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| phch Newbie United States Joined 6660 days ago 10 posts - 10 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin | Message 17 of 28 08 March 2006 at 6:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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Assimil Chinese is now available on www.assimil.com. There are three items:
Chinese With Ease - Volume 1 Chinese With Ease - Volume 2 Writing Chinese With Ease 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Duke Groupie United States Joined 6835 days ago 76 posts - 79 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin | Message 18 of 28 08 March 2006 at 11:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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| duffdude Groupie United Kingdom Joined 7009 days ago 75 posts - 72 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Mandarin, Cantonese | Message 19 of 28 09 March 2006 at 7:11am | IP Logged | ||
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Fantastic! Thank you for spotting it!
And to think that I nearly bought Chinesisch ohne muhe yesterday! I'm going to order volume 1 today! I'm tempted to buy all three actually and save on shipping. I'll have to see how rich I feel later. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| sky-168 Newbie United States ravechat.com Joined 6951 days ago 18 posts - 18 votes | Message 20 of 28 16 March 2006 at 1:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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I have purchased the Chinese With Ease Volume 1 and Volume 2 just out of curiosity.
Hopefully, I will receive it from France sometime this month. I am very pleased with my current materials. So, I may turn around and put it on eBay after I take a look. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Frisco Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6672 days ago 380 posts - 398 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Italian, Turkish, Mandarin | Message 21 of 28 16 March 2006 at 10:26pm | IP Logged | ||
If you do decide to resell them, I may be tempted to take them off your hands. I've never tried an Assimil course before. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 Hencke Tetraglot Moderator Spain Joined 6710 days ago 2340 posts - 2444 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Finnish, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 22 of 28 17 March 2006 at 5:11am | IP Logged | ||
I tried to order "Writing Chinese with Ease" from their site. The funny thing is the order seemed to be accepted and the interface said everything was OK, but they never asked for my VISA details !!?? Perhaps it is free ?! ;o) I sent off a question by e-mail (first time in years I have written anything in French). Let's see what they say. (I do hope funny proprietary software isn't required to place an order, as happens sometimes.) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Hencke Tetraglot Moderator Spain Joined 6710 days ago 2340 posts - 2444 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Finnish, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 23 of 28 22 March 2006 at 8:54am | IP Logged | ||
I had an answer back from them which didn't help with this at all really, but in the meantime the interface appears to have been fixed. I was able to order a couple of things now. Edited by Hencke on 22 March 2006 at 8:54am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| sky-168 Newbie United States ravechat.com Joined 6951 days ago 18 posts - 18 votes | Message 24 of 28 07 April 2006 at 9:06am | IP Logged | ||
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As of last night, I received the English version of Chinese with Ease Vol. 1 and Vol 2. There is a dictionary reference at the end of the second book for the two volumes. At a rough estimate, there appears to be only 1350 words for the two volumes. I like the grammar notes and explanations at the bottom of each page. The recordings are very clear and the tones are well enunciated. However, the recordings are very short. The dialogues do not appear to be very complex. Just simple conversational dialogues. Every seventh lesson is a revision of the previous lessons. Something that I really like is the direct translations. For example, 'Hong cha, you mei you?''. They give an regular English translation of 'do you have black tea?' and below that the direct translation 'black tea, have not have?'
I have not used that Assimil method. However, I feel that there is a lot more bang for the buck compared to Pimsleur for beginners. For those considering purchase and can't decide, I would buy the Assimil and rent/borrow the Pimsleur. You may wish to then graduate to Practical Chinese Readers or David and Helen in China for larger and more complex dialogues. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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