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| Paco Senior Member Hong Kong Joined 4073 days ago 145 posts - 251 votes  Speaks: Cantonese* | Message 1 of 11 03 April 2013 at 7:50pm | IP Logged |
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Has anyone tried the Intermediate courses from the 1980s made by the Linguaphone
Institute? How are the courses? And do you think it's worth me going through given my study plan (for German, French and Spanish, respectively) already comprises 6, though mostly basic, manuals? They are: Assimil Made Simple Berlitz self-teacher Cortina Colloquial Passport Practice and Improve At the moment, I believe the above plan will take me to a soild B2 level, at which time I should better start reading native texts and literature instead of studying more manuals. Thank you. Edited by Paco on 04 April 2013 at 6:09am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Camsbury Diglot Newbie United States Joined 4061 days ago 1 posts - 2 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Esperanto | Message 2 of 11 03 April 2013 at 9:08pm | IP Logged |
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Michel Thomas Basic and Advanced will take you from nothing to a good level of confidence
while speaking. Try this to give you motivation to follow through with the others. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| dbag Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4818 days ago 605 posts - 1046 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 3 of 11 03 April 2013 at 9:24pm | IP Logged |
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I seriously doubt that doing all those courses will get you anywhere near B2. You will most probably be repeatedly going over basic to low- intermediate material. If you want to go over lots of courses, I would suggest- Pimsleur and Michel Thomas pretty much together, then Assimil, then FSI. That study plan alone could easily take 18 months to 2 years to get through, but you would still probably be just a solid B1, and that's presupposing that you add a lot of other, native materials at the same time.
I really don't think there is such a thing as a course which will take you beyond B1 on its own. Edit: Sorry to be a killjoy! Edited by dbag on 03 April 2013 at 9:25pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5361 days ago 938 posts - 1839 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 4 of 11 03 April 2013 at 10:05pm | IP Logged |
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I agree with dbag, except I think getting to B1 is probably more difficult with courses
alone. Once you get to A2-B1 the only way up is to use native materials. Its not that courses aren't any use anymore - they will still give you revision - but just are too contrived to take you that one step beyond. You'd also be better off studying something like Assimil for a year and getting the material ingrained than doing lots of different courses. I would recommend making a book of scripts of a programme you like from Hypnoweb.net and getting it printed by Lulu or someone as a book. Then watch the programme as you would a dialogue. As to the Linguaphone intermediate course - its good, I like it. Its all in the target language, so there is no coasting. Its not worth buying new, but if you can get it on ebay do so. All this is my opinion, of course. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Paco Senior Member Hong Kong Joined 4073 days ago 145 posts - 251 votes Speaks: Cantonese* | Message 5 of 11 05 April 2013 at 11:38am | IP Logged |
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I appreciate your comments. They are mostly constructive.
I would like more information about the Intermediate Linguaphone courses. Is it the continuation of the Beginner's course, with the same bilingual-manual approach? Would you put it at the exact same level as the Assimil Perfectionnement courses? What are their main differences? I am afraid Pimsleur and MT are not the right courses for me, as I am inclined to a more textually-oriented approach, plus audio support. I have sampled a small range of courses including those audio methods mentioned above, but I would like more active control of my learning process. I look forward to more guidance from you amazing fellow! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5361 days ago 938 posts - 1839 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 6 of 11 05 April 2013 at 2:19pm | IP Logged |
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The Linguaphone Intermediate courses are all in the target language -
although there is a word book to help. They consist of 60 lessons each containing a dialogue, a grammatical lesson and exercises. Similar to the beginners courses but without the English coursebook to give explanations. They do cover a similar range to the Assimil Perfectionnement series in terms of grammar - albeit they go into slightly less obscure territory as those manuals sometimes go. Edited by Elexi on 05 April 2013 at 2:20pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Paco Senior Member Hong Kong Joined 4073 days ago 145 posts - 251 votes Speaks: Cantonese* | Message 7 of 11 09 April 2013 at 6:09am | IP Logged |
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Thank you Elexi. Everything taken into account, I will seriously re-consider the value of
the courses which may be worth me rushing to the library every morning. We'll see. I am glad that I "discovered" the professor and then this forum, where I really learn a lot from kind people like you. I think I am done with raising questions - perhaps too much already, and it's high time to begin my own odyssey and focus on real studies. Edited by Paco on 09 April 2013 at 6:10am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4685 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 8 of 11 09 April 2013 at 7:42am | IP Logged |
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I wouldn't buy anything yet! I like to look ahead too, and I keep lists of potential
intermediate and advanced courses. However, it always takes longer to get to the intermediate stage than I think it will. And, my tastes and studying habits generally evolve along the way. It's time to dive in, though! - you've got lots to start with. No one can really say where the journey will take you. ... but when the time comes, my favorite intermediate French materials were Assimil's Using French, FSI Volume II (and I still haven't finished that one), lots of parallel texts, novels by easier authors (Guy de Maupassant, André Gide, Alain-Fournier, Jules Verne), and bandes dessinées (search through EMK's posts for some good recommendations). Edited by kanewai on 09 April 2013 at 7:43am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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