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| Ug_Caveman Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4594 days ago 31 posts - 31 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch | Message 1 of 8 13 July 2013 at 2:27am | IP Logged | ||
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I wish to begin studying Spanish, and I'd like to use Assimil and Michel Thomas. The
thing is, I know Assimil is European Spanish but I'm not sure what kind of Spanish MT is? Can anyone help shed some light on the situation? Thanks 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| I'm With Stupid Senior Member Vietnam Joined 3985 days ago 165 posts - 349 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Vietnamese | Message 2 of 8 13 July 2013 at 7:26pm | IP Logged | ||
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He describes it as Standard Spanish and contrasts this with Castilian Spanish "spoken in parts of Spain." I'm not massively familiar with the dialects of Spanish, so I have no idea if that's useful.
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| TerryW Senior Member United States Joined 6169 days ago 370 posts - 783 votes Speaks: English* | Message 3 of 8 13 July 2013 at 9:41pm | IP Logged | ||
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I bet I'm not the only one who thought the topic title was "What kind of Spanish is spoken in MONTANA?" And of course, the answer is, it's very similar to the Spanish dialect spoken in North Dakota. ;-) 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Ug_Caveman Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4594 days ago 31 posts - 31 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch | Message 4 of 8 14 July 2013 at 12:26am | IP Logged | ||
Oops. Yeah, sorry, I'm from the South of England, Great Britain and you're only allowed a certain number of characters in your topic title. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7017 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 5 of 8 14 July 2013 at 2:43am | IP Logged | ||
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Michel Thomas has a distinct non-native accent.
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| Ug_Caveman Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4594 days ago 31 posts - 31 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch | Message 6 of 8 14 July 2013 at 2:50am | IP Logged | ||
It's not the accent I'm worried about, it's the content. I can generally imitate accents well, but only in the actual language (I can't speak English in other accents very well). EDIT: my worry is more whether or not he teaches Spanish different to spoken on the continent or in Latin America. Edited by Ug_Caveman on 14 July 2013 at 2:51am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| James29 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5187 days ago 1265 posts - 2113 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 7 of 8 14 July 2013 at 5:23am | IP Logged | ||
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Don't worry. It is plain and simple Spanish. I don't think it could be described as anything other than non-native Spanish.
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| nicozerpa Triglot Senior Member Argentina Joined 4138 days ago 182 posts - 315 votes Speaks: Spanish*, Portuguese, English Studies: Italian, German | Message 8 of 8 15 July 2013 at 3:54am | IP Logged | ||
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If it says "vosotros", then it's European, and if you hear "ustedes" very often, it's Latin American. However, I
think you don't need to worry about that yet because the basics is nearly the same. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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