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How to use an Assimil course
I’m quite fond of Assimil courses, and I use them for French, Spanish, Russian and Dutch. But in one area, they’re very often lacking: instructions. In many of the courses, the instructions amount to: “during the passive wave, just listen … Continue reading
Global Understanding Vs. Individual Words
In his detailed video on shadowing, Dr. Arguelles uses an Assimil course as his example. He says that at a certain point in one’s studies, using his shadowing technique, one will find that they have a global understanding of what’s … Continue reading
Grammar For Decoding
Geoff wrote a post a few weeks ago about the idea of learning a language without grammar, and I quite liked this bit: I personally favor the use of grammar for decoding, but am more reluctant to use it for … Continue reading
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