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| stmc2 Diglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 6046 days ago 45 posts - 58 votes  Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: German | Message 1 of 4 25 July 2014 at 11:47am | IP Logged |
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Hello all,
I have been looking at the Made Simple series of books. There appears to be different versions of the book, mainly from the 1960s and 1990s, give or take a decade or so. I know that the original series has almost identical dialogues no matter what the target language. This of course has great advantages. I am therefore wondering if the most recent series also has identical dialogues and passages etc. Any information would be great thanks. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Paco Senior Member Hong Kong Joined 4072 days ago 145 posts - 251 votes Speaks: Cantonese* | Message 2 of 4 27 July 2014 at 7:47pm | IP Logged |
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The recent German Made Simple revised by Leitner retains the old structure, on the whole.
If the parallel structure is what you concern, go ahead and study with them. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| stmc2 Diglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 6046 days ago 45 posts - 58 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: German | Message 3 of 4 28 July 2014 at 9:54am | IP Logged |
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Thanks for the info Paco. It is good that the parallel structure has been kept. My main
interest is that all the books teach identical dialogues etc, no matter what the target language. This means that when one book has been used fully, studying other languages will be greatly facilitated. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Paco Senior Member Hong Kong Joined 4072 days ago 145 posts - 251 votes Speaks: Cantonese* | Message 4 of 4 28 July 2014 at 2:36pm | IP Logged |
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The dialogues are not identical, but largely similar. I could track down 5 languages:
German, French, Spanish, Italian and Russian. I did not compare the language use closely so I cannot tell how dated the old editions are and whether they are changed for the good in the recent editions, and to what extent sentences are rearranged in a dialogue. The largest differences are the layouts; you can preview the new ones in Amazon and old ones on Youtube: Made Simple: Foreign Language Learning Series Reviews 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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