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| sprachefin Triglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5559 days ago 300 posts - 317 votes  Speaks: German*, English, Spanish Studies: French, Turkish, Mandarin, Bulgarian, Persian, Dutch | Message 1 of 5 12 May 2009 at 2:21am | IP Logged | ||
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For those of you who may be asking why a German speaker is obtaining English resources: I find that resources
from America and Great Britain are better than any other that I have tried. So the question here is: Which one should I choose. I have used Teach Yourself, but not Colloquial Series. I find that Teach Yourself does not provide enough interaction for actual learning and retaining. I want to try Colloquial Dutch, but I don't want to waste money. Can anyone help? I would also accept recommendations for another course. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| fanatic Octoglot Senior Member Australia speedmathematics.com Joined 6959 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 2 of 5 12 May 2009 at 9:05am | IP Logged | ||
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There isn't much difference between the Colloquial and Teach Yourself courses. The Dutch Teach Yourself course doesn't give translations of the dialogues but rather gives translations of new words and phrases.
They are both fairly practical. I like the Assimil course better as it is entirely in Dutch, you can get a German based textbook, and it is more comprehensive. You can download both courses from uztranslations.net.ru. They are both available from the local library system here in Melbourne, Australia, and I have looked at both. I have the Assimil course so I got the courses for some extra help and practice. I see that Assimil Dutch is available for download from uztranslations.net.ru as well. I used to listen to Dutch radio programs when I lived in Germany and found I understood a lot. Dutch is similar to old German and Platt Deutsch. I also got free learning material from Radio Nederlands. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| stelingo Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5645 days ago 722 posts - 1076 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Czech, Polish, Greek, Mandarin | Message 3 of 5 13 May 2009 at 12:31am | IP Logged | ||
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I would highly recommend 'Routledge Intensive Dutch Course'.
.Routledge Dutch Intensive Dutch Course CD It is much more thorough in its treatment of the language and has a good balance of grammar, dialogues and exercises. It takes you to a good intermediate level. By the end of the book you will be able to discuss political and social issues. There are however 2 drawbacks: -It is intended for classroom use, but you can find a key and transcript here. Resources There are pair/group exercises you won't be able to do but there is still plenty of material to work through by yourself. -It is expensive, especially the CDs. But if you are willing to invest some money you won't regret buying this book Edited by stelingo on 13 May 2009 at 12:38am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Rout Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5525 days ago 326 posts - 417 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish Studies: Hindi | Message 4 of 5 13 May 2009 at 1:02am | IP Logged | ||
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I would think that the German Assimil would point out the similarities between German and Dutch which would be an added bonus, but I'm not sure. I wish there was a language so closely related to mine.. I think L-R might work well for for this situation since there's mutual intelligibility.
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| sprachefin Triglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5559 days ago 300 posts - 317 votes Speaks: German*, English, Spanish Studies: French, Turkish, Mandarin, Bulgarian, Persian, Dutch | Message 5 of 5 13 May 2009 at 4:29am | IP Logged | ||
The funny thing is, although I am fluent in both English and German, I find it hard to comprehend what is being said. The Dutch speak way to fast for me to triangulate words. Reading is much better for me, although I tend to get a bit confused as Dutch orthography is confusing at times. I have listed to speakers of Plattdeutsch, and I never understand them. I think it's because I was raised entirely in Hochdeutsch, and never got around to listening to people from the Low lands, nor bothering to speak to them at all. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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