Oneskarf Newbie United States Joined 5949 days ago 21 posts - 21 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Esperanto, Yiddish
| Message 1 of 7 11 February 2009 at 2:50pm | IP Logged |
I am writing specifically about learnhebrewpod.com, but they also run Spanishpod.com, frenchpod.com and other languages.
The course requires a subscription and I'd like to know if anyone has any feedback on the specific course(s) and/or their methodology.
The course appeals to me due to its multi-media approach with sound files, transcripts of dialogues, etc. but especially because I can access it anywhere that I have web access.
Any feedback?
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Thomas_DC Triglot Groupie Denmark Joined 5773 days ago 58 posts - 65 votes Speaks: Danish*, English, French Studies: German, Arabic (Written)
| Message 2 of 7 12 February 2009 at 7:46am | IP Logged |
French pod has a free trial membership that you can sign up for. I would guess that the others offered the same thing. You might want to try that.
I have recently started learning French, and French pod was my first choice, but I quickly switched to pimsleur. The reason was, that French pod didn't appear to be structuralized in a way that takes you step by step from the absolute beginner state to a higher level. The program consists of a number of dialogues sorted in four levels, but every lesson, apparently, is meant to work independently.
Aside from that, French pod seemed nice, and think that I will return to using them as soon as I have developed my French a bit. Just for the extra vocabulary.
- Thomas
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Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6469 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 3 of 7 12 February 2009 at 10:45am | IP Logged |
Frenchpod etc. are indeed all individual podcasts. The Pod101 programs typically have linear series though, so that you start at lesson 1 and keep advancing and revising. So try FrenchPod101 - unfortunately this doesn't exist for Hebrew yet.
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Oneskarf Newbie United States Joined 5949 days ago 21 posts - 21 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Esperanto, Yiddish
| Message 4 of 7 12 February 2009 at 3:24pm | IP Logged |
Sprachprofi wrote:
Frenchpod etc. are indeed all individual podcasts. The Pod101 programs typically have linear series though, so that you start at lesson 1 and keep advancing and revising. So try FrenchPod101 - unfortunately this doesn't exist for Hebrew yet. |
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Well, there's learnhebrewpod.com and I thought it was the same company, but I could be wrong...
... just checked, and they are different companies. That's what I get for assuming!
Edited by Oneskarf on 12 February 2009 at 3:26pm
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Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6469 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 5 of 7 12 February 2009 at 4:04pm | IP Logged |
Yeah there are two big companies and a couple independants.
The one big company evolved from ChinesePod and does FrenchPod, SpanishPod etc. - but not everything ending in -pod because there are also the independants and for them the -pod is the most obvious name. For example, I believe that ArabicPod is not done by them.
The other big company evolved from JapanesePod101 and does FrenchPod101, SpanishPod101 etc. plus KoreanClass101 (apparently KoreanPod101 was taken by speculators).
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Oneskarf Newbie United States Joined 5949 days ago 21 posts - 21 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Esperanto, Yiddish
| Message 6 of 7 12 February 2009 at 4:50pm | IP Logged |
Well, since I now realize I am not asking about the same company as makes the other language instructional podcasts, I will take this question over the language-specific area of the forum.
Thanks, everyone, for your help! :)
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MichaelM204351 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5443 days ago 151 posts - 173 votes Speaks: English*, Biblical Hebrew Studies: Modern Hebrew, German, Spanish
| Message 7 of 7 31 December 2009 at 5:55am | IP Logged |
For Hebrew podcasts, there are two site: learnHebrewpod.com and Hebrewpodcasts.com. I like both of them, but the second one seems a little more organized and I know they are planning on continuing with advanced material.
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