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Assimil’s second, active wave
I posted the instructions found at the beginning of the Assimil Dutch course some time ago. I’ve found that the Assimil instructions are often rather lacking, and plenty of people post on forums asking: how exactly am I supposed to … Continue reading
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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