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| sampier85 Newbie Canada Joined 4283 days ago 4 posts - 5 votes Speaks: English* | Message 9 of 16 18 August 2012 at 3:46am | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks Fanatic I will go through it the "correct way"...Have you also heard of Je parle
allemand as a course? I got it recommended to me for studying German. Thanks 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| freakyaye Senior Member Australia Joined 4636 days ago 107 posts - 152 votes  | Message 10 of 16 18 August 2012 at 5:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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Sampier85, the other commenters are right that assimil has a best method, but it should also be enjoyed and
absorbed. That said, perhaps instead of focusing on the entertainment factor decide what you want for your German and commit to the assimil method as you would to bad tasting medicine. Focus on what performance abilities assimil can give you. Good luck! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6395 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 11 of 16 18 August 2012 at 9:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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My favourite free resources are Mission Berlin and Deutsch? Warum Nicht:)
As they're free, it totally makes sense to try them out. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| fanatic Octoglot Senior Member Australia speedmathematics.com Joined 6944 days ago 1152 posts - 1818 votes Speaks: English*, German, French, Afrikaans, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Dutch Studies: Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Modern Hebrew, Malay, Mandarin, Esperanto | Message 12 of 16 19 August 2012 at 3:27am | IP Logged | ||
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I like Mission Berlin as well. I have used it to improve my Polish. I downloaded the program to my hard drive so I can use it without an Internet connection.
Doctor Blair's programs have you pretending to be a secret agent and having to learn the language so you can carry out a mission for your country. I think I was successful in using Assimil German Without Toil because we were booked to travel to Germany and I had to learn the language to survive. But, I enjoyed the process with Assimil as well. I wouldn't have enjoyed it if I had to spend a week or two on each lesson. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6395 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 13 of 16 19 August 2012 at 9:25am | IP Logged | ||
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Do you mean Mission Kraków? ;)
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| fanatic Octoglot Senior Member Australia speedmathematics.com Joined 6944 days ago 1152 posts - 1818 votes Speaks: English*, German, French, Afrikaans, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Dutch Studies: Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Modern Hebrew, Malay, Mandarin, Esperanto | Message 14 of 16 19 August 2012 at 2:38pm | IP Logged | ||
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| Quique Diglot Senior Member Spain cronopios.net/Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4480 days ago 183 posts - 313 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: French, German | Message 15 of 16 20 August 2012 at 4:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm currently doing the Assimil German course (I'm on lesson 21 at the moment). So far, I'm not having problems doing a lesson a day, as the method dictates.
Before starting Assimil, I did the Michel Thomas Foundation Course (now called Total) to get a feeling of the language. I'd suggest you to stick to the prescribed method (passive wave and active wave). You'll find some discussion and variations in this forum, but what you've been doing so far (5 lessons in 3 months) seems wrong. I seem to be progressing nicely: two days ago I picked up a graded reading book (A1), and I was delighted to find that I could understand most of it, also when listening to the CD. I'm creating a Memrise course with the vocabulary I learn (up to lesson 18 atm), which you may find useful. You may want to check also Luca Lampariello's posts. Edited by Quique on 20 August 2012 at 4:51pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4707 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 16 of 16 06 September 2012 at 8:11pm | IP Logged | ||
I haven't tried Mission Berin, but I was really disappointed with Mission Paris. A few years back I listened through most of Radio D, which I found to be excellent. In fact, I'd say it's the most enjoyable free course for German I have found. The learning curve isn't very steep, but it prepares to for listening for clues in the setting and not just in the words. Each episode is about 20 minutes long, and there is quite a collection of them. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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