas and finish the foundation course and move onto advanced. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| TerryW Senior Member United States Joined 6356 days ago 370 posts - 783 votes  Speaks: English* | Message 3 of 27 12 May 2010 at 2:14am | IP Logged | ||
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This may sound silly, but . . .
If you do MT Foundation, follow it with Pimsleur 1, then do maybe 21 lessons of With Ease (finally getting to some reading of the written language, which is pretty wacky to English speakers) . . . Then you would have a good idea of what they are all like, and can figure out what order, or what combinations, or what to not to bother with among MT Advanced, Pimsleur 2 & 3, and the rest of With Ease and Using. Edit: Hey Rufus, we were both typing at the same time, but your "actual" just mirrored my theoretical! Edited by TerryW on 12 May 2010 at 2:17am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Ulmo Diglot Newbie Joined 6085 days ago 20 posts - 22 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English | Message 4 of 27 12 May 2010 at 1:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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You should also think about the French in Action series. That's a really valuable resource for French!
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| polywannabe Newbie United States Joined 5314 days ago 35 posts - 43 votes Speaks: English* | Message 5 of 27 12 May 2010 at 8:31pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for all the replys
@Ulmo - I know about the French in Action program. However, I'm looking for programs which I could do during my commute to work which is why I'm starting with audio programs. I'm hoping that I will be able to do the asimmil on the train :-) @Rufus - why did you stop MT and moved to try pimsleur? So far I started MT and I really like it. @Terry - you know, I never thought of combining the programs together. Don't you find it confusing? My original thought that after completing one approach I'll be ready to advance to the next one. Also if you are using a combination of the different programs, how do you know which lessons to choose so that they compliment the other lessons from the other programs? I would also think that if you do 3 programs at once and you miss a few days, then all of a sudden you are behind in 3 different programs where if it was just one program, catching up would be much easier. I like the idea of combining the methods but I also want to do it in an efficient manner. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| bushwick Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 6243 days ago 407 posts - 443 votes Speaks: German, Croatian*, English, Dutch Studies: French, Japanese | Message 6 of 27 12 May 2010 at 9:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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No matter if you do your studying commuting or not, I would still recommend French in Action, whenever you have the time. Each episode is about half an hour, even less, and you will get so much out of it.
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| polywannabe Newbie United States Joined 5314 days ago 35 posts - 43 votes Speaks: English* | Message 7 of 27 12 May 2010 at 10:26pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi Bushwick,
My understanding of the FIA is that the videos are used in conjunction with a workbook. are you saying that I would still get a lot just by watching the videos? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| rufusadams Newbie United States Joined 5322 days ago 6 posts - 6 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 8 of 27 12 May 2010 at 11:40pm | IP Logged | ||
Same reason you want to try Pimsleur, because I had it... I figured "why not?".... If you don't have the attention span (or time) for French In Action, BBC has a few series of shorter videos (15 mins-ish) that I've used to supplement Assimil and MT... I believe they're called The French Experience and Ma France... They're on the BBC website but you can also find them in .avi format on thepiratebay.... 1 person has voted this message useful |
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