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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth
yea i torrented rosetta stone... didn't really get much from it tbh. i didn't get very far in it but yea
i also got pimsluer which basically just drills the same basic phrases in you... i make progress with that slowly but surely. but i really don't have the time to really 'immerse' myself
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From what I heard about RS, it teaches you s
hit you won't need. And re: Pimsleur, that's spot on and is why I couldn't really get into it. I'm probably going to finish it though, imo just bombard yourself with as many ways of learning as possible.
Try Michel Thomas, there is a Mandarin course but I can't comment on it, my mate has used it and he says it is excellent. Did the Spanish and it was top notch, you get an understanding for how the language actually works as opposed to phrases being repeated for 30 minutes like on Pimsleur. Can construct sentences pretty quickly and understand written Spanish and that. Each unit has about 10 lessons in it, there are 13 units (8 + 5 advanced) and each file is about 6/7 minutes long. Can just stick it on your phone on the train or whatever and the job's a good 'un tbh.
I have the Dutch course as well because it's meant to be one of the easiest languages for a native English speaker to learn and I enjoyed the Spanish course so I'm gonna try that.
If you want other suggestions:
- Sign up to Twitter and follow accounts that teach that language
- Use Memrise on the internet, fun way of learning words & gives you mnemonics for remembering shit. Especially handy for Chinese characters
- Get Duolingo
- Try to get some children's books in that language
Be warned the bloke student on the Michel Thomas course is a thick twat and annoying as fu
ck.