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| sapedro Triglot Senior Member Portugal descredito.blogspot. Joined 7120 days ago 216 posts - 219 votes  Speaks: Portuguese*, English, French Studies: Croatian, Serbian, Greek | Message 1 of 4 16 September 2008 at 6:05pm | IP Logged |
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A friend of mine needs to learn German for professional reasons, he's an engineer.
He needs to know which is the best program to help him. Rosetta Stone ? FSI ? Pimsleur ? Other ? Help ! Edited by sapedro on 16 September 2008 at 6:06pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Tigresuisse Triglot Senior Member SwitzerlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6007 days ago 182 posts - 180 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian | Message 2 of 4 17 September 2008 at 5:30am | IP Logged |
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It depends if he's in hurry or not, but what about a language teacher with knowledge of the technical vocabulary????????'
He could learn the language with a specific attention to the words of his job ... Otherwise I believe they are all good, maybe except Rosetta Stone for what I've read (never used for myself). It also depend how far he needs to go. Can you give us more details? Marta 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| alfajuj Diglot Senior Member Taiwan Joined 6213 days ago 121 posts - 126 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: Taiwanese, French | Message 3 of 4 17 September 2008 at 6:04am | IP Logged |
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I would suggest that he use either Michel Thomas or Pimsleur to get started, then do FSI. After that he needs to do self study of engineering vocabulary.
I wouldn't even bother with Rosetta Stone. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| awake Senior Member United States Joined 6638 days ago 406 posts - 438 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Esperanto, Spanish | Message 4 of 4 17 September 2008 at 8:52am | IP Logged |
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If your friend decides to use the FSI materials ( available here ) he
should check out the German forum on that site. It has an errata of sorts, where German speakers have listed "corrections" for each lesson. It's not that the course had errors, but rather that it is decades old and there have been some changes in usage over the years. (For example, few people use the English word "groovy" anymore, even though it was a very common slang in the 1960's). Another possibility is to use the Assimil German course. Fanatic, a user of this forum, used an older Assimil German course to learn German to a high degree of proficiency within a few months. In fact, after a short while he got a job in Germany translating technical documents from English to German. If your friend goes the assimil route, I suggest you search this forum for "shadowing" to learn how some forum members use the Assimil style courses. The assimil German course is available on amazon for $40 or so. You might also find it cheaper elsewhere if you look around. Edited by awake on 17 September 2008 at 9:03am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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