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vexx
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Message 9 of 14

29 August 2010 at 4:58am | IP Logged

What about if i learnt French, from Assimil for example, using the material wrote in Italian? Given that i had just
learnt Italian, and had done the Assimil course for Italian but in English, making me familliar with the method of
learning.
There are such similarities between the two, would i not get confused? Or would this actually be better then doing
it in English as i could make connections and so go faster?

Edited by vexx on 29 August 2010 at 5:02am
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Merv
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Message 10 of 14

29 August 2010 at 5:24am | IP Logged

vexx wrote:

What about if i learnt French, from Assimil for example, using the material wrote in Italian? Given
that i had just
learnt Italian, and had done the Assimil course for Italian but in English, making me familliar with the method of
learning.
There are such similarities between the two, would i not get confused? Or would this actually be better then doing
it in English as i could make connections and so go faster?

I'm not sure Assimil is strong enough to give you the foundation to properly understand all of the Italian in the
translation, but you could certainly try. On the other hand, the English>French and French>English Assimil
programs are likely the oldest and strongest, so you can't go wrong learning French using the English Assimil and
then use your knowledge of French for other languages.
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vexx
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Message 11 of 14

29 August 2010 at 5:26am | IP Logged

^ Assimil was just an example, my question was focused at using materials wrote in Italian (after just learning
italian) to learn French, it was
just the only one i knew of was Assimil.

Edited by vexx on 29 August 2010 at 5:51am
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vexx
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Message 12 of 14

30 August 2010 at 5:18am | IP Logged

anyone?
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eumiro
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Message 13 of 14

30 August 2010 at 8:30am | IP Logged

vexx wrote:

Assimil was just an example, my question was focused at using materials wrote in Italian (after just learning Italian) to learn French, it was just the only one i knew of was Assimil.

You can just risk, that since Italian and French are very related, the Italian textbook of French will explain many areas of the French grammar/vocabulary, which are new to you as an English-speaking person, just with words: "This is exactly like in Italian, so it is easy for you and we won't explain it in depth." and now you have to figure out, how it is in Italian...

Otherwise, learn L3 through L2 is what I do all the time, since there are many more materials in EN/FR/DE to learn other languages than in CZ/SK.

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vexx
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Message 14 of 14

30 August 2010 at 2:31pm | IP Logged

eumiro wrote:

You can just risk, that since Italian and French are very related, the Italian textbook of French will explain many
areas of the French grammar/vocabulary, which are new to you as an English-speaking person, just with words:
"This is exactly like in Italian, so it is easy for you and we won't explain it in depth." and now you have to figure
out, how it is in Italian...

Otherwise, learn L3 through L2 is what I do all the time, since there are many more materials in EN/FR/DE to
learn other languages than in CZ/SK.

Thanks for reply.
Yeah it would be much easier for you just not sure how i'd go about Italian/French or even French/Spanish or
Italian/Spanish (most related) and if i'd get confused. But that could occur reading something in Italian and
having to look that up in English, but then it teaches both L2 and L3.. Still not sure if it's just better to do the
courses in English..

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