Comments on: Linguaphone: Foreign Language Learning Series Reviews http://www.fast-study.com/blog/learning-language/linguaphone-foreign-language-learning-series-reviews Get the best Study Spanish courses here Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:22:47 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: stephen0731 http://www.fast-study.com/blog/learning-language/linguaphone-foreign-language-learning-series-reviews/comment-page-1#comment-5495 stephen0731 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:38:29 +0000 http://www.fast-study.com/blog/learning-language/linguaphone-foreign-language-learning-series-reviews#comment-5495 <b>I wish I could come ...</b> <br> I wish I could come across the vintage courses I wish I could come …
I wish I could come across the vintage courses

]]> By: qzchris http://www.fast-study.com/blog/learning-language/linguaphone-foreign-language-learning-series-reviews/comment-page-1#comment-5491 qzchris Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:38:28 +0000 http://www.fast-study.com/blog/learning-language/linguaphone-foreign-language-learning-series-reviews#comment-5491 <b>Thanks a lot for ...</b> <br> Thanks a lot for clearing that up. I did just recently manage to find the Arabic Course you recommend, selling for $55 which I snatched up immediately, even though I'm not planning on studying it for a few years yet. How lucky was that! Thanks a lot for …
Thanks a lot for clearing that up.
I did just recently manage to find the Arabic Course you recommend, selling for $55 which I snatched up immediately, even though I’m not planning on studying it for a few years yet. How lucky was that!

]]> By: ProfASAr http://www.fast-study.com/blog/learning-language/linguaphone-foreign-language-learning-series-reviews/comment-page-1#comment-5492 ProfASAr Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:38:28 +0000 http://www.fast-study.com/blog/learning-language/linguaphone-foreign-language-learning-series-reviews#comment-5492 <b>The text of these ...</b> <br> The text of these courses is always about 2-3 solid hours and can fit on that number of tapes. In the 1990's, they repackaged the courses with more "practice" tapes/CD's (and sometimes even a video), often consisting only of the dialog portion of the course with very long blank gaps for you to play one of the roles. All you really need to get the most from these courses is the text and the straight recording. Be aware that the speed of the Russian recordings is abnormally slow. The text of these …
The text of these courses is always about 2-3 solid hours and can fit on that number of tapes. In the 1990’s, they repackaged the courses with more “practice” tapes/CD’s (and sometimes even a video), often consisting only of the dialog portion of the course with very long blank gaps for you to play one of the roles. All you really need to get the most from these courses is the text and the straight recording. Be aware that the speed of the Russian recordings is abnormally slow.

]]> By: qzchris http://www.fast-study.com/blog/learning-language/linguaphone-foreign-language-learning-series-reviews/comment-page-1#comment-5493 qzchris Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:38:28 +0000 http://www.fast-study.com/blog/learning-language/linguaphone-foreign-language-learning-series-reviews#comment-5493 <b>Professor, you ...</b> <br> Professor, you wouldn't happen to know the difference between the 1971 and 1995 Russian offerings? The former has 4-cassettes the latter 10. Does this mean the more recent one is in fact more comprehensive? I notice these mid-90s courses (including Welsh for example) seem to be quite readily available and in some cases really quite cheap. Professor, you …
Professor, you wouldn’t happen to know the difference between the 1971 and 1995 Russian offerings? The former has 4-cassettes the latter 10. Does this mean the more recent one is in fact more comprehensive? I notice these mid-90s courses (including Welsh for example) seem to be quite readily available and in some cases really quite cheap.

]]> By: ProfASAr http://www.fast-study.com/blog/learning-language/linguaphone-foreign-language-learning-series-reviews/comment-page-1#comment-5494 ProfASAr Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:38:28 +0000 http://www.fast-study.com/blog/learning-language/linguaphone-foreign-language-learning-series-reviews#comment-5494 <b>There are still a ...</b> <br> There are still a few out there, but you do have to look hard. I rescued most of my own as they were being discarded from a language laboratory. I aspire to make an accessible repository from my private collection some day, as these materials are truly worthy of preservation. There are still a …
There are still a few out there, but you do have to look hard. I rescued most of my own as they were being discarded from a language laboratory. I aspire to make an accessible repository from my private collection some day, as these materials are truly worthy of preservation.

]]> By: kronos77 http://www.fast-study.com/blog/learning-language/linguaphone-foreign-language-learning-series-reviews/comment-page-1#comment-5488 kronos77 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:38:27 +0000 http://www.fast-study.com/blog/learning-language/linguaphone-foreign-language-learning-series-reviews#comment-5488 <b>Professor, After I ...</b> <br> Professor, After I asked this I saw a sample of a page from a Linguaphone course on their website. Compared to the Persian course in your video, the new one looks horrible. The graphic design gets an A+, but the content looks to be lacking. Also, the old Persian course seemed to be rich in cultural content--history, etc--while the new ones seem to be concerned with everyday doings of ordinary people. Linguaphone seems to be going the way of Assimil and dumbing down their courses. Professor, After I …
Professor, After I asked this I saw a sample of a page from a Linguaphone course on their website. Compared to the Persian course in your video, the new one looks horrible. The graphic design gets an A+, but the content looks to be lacking. Also, the old Persian course seemed to be rich in cultural content–history, etc–while the new ones seem to be concerned with everyday doings of ordinary people. Linguaphone seems to be going the way of Assimil and dumbing down their courses.

]]> By: ProfASAr http://www.fast-study.com/blog/learning-language/linguaphone-foreign-language-learning-series-reviews/comment-page-1#comment-5489 ProfASAr Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:38:27 +0000 http://www.fast-study.com/blog/learning-language/linguaphone-foreign-language-learning-series-reviews#comment-5489 <b>I do hope we are ...</b> <br> I do hope we are talking about the same series. All those listed as "Language X Course" and that adhere to their original methodology are fine in principle and each must be judged on its individual merits. Those from the 90's are the same as those from the 70's and so are not inferior in any way, it is just that the additional "practice" tapes/CD's do not add anything being as they are only the dialog with huge gaps, which you can produce yourself by hitting the pause button if desired. I do hope we are …
I do hope we are talking about the same series. All those listed as “Language X Course” and that adhere to their original methodology are fine in principle and each must be judged on its individual merits. Those from the 90’s are the same as those from the 70’s and so are not inferior in any way, it is just that the additional “practice” tapes/CD’s do not add anything being as they are only the dialog with huge gaps, which you can produce yourself by hitting the pause button if desired.

]]> By: kronos77 http://www.fast-study.com/blog/learning-language/linguaphone-foreign-language-learning-series-reviews/comment-page-1#comment-5490 kronos77 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:38:27 +0000 http://www.fast-study.com/blog/learning-language/linguaphone-foreign-language-learning-series-reviews#comment-5490 <b>Professor, Aside ...</b> <br> Professor, Aside from the lack of cross-course uniformity, why do you feel the newer Linguaphone courses are inferior to the older? Are they dumbed down and in what way? I am talking specifically about the 1990's course available now. Professor,

Aside …
Professor,

Aside from the lack of cross-course uniformity, why do you feel the newer Linguaphone courses are inferior to the older? Are they dumbed down and in what way? I am talking specifically about the 1990’s course available now.

]]> By: domitato http://www.fast-study.com/blog/learning-language/linguaphone-foreign-language-learning-series-reviews/comment-page-1#comment-5485 domitato Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:38:26 +0000 http://www.fast-study.com/blog/learning-language/linguaphone-foreign-language-learning-series-reviews#comment-5485 <b>Hello Professor, ...</b> <br> Hello Professor, excellent reviews for all who love studying languages. I saw the Polish Handbook you have and it looks different than mine - mine was printed in 1997, when was that one printed? Is it different to my version? I wonder what the newest version of this course is like, if there is. The course is very good, just the context sometimes is very old fashionable. Also, which other course would you recommend as a second choice? Thanks for your time and videos. Hello Professor, …
Hello Professor, excellent reviews for all who love studying languages.
I saw the Polish Handbook you have and it looks different than mine – mine was printed in 1997, when was that one printed? Is it different to my version? I wonder what the newest version of this course is like, if there is. The course is very good, just the context sometimes is very old fashionable. Also, which other course would you recommend as a second choice?
Thanks for your time and videos.

]]> By: ProfASAr http://www.fast-study.com/blog/learning-language/linguaphone-foreign-language-learning-series-reviews/comment-page-1#comment-5486 ProfASAr Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:38:26 +0000 http://www.fast-study.com/blog/learning-language/linguaphone-foreign-language-learning-series-reviews#comment-5486 <b>Neither are at the ...</b> <br> Neither are at the level of the Arabic course, but both are certainly well worth studying. The Hindi course has been an integral part of my own investigations of that language. Although from the 70's, it partakes of the 50's/60's parallel content to many other languages. One caveat - the print quality of the text is very bad - many faint and broken letters. I do not know the Welsh course as well, but it is a perfectly solid example of their 70's individualized production. Neither are at the …
Neither are at the level of the Arabic course, but both are certainly well worth studying. The Hindi course has been an integral part of my own investigations of that language. Although from the 70’s, it partakes of the 50’s/60’s parallel content to many other languages. One caveat – the print quality of the text is very bad – many faint and broken letters. I do not know the Welsh course as well, but it is a perfectly solid example of their 70’s individualized production.

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