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| issemiyaki Diglot Newbie United States Joined 4831 days ago 38 posts - 58 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 1 of 7 19 February 2015 at 3:29am | IP Logged |
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Any ideas on how to use Assimil French with a tutor?
I want to try out some of the things that I'm learning in the book - instead of having conversations with myself. Currently, I feel like my French conversations through Skype don't really have any direction, and I spend most of the time hoping that I'll get the chance to use what I've learned in Assimil French with Ease. Of course, there are tons of phrases that I can and do use, but I'd like to use more phrases more often. As a beginner, I want to know that I'm at least successfully employing what I'm learning. That positive reinforcement is key. Let me know if you have any suggestions. Thanks Edited by issemiyaki on 19 February 2015 at 5:54am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| soclydeza85 Senior Member United States Joined 3709 days ago 357 posts - 502 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, French | Message 2 of 7 20 February 2015 at 8:34pm | IP Logged |
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Assimil was designed for home/self use. You could use it with your tutor, but it
would just be a waste of time in my opinion since you can just do it by yourself. You can ask questions about/practice what you learned in Assimil. A tutor should give you direction and provide you with (or at least point you in the direction of) materials that you will use together. If you're paying a tutor, you want to do things with them that you wouldn't be able to do on your own, otherwise you're just wasting your money. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| issemiyaki Diglot Newbie United States Joined 4831 days ago 38 posts - 58 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 3 of 7 21 February 2015 at 8:52am | IP Logged |
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Sociydeza85 - I'm was just brainstorming.
I don't have a steady French tutor just yet. Thanks for your comments though. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| turorudi Triglot Newbie Philippines Joined 3371 days ago 24 posts - 30 votes Speaks: English, Tagalog*, Japanese Studies: Hungarian, French | Message 4 of 7 17 March 2015 at 8:32am | IP Logged |
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I have not tried using Assimil with my tutor. But maybe you could role play the dialogues
after you have studied on your own? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4509 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 5 of 7 17 March 2015 at 9:13am | IP Logged |
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I use tutors to clear up points Assimil is vague about, but I don't use the actual
material unless I want to tell them a joke. In which case I will use the entire book if need be. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| turorudi Triglot Newbie Philippines Joined 3371 days ago 24 posts - 30 votes Speaks: English, Tagalog*, Japanese Studies: Hungarian, French | Message 6 of 7 19 March 2015 at 3:00am | IP Logged |
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Yes, jokes are good. I like Assimil in this regard -- it actually has some funny bits
that I can use in real life :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 4811 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 7 of 7 19 March 2015 at 11:14pm | IP Logged |
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I agree with the general sentiment of not wasting your paid time with tutor on something
you can do on your own. However, you can use Assimil as a general source of inspiration, like a backbone, when it comes to topics to cover with your tutor in different dialogues. You can get further corrections on your active wave, especially if you do it in writing as the Assimil is awesome but it just won't tell you when there is more than one correct option (and you happen to use the other one than Assimil author). And I'm out of ideas for now. I think you might as well consider using a different course with your tutor, if you are going to use them for this kind of studying. It may prove beneficial to combine two courses and two approaches. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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