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| Hugo Marbach Bilingual Triglot Newbie France Joined 5866 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: French*, English*, Spanish Studies: Russian | Message 1 of 9 02 December 2008 at 12:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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I've been using Assimil for a year and I haven't tested any other language method. Living in France, it's true it was more convenient using Assimil but now anyone can buy anything over the internet so there's really no point. I'd like to know your insights on the Assimil method, it's weaknesses and strengths. What I am mostly wondering is if there is enough audio in there courses, in the beginning of this site, there's a mention saying that a good method usually has 8 cassettes. Considering that Assimil comes with 3-4 cds, is that enough? Would Pimsleur's method be better than Assimil?
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| ExtraLean Triglot Senior Member France languagelearners.myf Joined 6000 days ago 897 posts - 880 votes  Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German | Message 2 of 9 02 December 2008 at 1:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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You'll find this question has been discussed to death,revived, beaten, reformed, killed, revived, abused, killed, and revived again, and that there is no real consensus on the best method. Take a minute to look around and check out some of the other threads devoted to 'the best method' question. I like assimil, I like pimsleur, sometimes I like Michel Thomas.
Ultimately it is up to you to make the method work, otherwise it's just another cd, or book, full of foreign words. Thom. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| blank_frackis Newbie Scotland Joined 6026 days ago 15 posts - 23 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 3 of 9 02 December 2008 at 1:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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Yes, as already said it's been talked about extensively in other threads. What I would say though is that I wouldn't pay much attention to the dismissive way Assimil is treated in the actual website. There's a lot of good information here, but that particular section is really pretty woeful.
Personally, I use Assimil and would recommend it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Hugo Marbach Bilingual Triglot Newbie France Joined 5866 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: French*, English*, Spanish Studies: Russian | Message 4 of 9 02 December 2008 at 1:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thank you all for your responses, I had not seen the extensive thread on Assimil by prof Arguelles. It does indeed seem very controversial.
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| fanatic Octoglot Senior Member Australia speedmathematics.com Joined 7152 days ago 1152 posts - 1818 votes Speaks: English*, German, French, Afrikaans, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Dutch Studies: Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Modern Hebrew, Malay, Mandarin, Esperanto | Message 5 of 9 02 December 2008 at 5:08pm | IP Logged | ||
You can't judge the courses by the number of CDs. Assimil is entirely in the target language and packs in a stack of information. Pimsleur is mainly in your own language and the full program doesn't cover anywhere near as much as Assimil although it has far more CDs. I think the full program has 45 CDs, or 90 half=hour lessons. If you are looking at other programs, I look for programs with audio in the target language. I have Polish courses from Poland recorded entirely in Polish and plenty of Russian courses recorded entirely in Russian. That way you get for more for your listening time. I like Assimil but it is not the only method I use. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| slucido Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Spain https://goo.gl/126Yv Joined 6681 days ago 1296 posts - 1781 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan* Studies: English | Message 6 of 9 03 December 2008 at 9:32am | IP Logged | ||
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With Pimsleur, you will learn what it teaches very well. It's more limited, but it burns into your brain its short vocabulary and basic structures. Assimil has more content, but it's much more difficult to master with the same level of memorization.
I think they are good methods. I guess it depends on your goals. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| TheBiscuit Tetraglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 5929 days ago 532 posts - 619 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, Italian Studies: German, Croatian | Message 7 of 9 04 December 2008 at 5:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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If you learn, and more importantly retain information from reading/listening then Assimil is for you. I personally find it a little tedious, especially for beginning a language but them I'm aware that this is not the method for me.
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| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6157 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 8 of 9 05 December 2008 at 3:58am | IP Logged | ||
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It depends on the Assimil course. Which one are you using, and how far did you get ? You're name sounds familiar by the way. Have you been on the forum before ?
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