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Re: Tirehlat romanization

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Wednesday, September 26, 2001, 7:22
En réponse à David Peterson <DigitalScream@...>:

> Speaking of which, has anyone (particularly someone living in > France) > heard of the Assimil series? One of my professors professed (ha, ha) > those > to be the only language books that can actually teach you how to > speak/read/write a language. >
I know the Assimil series (being French myself :)) ). I've looked at them in different bookstores, but never bought any of them (they're much too expensive for me, they are usually twice as expensive as other language books). They do look better than any other methods I've seen. They are usually big books, with at least 100 lessons in each. I think if you work correctly with them (but it seems to take quite some time), you will indeed learn really to speak a language (if you get the tapes with them, their pronunciation explanations are usually quite strange, usually correct but impossible to follow :) ). As far as I know, they are very good at teaching to write in a writing system you don't know at first (with even explanations on how to draw the characters, and drawings). They are also very progressive, but dare to present difficult features quite fast, so that the learner can use the following lessons to master these difficulties. And they have also these little drawings with characters using expressions or words of the preceeding lesson(s). They are usually stupid, but help to get a grasp of the real use of a language. Still, their price is quite a big drawback. Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr