Pimsleur, rosetta stone and michel thomas are all good. you should use them all. The biggest problem with Michel thomas is too short. I've tried to use Lingq a few times but it seem very complicated to use.
I quite like the methods of LingQ. They aren't revolutionary but it's all about convience. I have used similar methods for quite some time but LingQ packages it all up neatly to reduce your workload. You'll want more than it offers, in the long run because you'll want to be reading books, newspapers, etc but it has its place. You've got to start off with smaller chunks to work your way up to things.
The one problem is: not enough langs. Dutch? Yiddish? Navajo? Man, I'd be a paying customer now!
@Mecklybver I also like Assimil, it really focuses both on the grammar and on the speaking. Also, it's very progressive and dynamic, with drawings and cultural notes.
The thing i like the most about lingq.com that all theese language programs don´t offer is that you can you can import a text of interest, which I find a lot more motivating.The site uses online dictionaries , if you press a word you can instantly see the meaning , the word is safed , and you can mesure improvements in your vocabulary:) there are lots of lessons with text and audio and you can find people to chat with also. ....
lingq is awesome but only after you dabble a bit with pimsleur. pimsleur is really effective but slow and boring. Assimil is awesome for reading material. I found these to be sufficient so I didnt even get a chance to try other popular programs like teach yourself. Also listen to and watch a lot of authentic content in conjunction with your learning. In summary assimilate yourself even if youre not in the country. Stay away from vocab and grab until you reach an intermediate level.
i used heisig for characters, and then the AJATT method with Chinese. I found that all that listening to "anything" wasnt really effective. Moved to lingq about a month ago. its been a year total. found that my listening has improved and that it really does help if content is interesting and comprehensible or you know the gist of it all. Im going to stick with it. I now use it in conjuction with sentence picking in anki.. so i save lingqs into anki and listen all other times. Its working great
I registered with LingQ for French and Japanese. I did not do that much coz I was busy but it is very good you can access for free and they offer you people correct your writing and you can record what you have learnt. LingQ podcast is a bit different than japanesepod 101 and frenchpod 101 coz people in the podcast just talking the language without any translation, so it may help you to catch the native speaker pronunciation and for me I will understand the meaning anyway from other resources
Great video Moses :-) Yes, I use LingQ and it's really an amazing website for learning languages, the only shame is that it doesn't get the advertising it deserves! Steve's website has stayed in the shadow for too long..let's shed some light on it ;-) Luca
Assimil is the best out ther - every serious Polyglot would agree here. Get Assimil to learn real life language with authentic context. It's kinda expensive but worth it.
@abiturextern I agree. Assimil is amazing! I have been taking Italian lessons for 2 1/2 years. I speak fairly fluently. Let's put it this way, I can spend an hour with an Italian and carry on a conversation without grammar mistakes. Rosetta Stone was useless. Assimil conversation CDs in Italian are amazing. I play them in the car, on my ipod, in the house when I have time. My Italian has improved by leaps and bounds ahead of the others in my class, I have to say. Robin
I have been using LingQ for a while. It is a bit difficult with Chinese but it still helped me greatly. At first, I read the text and put my mouse over unknown words to get the overall meaning of the podcast. I then read and listen to the same content many times and check out the unknown words until I can understand them. The Chinese podcasts usually have around 500 new words each and cover a wide range of topics so it can take me over 30 times before I can get through one of them.
Rosetta Stone is really rubish. I tried it and gave up after being drilled "The cowboy is on the horse" and "the kid is under the plane" for 50 hours. The only reason they are so popular is because they spent millions on marketing and pay big bucks to celebrities like Michael Phelps to officially support their product.
I'm using lingq too, and it helped me more than any other language program. I have used many different ones, but i prefer lingq. Nevertheless i'm still using assimil, teach yourself, novels, ... in conjunction with lingq..
Michel Thomas is extremely good Moses, you would enjoy it immensely especially the french foundations course. You can find it on UZ. Maybe we can get this boot-camp off the ground and rolling lol! But trust me, it is extremely good. Only the ones done by him personally though.
lingq is soooo nice. ive only been using it for a couple weeks and my reading and vocabulary is already better. i love it, i go on it all the time, i cant stop.
My problem with Pimsleur is there's too much of your native language in it. Yeah it teaches phrases to use but out of all the things it teaches there's at least 20 minutes of unneeded speaking in it. Just have the phrase and what it basically means, don't clutter it up. Main complaint with audio courses.
currently using Pimsleur for japanese and its awesome (but yeah - it's an introduction, not a panacea) . Used to use Rosetta stone but the later levels get too vague/confusing since the images are too abstract. Also gonna start using LingQ
Yes Lingq, Rosetta Stone and Pimsleur are good but not for beginner because we need to learn a little grammar to understand how a languages work. it is easy to find good cd'rom that teach how to speak, writing and some grammar :-)
I was using lingq for a few months in German and it really is a great site. I'm focusing more on Hungarian right now so I can't use the site, but the best thing about Lingq is that it's not just a site, it's a system for learning any language effectively. So I have been doing all the listening and reading with other materials, but still getting great results with Steve's method and concepts.
There is also Japanese Online Institute which is like an online Japanese school. I have never tried it though and there is also Berlitz as well. The cool thing abbout their site is that they give a history behind the evolution of the target languages. It's in English but it is a fun read.
Pimsleur, rosetta stone and michel thomas are all good. you should use them all. The biggest problem with Michel thomas is too short. I've tried to use Lingq a few times but it seem very complicated to use.
jasonUKbristol 10 months ago
I quite like the methods of LingQ. They aren't revolutionary but it's all about convience. I have used similar methods for quite some time but LingQ packages it all up neatly to reduce your workload. You'll want more than it offers, in the long run because you'll want to be reading books, newspapers, etc but it has its place. You've got to start off with smaller chunks to work your way up to things.
The one problem is: not enough langs. Dutch? Yiddish? Navajo? Man, I'd be a paying customer now!
LittleLangs 10 months ago
Assimil is the best one for me. of course it shouldn't be the only source.
Mecklybver 10 months ago
@Mecklybver I also like Assimil, it really focuses both on the grammar and on the speaking. Also, it's very progressive and dynamic, with drawings and cultural notes.
Neuroneos 9 months ago
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The thing i like the most about lingq.com that all theese language programs don´t offer is that you can you can import a text of interest, which I find a lot more motivating.The site uses online dictionaries , if you press a word you can instantly see the meaning , the word is safed , and you can mesure improvements in your vocabulary:) there are lots of lessons with text and audio and you can find people to chat with also. ....
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YouStoleMyTube 11 months ago
lingq is awesome but only after you dabble a bit with pimsleur. pimsleur is really effective but slow and boring. Assimil is awesome for reading material. I found these to be sufficient so I didnt even get a chance to try other popular programs like teach yourself. Also listen to and watch a lot of authentic content in conjunction with your learning. In summary assimilate yourself even if youre not in the country. Stay away from vocab and grab until you reach an intermediate level.
RamoSFTT 1 year ago
i used heisig for characters, and then the AJATT method with Chinese. I found that all that listening to "anything" wasnt really effective. Moved to lingq about a month ago. its been a year total. found that my listening has improved and that it really does help if content is interesting and comprehensible or you know the gist of it all. Im going to stick with it. I now use it in conjuction with sentence picking in anki.. so i save lingqs into anki and listen all other times. Its working great
anticks 2 years ago
I registered with LingQ for French and Japanese. I did not do that much coz I was busy but it is very good you can access for free and they offer you people correct your writing and you can record what you have learnt. LingQ podcast is a bit different than japanesepod 101 and frenchpod 101 coz people in the podcast just talking the language without any translation, so it may help you to catch the native speaker pronunciation and for me I will understand the meaning anyway from other resources
rraassll 2 years ago
i use LingQ and I find it is VERY helpful
daysin1234 2 years ago
LingQ is a good system--maybe I'll make a video too, but I need to get back to using it more. I have the same reservations about Rosetta Stone.
Glossika 2 years ago
Great video Moses :-) Yes, I use LingQ and it's really an amazing website for learning languages, the only shame is that it doesn't get the advertising it deserves! Steve's website has stayed in the shadow for too long..let's shed some light on it ;-) Luca
poliglotta80 2 years ago 8
Assimil is the best out ther - every serious Polyglot would agree here. Get Assimil to learn real life language with authentic context. It's kinda expensive but worth it.
abiturextern 2 years ago
I'll be finding out here real soon how good it is. As usual, I will make a video giving my thoughts on it.
laoshu505000 2 years ago
I have some experience with the Assimil method, would like to hear your opinion on it.
abiturextern 2 years ago
@abiturextern I agree. Assimil is amazing! I have been taking Italian lessons for 2 1/2 years. I speak fairly fluently. Let's put it this way, I can spend an hour with an Italian and carry on a conversation without grammar mistakes. Rosetta Stone was useless. Assimil conversation CDs in Italian are amazing. I play them in the car, on my ipod, in the house when I have time. My Italian has improved by leaps and bounds ahead of the others in my class, I have to say. Robin
Robinicat 11 months ago
I have been using LingQ for a while. It is a bit difficult with Chinese but it still helped me greatly. At first, I read the text and put my mouse over unknown words to get the overall meaning of the podcast. I then read and listen to the same content many times and check out the unknown words until I can understand them. The Chinese podcasts usually have around 500 new words each and cover a wide range of topics so it can take me over 30 times before I can get through one of them.
zhongguohua88 2 years ago
Rosetta Stone is really rubish. I tried it and gave up after being drilled "The cowboy is on the horse" and "the kid is under the plane" for 50 hours. The only reason they are so popular is because they spent millions on marketing and pay big bucks to celebrities like Michael Phelps to officially support their product.
zhongguohua88 2 years ago 12
I'm using lingq too, and it helped me more than any other language program. I have used many different ones, but i prefer lingq. Nevertheless i'm still using assimil, teach yourself, novels, ... in conjunction with lingq..
vinbelgium 2 years ago 2
I like how you checked your text. Funny stuff.
enkidu360 2 years ago
Michel Thomas is extremely good Moses, you would enjoy it immensely especially the french foundations course. You can find it on UZ. Maybe we can get this boot-camp off the ground and rolling lol! But trust me, it is extremely good. Only the ones done by him personally though.
zocurtis 2 years ago
Hey Moses, not to be a smarty pants or anything but its pronounced Link :).
zocurtis 2 years ago 5
Hahaha,..it's coo man. Someone else mentioned it here.I had no idea it was pronounced in that way.
laoshu505000 2 years ago
lingq is soooo nice. ive only been using it for a couple weeks and my reading and vocabulary is already better. i love it, i go on it all the time, i cant stop.
xnightxamex 2 years ago 2
My problem with Pimsleur is there's too much of your native language in it. Yeah it teaches phrases to use but out of all the things it teaches there's at least 20 minutes of unneeded speaking in it. Just have the phrase and what it basically means, don't clutter it up. Main complaint with audio courses.
shearoberts 2 years ago
currently using Pimsleur for japanese and its awesome (but yeah - it's an introduction, not a panacea) . Used to use Rosetta stone but the later levels get too vague/confusing since the images are too abstract. Also gonna start using LingQ
yuriythebest 2 years ago
You definitely should use Assimil ! It's the best ! About audio format, pimsleur is the BEST one !
LingQ is really good but the problem is that it does not have the languages I want to learn (except japanese) : indonesian, polish, greek, arabic.
Rosetta Stones is very bad... Here in Europe it's not sold ! haha Showing pictures to learn vocab is so weird... We learn vocab throught texts !
loki2504 2 years ago 3
Yes Lingq, Rosetta Stone and Pimsleur are good but not for beginner because we need to learn a little grammar to understand how a languages work. it is easy to find good cd'rom that teach how to speak, writing and some grammar :-)
daless2000be 2 years ago
I assume you didn't get the memo on beginning with grammar.
zocurtis 2 years ago
I was using lingq for a few months in German and it really is a great site. I'm focusing more on Hungarian right now so I can't use the site, but the best thing about Lingq is that it's not just a site, it's a system for learning any language effectively. So I have been doing all the listening and reading with other materials, but still getting great results with Steve's method and concepts.
17mathieu 2 years ago
There is also Japanese Online Institute which is like an online Japanese school. I have never tried it though and there is also Berlitz as well. The cool thing abbout their site is that they give a history behind the evolution of the target languages. It's in English but it is a fun read.
needmanshini 2 years ago