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| Merv Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5083 days ago 414 posts - 749 votes  Speaks: English*, Serbo-Croatian* Studies: Spanish, French | Message 1 of 15 20 June 2010 at 7:15am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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How successful is the Assimil method (alone, with tapes/CDs) in conferring fluency in the following:
Spanish (Castilian) French German Italian Portuguese (Portugal) Russian Ideally, I'd like to work with one central method to learn grammar and basic vocabulary and pronunciation. Then couple that with reading literature alongside movies/TV programs in that language to further work on pronunciation. A little background: I am natively bilingual in English and a non-Russian Slavic language, and have had several years in high school (into early college) of Spanish, an intensive course in Bengali, as well as about a year of self study in Attic Greek. I am generally good at teaching myself, for example in science, but I understand that this is a very different field of learning, so my usual methods of reading and memorizing will not be effective on their own. Edited by Merv on 20 June 2010 at 7:19am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| RedBeard Senior Member United States atariage.com Joined 5912 days ago 126 posts - 182 votes Speaks: Ancient Greek* Studies: French, German | Message 2 of 15 20 June 2010 at 8:39am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Many people around here REALLY like the Assimil books. I think that most people around here would also recommend that one use the audio, too.
Regarding the effectiveness, I remember reading around here that Assimil courses take you to about the B1 level. I don't know if that's true or not, I just remember reading it. - If it is that level, then you can transition to native material, I bet. You might want to try their French course for yourself. There are plenty copies of used ones around. Abebooks or Ebay or Alibris. If you find that you like it, great. If it isn't your style, then you haven't spent much money. Find something that suits you better and move on. Godspeed. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Merv Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5083 days ago 414 posts - 749 votes Speaks: English*, Serbo-Croatian* Studies: Spanish, French | Message 3 of 15 20 June 2010 at 8:44am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Thanks. I'm considering this approach and also the L-R approach on the Bible (especially New Testament). I see that you've learned ancient Greek. That's my favorite language to learn, not just for the literature and the importance in history, but also the New Testament connection. Also a beautiful language. I tried a weak text and gave up (the grammar is scary). What did you use? I have purchased a copy of Hansen's Greek: An Intensive Course, but I'm not sure if it's any good. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5395 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French | Message 4 of 15 20 June 2010 at 2:24pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
All the Assimil methods are very good :) I have Italian, German, Dutch, and French. The Portuguese program is French based. Redbeard is a native speaker of Greek :D I don't think he used a course. The course that you purchased has a VERY good review here: http://www.amazon.com/Greek-Intensive-Course-Hardy-Hansen/dp /0823216632/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277036607&sr=8-1 Welcome to the forum! If you have an questions just ask :) -Jordan 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5263 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 5 of 15 20 June 2010 at 2:38pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Since he is a native speaker of Ancient Greek he most likely used a time machine or found the Fountain of Youth. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Merv Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5083 days ago 414 posts - 749 votes Speaks: English*, Serbo-Croatian* Studies: Spanish, French | Message 6 of 15 21 June 2010 at 4:11am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Thanks! I've just ordered the Assimil 1987 Spanish with Ease as well as an RVR 1960 version of the Spanish Bible and will use the Family Bible Radio audio bible in parallel to use the L-R approach. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| psy88 Senior Member United States Joined 5401 days ago 469 posts - 882 votes Studies: Spanish*, Japanese, Latin, French | Message 7 of 15 22 June 2010 at 3:06am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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A question for Jordan or anyone else who has used Assmil for several different languages:are the dialogs and little stories the same for each language? I have used Pimsleur for Spanish and have seen the introductory lesson for French and it seems to cover the same words, situations, etc. Are the Assimil the same? Thanks in advance for the help.
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| josht Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6256 days ago 635 posts - 857 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Spanish, Russian, Dutch | Message 8 of 15 22 June 2010 at 4:53am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Psy88: Not in the least. Each course is stand alone, and they're not at all parallel in nature.
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