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DaraghM
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Ireland
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Speaks: English*, Spanish
Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian

 
 Message 9 of 10
19 January 2010 at 2:00pm | IP Logged 
Mieke wrote:
Thanks Paskwc and DaraghM for your replies.

Just wondering, DaraghM, why would you think Assimil might be my best choice, since I gather from your post that FSI seems more thorough?


Paskwc is right in assuming that I think FSI might be a bit tedious for yourself. The reason I thought this is you all ready speak four languages, and you probably can pick them up quickly. A lot of people find the FSI drills tedious. Personally, my learning style has adapted to appreciate them.

There's also a bit of a misunderstanding as to what the drills are like. A number of people assume the progressive substitution drill simply involves replacing a word in a sentence, and the rest of the sentence is unchanged. This isn't quite true, as you need to focus on the elements of the sentence.

E.g.

Spanish:

Sentence:A mí me gusta la taza. - I like the cup
Prompt: él - He
Sentence: A él le gusta la taza. - He likes the cup
Prompt: zapatos - shoes
Sentence: A él le gustan los zapatos. - He likes the shoes.

I find these useful, as well as the transformation drills. The transformation drills usually involve changes in tense, case or number.

E.g.

Russian:

Prompt: Я вас вижу - I see you.
Sentence: Я вас видел - I saw you.

Prompt: Онa вас видит - She sees you
Sentence: Онa вас видела - She saw you.

[Note: Please let me know if I've any errors in the Russian or Spanish]


Edited by DaraghM on 19 January 2010 at 2:03pm

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Mieke
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Belgium
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Speaks: Dutch*, French, English, Russian
Studies: German, Spanish

 
 Message 10 of 10
20 January 2010 at 7:36am | IP Logged 
Thanks DaraghM, I understand now. Actually I like drills when learning a language. That's how I was taught Russian. I spent hours on end doing grammar exercices and I loved it!
Since Hebrew is a completely new language for me, I think FSI will be just right for me.

The Spanish seems correct to me (but you shouldn't trust me on my Spanish yet), the Russian is correct. Molodets ;-).
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