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| Lareconquesta Newbie Egypt Joined 734 days ago 2 posts | Message 1 of 7 26 July 2008 at 3:13pm | IP Logged |
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Hi mates,
i plan to practice medicine in the US and i know that the Latin minority is a sizable one there, so i plan to learn Spanish which i know nothing about it current now. i will begin from zero level, so can u advise me about what to do? courses,books........etc hope to hear from u soon thanks so much | |
| Cainntear Pentaglot Pro Member Scotland Joined 780 days ago 2489 posts - 763 votes  Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Gaelic (Scottish) Studies: Italian, German, Dutch, Japanese, Polish, Gaelic (Irish), Welsh Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 7 26 July 2008 at 4:09pm | IP Logged |
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I'm assuming your English is good (if you're planning on working there). If so, get the Michel Thomas course, Foundation and Advanced. I'm not that convinced about the vocabulary course.
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| Cage Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 1393 days ago 382 posts - 3 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Portuguese | Message 3 of 7 26 July 2008 at 4:48pm | IP Logged |
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After MT, which will give you a good start, go for Learning Spanish Like Crazy, and FSI which are strictly the latin american variety. i have found the 3 street Spanish sets very good on idioms and slang. Edited by Cage on 26 July 2008 at 4:49pm | |
| FrenchSilkPie Senior Member United States Joined 1386 days ago 125 posts - 4 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 4 of 7 26 July 2008 at 7:27pm | IP Logged |
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I myself am a fan of the Learnables, which you can probably find at your local library. And if you have cable TV, its not that hard to find at the very least a couple of Spanish channels that you can begin to watch, especially childrens programs for easy listening. Good luck!
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| Lareconquesta Newbie Egypt Joined 734 days ago 2 posts | Message 5 of 7 27 July 2008 at 1:17pm | IP Logged |
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Dear Cainntear, first thanks so much for ur advice. i have already downloaded MT from torrent but it is not such classifie, eg i cant find what u mean by foundation
dear Cage, thanks for help but i am sorry as i haven`t understood what u meant by (study Spanish as crazy,FSI, 3 Spanish sets) can u more explain this for me please? dear frenchskillpie, ur advice about TV cable sounds interesting. i totally agree with u but i think i have to know the ABC of the language first. can u tell me please what u meant by fan of learnables? thank u guys and looking for ur replies | |
| Cainntear Pentaglot Pro Member Scotland Joined 780 days ago 2489 posts - 763 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Gaelic (Scottish) Studies: Italian, German, Dutch, Japanese, Polish, Gaelic (Irish), Welsh Personal Language Map | Message 6 of 7 27 July 2008 at 3:25pm | IP Logged |
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Lareconquesta -- if it starts "Spanish, with Michel Thomas, recording one" it's the beginner's course.
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| burgler09 Diglot Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 817 days ago 70 posts - 10 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Hindi | Message 7 of 7 01 August 2008 at 3:07am | IP Logged |
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This is tough, I don't like recommending a program or telling you to do one certain thing, because none will get you fluent. The truth is, it is very important to do everything. The creator of this website said he read a book "How to teach yourself any language" So I thought I'd go out and read it. I really enjoyed it because before I read it, I would always ask.. What program will get me fluent? What should I do? You cannot buy Pimsleur or Rosetta Stone and think you will be fluent.
The book actually says (and what I agree with) is to go out, buy or make flashcards and pick up a grammar book. Do around 5 chapters of the grammar and learn that first, then buy newspapers, read books and magazines in your target language. You can then pick up on more grammar as you read, and highlight all the words you do not know. You then look these up and write them down on notecards. The pimsleur/Rosetta Stone in my opinion are like steroids, you use them as a supplement with the rest of your studies, because they are a help but not the answer. Just like steroids, if you take steroids you aren't going to get huge without a rigorous workout. In my opinion conversation is extremely important because it is in my opinion necessary to listen to these words spoken in a daily conversation. |
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