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| Lindley Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Ukraine Joined 6079 days ago 104 posts - 109 votes  Speaks: Russian*, Ukrainian*, English Studies: Spanish, Japanese | Message 1 of 6 15 January 2009 at 4:27pm | IP Logged |
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I'm learning Spanish and since FSI has proven to be absolutely boring, and Practice Makes Perfect isn't enough to use it as a main book, I've a question: would it be worth it to take French Assimil "Spanish with Ease" and try to translate it into English? I have only basic knowledge of French, but because it's similar to Spanish I can guess a lot of things. Is such task actually manageable? I mean, there're lots of nuances explained in Assimil which would be useful for me, but since I already studied all the grammar I can use other books to clarify things. Would I benefit from the exercises in Assimil if I translated them, or is this a pointless endeavour? Thanks!
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| Juan M. Senior Member Colombia Joined 5907 days ago 460 posts - 597 votes | Message 2 of 6 15 January 2009 at 4:46pm | IP Logged |
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Why not use the English version?
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 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6917 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 6 15 January 2009 at 4:56pm | IP Logged |
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Why not get "Spanish with Ease" in English? It's availabe (I have it myself). Personally I wouldn't translate anything if my level wasn't that high, and since Assiil is (very much) about everyday speech, dialogues and such, a lot of the colloquialisms used for the French students will probably get lost after translating them to English - and you wouldn't learn good Spanish from it.
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| Lindley Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Ukraine Joined 6079 days ago 104 posts - 109 votes Speaks: Russian*, Ukrainian*, English Studies: Spanish, Japanese | Message 4 of 6 16 January 2009 at 4:14pm | IP Logged |
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Well, it's really hard (if not impossible) for me to get it, since I live in Ukraine and have no credit card. And since I already have French/Italian copies, I was wondering if I could use them somehow. I don't really need explanations or grammar, just some good exercises to reinforce my knowledge and move from passive understanding of language to active usage. Thanks for the suggestion, though!
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| jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6917 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 5 of 6 16 January 2009 at 4:40pm | IP Logged |
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OK, if I were you I would probably either do my best anyway, by reading the dialogues, listening to the audio (if you have it), and try to figure out things from the French instructions - or "simply" learn French/Italian first (I think courses for both languages are available in Russian).
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| scop Diglot Groupie Ireland Joined 5857 days ago 70 posts - 73 votes Speaks: English*, Irish Studies: German, Ancient Greek | Message 6 of 6 16 January 2009 at 4:51pm | IP Logged |
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I use Assimil audio for shadowing. The conversations are good so as long as you have just them and repeat what is happening it will help you to practise accent, speaking and you'll work things out, but it should be a supplement if used in this manner.
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