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| YnEoS Senior Member United States Joined 4053 days ago 472 posts - 893 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian, Cantonese, Japanese, French, Hungarian, Czech, Swedish, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish | Message 9 of 12 17 March 2014 at 10:25pm | IP Logged |
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These are 3 of my favorites that I've completed so far. There are other ones I like, but I'll wait til I've fully completed them before writing them up.
French Without Toil - 140 Lessons - 1st Generation Reasons: Among one of the longest courses Assimil has ever made. Like other 1st generation assimil courses, it has song lessons, in this case 20 of them. Plus there are tons of additional exercises after each lesson for extra practice. And once the dialogs get up to full speed they're faster than the 2nd generation intermediate course (Using French). The most unique feature of all, is it starts giving you grammar instruction in French as the course progresses with new words translated in parenthesis. This makes it ideal for anyone looking to use another Assimil courses that are only offered from a french base. Using French - 70 Lessons - 2nd Generation Reasons: Lots of information about France, history, the provinces, and tons of literature excerpts with information about the authors. People have complained about the love story, but it doesn't take up very many lessons. Hungarian with Ease - 85 Lessons - 2nd Generation Reasons: Not an easy course for absolute beginners. But the lessons are a good length, and it introduces native materials fairly early compared to most other Assimil courses I've used. You get poetry, songs, and Hungarian history. 5 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Mutant Groupie United States Joined 3710 days ago 45 posts - 60 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German | Message 10 of 12 18 March 2014 at 1:43am | IP Logged |
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Spanish With Ease
I completed this title last year. I was using it as a false-beginner to improve my Spanish. It isn't as interesting as New French With Ease but it would make a good, solid introduction to the language and I found it to be an excellent refresher course. I wish they had a "Latin American" version available, but all things considered it's a good course. I've loaned it to a friend who wants to learn Spanish and am sure that if she follows the instructions and sticks with it every day, she'll get a lot out of the course. New French With Ease I am currently on lesson 62. This course has done the impossible: make me actually enjoy French. I originally started learning French so that I would have access to other Assimil courses. Now, thanks to New French With Ease, I am starting to love the language and look forward every day to my next lesson. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| magic9man2 Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6428 days ago 149 posts - 153 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: Arabic (Written), Mandarin, French, Cantonese, Russian, Korean, Taiwanese, Arabic (Levantine) | Message 11 of 12 20 March 2014 at 6:42pm | IP Logged |
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I love the Russian without toil from 1951. It even includes a great song like Очи чёрные(dark eyes) every 7 lessons.
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| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4688 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 12 of 12 25 March 2014 at 11:00am | IP Logged |
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I'm glad to hear that the Greek course gets better! Or at least, works better if you
already have a base in the grammar. It was a really hard course for a complete beginner, but you've tempted me to take another look at it. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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