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Ug_Caveman
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 Message 9 of 16
06 January 2012 at 6:50pm | IP Logged 
kanewai wrote:
Maybe saying you need immersion is too much, but definitely being around native speakers
is needed!


My school has a very good French department with teachers from France speicifcally for conversation practice with pupils. And I know a significant number of French speakers outside of school (my dad also speaks it).
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Ug_Caveman
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 Message 10 of 16
07 January 2012 at 3:26pm | IP Logged 
Also, when using Michel Thomas - do I do the whole hour of each CD per day, or do I break them down into say, half an hour sessions?
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 Message 11 of 16
07 January 2012 at 7:26pm | IP Logged 
I'm not able to answer any of your questions but
The Book Depository is selling New French with Ease for $38 and they ship for free.


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Elexi
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 Message 12 of 16
07 January 2012 at 10:14pm | IP Logged 
In Assimil, the passive wave is where you just absorb the text by reading it out aloud with the CD as a guide, figuring out the nuances in it from the English translation and reading the notes and doing the exercises. The active wave involves covering up the target language text and translating the English into the target language and then checking the translation (either with the text or by listening to the CD).

Personally, I start the 'active wave' after about lesson 14 and keep repeating it - I find that until I reproduce the language I don't understand points of grammar or what not.

As to Michel Thomas - you can do as much as you like or can handle - I find 20 minutes a shot, perhaps two or three times a day to be good going at first. If you get the edition with the Review CDs, it is probably worth going through the part you did the day or week before to see if you have got the point, but MT doesn't require you to spend any specific time on it.
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Ug_Caveman
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 Message 13 of 16
07 January 2012 at 10:32pm | IP Logged 
Elexi wrote:

As to Michel Thomas - you can do as much as you like or can handle - I find 20 minutes a shot, perhaps two or three times a day to be good going at first. If you get the edition with the Review CDs, it is probably worth going through the part you did the day or week before to see if you have got the point, but MT doesn't require you to spend any specific time on it.


Do you do the same part of the language over again, or do you move through the CD each time?
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jazzboy.bebop
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 Message 14 of 16
07 January 2012 at 10:57pm | IP Logged 
Ug_Caveman wrote:
Elexi wrote:

As to Michel Thomas - you can do as much as you like or can handle - I find 20 minutes a shot, perhaps two or three times a day to be good going at first. If you get the edition with the Review CDs, it is probably worth going through the part you did the day or week before to see if you have got the point, but MT doesn't require you to spend any specific time on it.


Do you do the same part of the language over again, or do you move through the CD each time?


It's up to how much time you have really. It's fine to do more than one CD in one day if you have the time and motivation. I found a CD a day a good pace for me but it's up to you. It's probably better to do as much as you can each day considering Thomas taught his material to people over a couple of days or so, but doing less would be fine. You can always go back to bits you have trouble with.
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Ug_Caveman
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 Message 15 of 16
08 January 2012 at 12:04am | IP Logged 
jazzboy.bebop wrote:
Ug_Caveman wrote:
Elexi wrote:

As to Michel Thomas - you can do as much as you like or can handle - I find 20 minutes a shot, perhaps two or three times a day to be good going at first. If you get the edition with the Review CDs, it is probably worth going through the part you did the day or week before to see if you have got the point, but MT doesn't require you to spend any specific time on it.


Do you do the same part of the language over again, or do you move through the CD each time?


It's up to how much time you have really. It's fine to do more than one CD in one day if you have the time and motivation. I found a CD a day a good pace for me but it's up to you. It's probably better to do as much as you can each day considering Thomas taught his material to people over a couple of days or so, but doing less would be fine. You can always go back to bits you have trouble with.


Less is ideal, because I have school commitments and I get a lot of homework :( Luckily, I can get good conversation practice at school thanks to the French department, and my best friend is a Ukrainian, so I can practise Russian with him.
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kanewai
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 Message 16 of 16
08 January 2012 at 2:50am | IP Logged 
MT comes in 3 to 7 minute chunks. I've been doing his course until my brain shuts out &
can't absorb anything new. Usually about 20". The next day I start from a chapter or two
after where I started the day before. So I did chapters 1-7 one day, but only 3-5 the
next day, then 5-9 the next day, then 7-11 ...

But it's all so idiosyncratic. Pimsleur is easy: one lesson a day, 30." The pace for MT
and Assimil varies for each person. Just pick one, any one, and dive in!


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