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 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6707 days ago 4250 posts - 5710 votes  Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 177 of 191 22 July 2007 at 6:41am | IP Logged | ||
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So, if you'd like to spend a lot of money and get nowhere, choose Pimsleur? Isn't that what you're saying, Athena?
In fact, what I think is a waste of time is "listening" to pauses and prompts from an English speaker, but perhaps that's just me. ;) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| FSI Senior Member United States Joined 6157 days ago 550 posts - 590 votes Speaks: English* | Message 178 of 191 22 July 2007 at 11:44am | IP Logged | ||
Not just money - time. The 90 hours required to complete Pimsleur, just once, could be far more effectively applied to more efficient modes of study. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Asiafeverr Diglot Senior Member Hong Kong Joined 6140 days ago 346 posts - 431 votes 1 sounds Speaks: French*, English Studies: Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, German | Message 179 of 191 22 July 2007 at 12:31pm | IP Logged | ||
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45 Hours actually.
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| FSI Senior Member United States Joined 6157 days ago 550 posts - 590 votes Speaks: English* | Message 180 of 191 22 July 2007 at 1:01pm | IP Logged | ||
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Ah, quite correct. The 45 hours required to complete Pimsleur, just once, could be far more effectively applied to more efficient modes of study.
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| tpiz Diglot Groupie United States cvillepayne.blogspot Joined 6162 days ago 77 posts - 79 votes Studies: Portuguese, English*, French Studies: Mandarin, Japanese | Message 181 of 191 24 July 2007 at 12:53am | IP Logged | ||
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I was actually wondering, what have people done after they have finished the Assimil course? I am not really interested in Pimsleur(they don't have my target languages anyways) and I feel like after Assimil and Remembering the Kanji I will be on a somewhat intermediate/high-beginner level of Japanese and need to start learning to match the pronunciation with the characters, as well as working on the the various writing systems. I am also wondering the same thing for Portuguese after I finish the FSI course if anyone wants to comment on that.
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| LilleOSC Senior Member United States lille.theoffside.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6489 days ago 545 posts - 546 votes 4 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 182 of 191 25 July 2007 at 4:53pm | IP Logged | ||
Well some people go through Assimil again. You also have some that use native materials after they finish it such as newspapers, and television to enhance their vocab. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6707 days ago 4250 posts - 5710 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 183 of 191 25 July 2007 at 5:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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The first step is to finish the last ~50 lessons, it's easy to forget that one. It feels great to have gone through the final lesson passively, but one should still do them actively, review them, translating back et.c.
For some languages there are "Using X" and even "Business X". Of course, with a good foundation (regardless of how that is achieved) one should start using real material. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7003 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 184 of 191 25 July 2007 at 6:10pm | IP Logged | ||
How are those Business courses? Are they meant as a followup to Using X, or are they parallel courses with business centered vocabulary and scenerios that would be suitable as followup to a With Ease course? Edited by luke on 25 July 2007 at 6:12pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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