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| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5385 days ago 938 posts - 1839 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 9 of 13 01 March 2014 at 11:20am | IP Logged | ||
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fireballtrouble - I am not talking about a different book. Assimil has made a couple
of mess ups that have caused confusion. Mess Up 1 The edition of German With Ease labelled as being by Gudrun Roemer on Amazon is in fact the old Hilda Scheider edition that has been reset. Here it is at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/German-Ease-New-Book-only/dp/270050527 1/ref=sr_1_2? s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1393669055&sr=1-2&keywords=Gudrun+Roemer However, it is reviewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHSKHVg35jA As you can see, the author page is filmed and it is in fact written by Hilda Schneider. This is the same German With Ease that used to have this cover: http://www.amazon.com/German-Ease-English-Speakers-book/dp/0 828843112/ref=sr_1_7? s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1393668883&sr=1-7&keywords=Assimil+Germa n+WIth+Ease Mess Up 2: To make matters worse, it appears Gudrun Roemer and Maria Roemer are the same person - they have the same photograph on the Assimil website (compare L'Allemand, Collection Sans Peine and German With Ease). Look at the 'Biographie' drop down: http://fr.assimil.com/methodes/german-with-ease http://fr.assimil.com/methodes/l-allemand You are correct that the L'Allemand is only in French at the moment. Assimil's 2014 catalogue says that it will be available in English in April 2014, although I have read here somewhere that this has been delayed by a year. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ericblair Senior Member United States Joined 4531 days ago 480 posts - 700 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 10 of 13 02 March 2014 at 4:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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Where did you read it was delayed by a year?
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| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5385 days ago 938 posts - 1839 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 11 of 13 02 March 2014 at 7:16pm | IP Logged | ||
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Maybe I misread the 'next' April they told you as next year April. Although I have 'done' it in French, it would
be nice to have the English version next month. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ericblair Senior Member United States Joined 4531 days ago 480 posts - 700 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 12 of 13 03 March 2014 at 3:23am | IP Logged | ||
Oh, yes. Maybe it doesn't reflect that well on Assimil that their replies to English speakers are sometimes not so clear, haha. But they said "next" March as well for the English-based Spanish and they already have the page up for Spanish and it will be for sale soon. So I think it is fair to guess the English-based German will be available next month (April 2014) unless there is another separate, delay. If you have done the exact same course from the French base, wouldn't you find it quite a waste of money to get the same course in an English base? 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5385 days ago 938 posts - 1839 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 13 of 13 03 March 2014 at 10:10am | IP Logged | ||
Such is the pain of a compulsive language book collector... :-) I also found it quite hard going for the last 20 lessons and I am not sure if I understood the French grammar notes properly. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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