Languages

[FergusM]

I intend to sail over to Germany next year, and would like to learn some German. Has anyone any experience of using German language audio/video courses? If so, I would be very grateful to know what you thought of them, and if there are any you could recommend.

 

[Talbot]

always seemed to be able to get by with " Zwei bier, bittre". /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Rowana]

What more do you need, for goodness sake ! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[graham]

theres a guy called michel Tomas (or similar) does courses on Tapes or cds .Came strongly recommended in PBO a few months back by someone doing the Spanish CD I think He does French and German also.

Zwei bier bitte is ok for starters but what if theres 3 of you? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[bob_tyler]

I seem to remember, from my younger days that "Schlafen mit meer, bitte" was (sometimes) a useful phrase. I'm not sure of the spelling but the sound was OK /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[Matrosen]

I think you mean "mir"(Me). "meer" is the sea! The mind boggles.

 

[hylass]

I believe that you can use world wide the sentence " Voulez vous coucher avec moi... " ça marche aussi très bien.. :0)

 

[sailorman]

try WinMX ( free down-load share ware )
i saw french lesson down-loads this morning all f.o.c

 

[IzzyDeadyet]

Re: Languages re Graham

I'll second Michel Thomas who sadly died recently.
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The blurb for his courses says: "no pens, no paper, no homework, no memorising and no books. Just confidence - in hours. There is no such thing as a bad student, only a bad teacher."

It goes without saying that this is my kind of course. I wish he had taught me when I was taking O'level's -remember them? - I could have been a linguist. (I could also have been a millionaire if I'd had the money)..

Try your library because over the last few years public libraries have begun stocking his French, German, Italian and Spanish courses on cd/cassettes

They are definitely available from the libraries here in the fens (and at least one library in Wet Wales) so they're almost certainly available in the civilised world. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

WHSmith sells them and from memory his 2hour introductory approx costs £15, full course (7 hours ish) approx £50.

There's a website www.michelthomas.com that has further details and celebrity testimonails.

My one gripe with Thomas is that my name isn't among them. It was my chance for the world to know I have something in common with Bob Dylan and Woody Allen. Sob. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[webcraft]

Just don't mention ze Vore!

- Nick

(Ducking and waiting for the barrage of PC criticism . . . )

 

[bob_tyler]

Apologies for the incorrect spelling.

 

[bob_tyler]

My PC doesn't critise anyone or anything. It only does what I tell it to - normally .