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| datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5380 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French | Message 1 of 31 06 April 2010 at 3:43am | IP Logged | ||
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Any reviews of them? I can't find any, they just came out a few weeks ago and I was wondering if anyone has gotten ahold of them
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-German-Two-Audio-CDs/dp/00716 63827/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270517890&sr=1-2 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071663878/ref=s9_simh_gw_p 14_i4?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=079B07J K4TQ9XKPMSWSW&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846 I REALLY HOPE THEY WENT BACK TO THE OLD FORMAT (you know, actual grammar explanations, good content, a really solid course. None of the "Where is your passport?" type tourist garbage :D) The Russian Course is due out in August, and other languages like Italian, French, German, and Spanish are already out. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| goosefrabbas Triglot Pro Member United States Joined 6163 days ago 393 posts - 475 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German, Italian Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 31 06 April 2010 at 4:21am | IP Logged | ||
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"Within each of the 25 thematic chapters, important language structures are introduced through life-like dialogues."
With only 25 chapters, and because they're thematic, I'm betting they're like the normal phrasebook courses. :( 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| GREGORG4000 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5318 days ago 307 posts - 479 votes Speaks: English*, Finnish Studies: Japanese, Korean, Amharic, French | Message 3 of 31 06 April 2010 at 5:20am | IP Logged | ||
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http://www.mhprofessional.com/product.php?cat=8&isbn=0071663 827
The contents table... 01 My name is... 02 I'm fine 03 How do you write that? 04 Do you speak German? 05 In town 06 Work and study 07 Food and drink 08 Shopping and ordering 09 Leisure 10 The time 11 What are we doing today? 12 A ticket to Heidelberg, please 13 What did you do at the weekend? 14 We went into the countryside 15 Living in Germany 16 Which hotel are we taking? 17 Is fashion important? 18 ...And what can we give them? 19 Bless you! 20 Weather and holidays 21 Telephoning and the business world 22 Job applications and CVs 23 History and general knowledge Looks pretty phrasebooky Edited by GREGORG4000 on 06 April 2010 at 5:21am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| draoicht Groupie Ireland Joined 6108 days ago 89 posts - 146 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 4 of 31 06 April 2010 at 5:31am | IP Logged | ||
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Just looking on Amazon and "Teach Yourself Spanish" and the new one "Complete Spanish" are both by the same author, Juan Kattan-Ibarra, and both have 25 chapters.
You can't look inside "Complete Spanish" so you can't compare the two but I'm thinking that with the similarities between them, the new version is just the old course revamped. I just had another look at the Amazon pages and Teach Yourself Spanish is listed as 3rd edition and Complete Spanish as 4th edition so essentially the same book if you ask me. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| delta910 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5670 days ago 267 posts - 313 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Dutch, German | Message 5 of 31 06 April 2010 at 5:52am | IP Logged | ||
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Oh wow! I came across these in a Borders the other day. Yeah I looked through the German one. I like the paper
they used but beyond that they aren't worth buying. It was a thicker and bigger book, maybe because the pages were thicker, but I think the content wasn't better. In fact, after flipping through it, it seemed as though there was less content and the generation before it. I just remember picking it up, looking through it and at some chapters, putting it on the shelf, and walking away. It probably wasn't in my hands no longer than a minute or two. Personally, I didn't like it. This is me but it had that childish feeling to it. It didn't seem as though it was intended for actual language learners. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Woodpecker Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5606 days ago 351 posts - 590 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Written), Arabic (Egyptian) Studies: Arabic (classical) | Message 6 of 31 06 April 2010 at 8:16am | IP Logged | ||
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I don't really understand why you would use Teach Yourself for European languages anyway. There are plenty of things that cost about the same and are unquestionably better. Teach Yourself is most useful for exotics that just don't have much study material, in my opinion. And fortunately, courses like Teach Yourself Xhosa tend not to get updated as much and so are still pretty good.
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| Luigi Diglot Senior Member Italy Joined 6735 days ago 113 posts - 135 votes Speaks: Italian*, English Studies: German, Russian | Message 7 of 31 07 April 2010 at 9:33pm | IP Logged | ||
I own the previous edition, and I can say that the chapters seem exactly the same. Edited by Luigi on 08 April 2010 at 12:04am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 6810 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 8 of 31 17 April 2010 at 12:27pm | IP Logged | ||
I agree. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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