 #2 (permalink) Tue Jul 26, 2005 22:26 pm Pimsleur Czech |
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Hi carbonarius,
Many thanks for your interesting questions. Let us investigate a little to supply you with satisfying answers. We have to check into Pimsleur Czech so to speak.
As of now I can tell you that both versions - cassette and CD contain the same program.
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Torsten
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Torsten
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| #3 (permalink) Sun Jan 08, 2006 15:07 pm Czech Pimsluer Comprehensive |
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| carbonarius wrote: |
1. What is the difference between the abridged and the unabridged edition?
2. Is it the same recording for the cassette and the CD edition?
3. Do they cost the same?
4. Are they thinking of publishing an advanced level?
5. What are the editions that are available at the moment? And in the near future? |
First, answers to your questions:
1. The Pimsleur Abridged version is always the first 15 lessons of the Comprehensive version. So if you finish the abridged one, and then get the Comprehensive version, you have to start at lesson 16. Plus, you've wasted some money.
2. The cassettes and the CDs are the same, except when the CDs have new, revised recordings.
3. The cost depends on who you buy it from. Here in the States, for example, the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain sells Pimsleur Comprehensive courses for about $130 more than you pay at BigRedGarage.com.
4. I would bet that it will be a looooooong time before Pimsleur comes out with a comprehensive Czech course, but you never know, because they already have Polish Comprehensive I.
5. I see an edition called "Basic", which is the first 10 lessons of the comprehensive, and one called "Conversational", which is the first 15 lessons of the comprehensive.
I am fluent enough in Czech to have passed my state Czech proficiency exam in Prague. The most helpful but most expensive course I learned from was the extensive self-teaching course from Ohio State University Foreign Language Publications. They send this out mail order. The materials are culturally outdated, but that's okay, because it gives you a good idea about the communist past that the Czechs still struggle with. Probably the best modern materials for learning Czech are the textbook, workbook and CD called "New Czech Step by Step", which, like all the best short Czech materials, is published in the Czech Republic. |
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