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Michel Thomas German Advanced Review Language Course CD
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Michel Thomas German Advanced Review Language Course CD
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Michel Thomas materials have been phenomenally successful since they were first published some six years ago. The brand new Review courses are a major new offering. For the first time, the student can quickly and easily review the entire teaching contents of the main course, to establish which areas need to be revisited or to consolidate learning. The Reviews can be used in many ways: when the student reaches the end of the main course to check or consolidate learning; as a quick refresher when the student returns to the main course after a lapse of time; for the newcomer to Michel Thomas looking for an overview of what the main courses contain.

All the main teaching points have been lifted from the corresponding Advanced course and are contained on just 1 CD. The student at home hears Michel teaching a specific point, there is a pause which allows time for the student to give his/her response to Michel's prompt, followed by Michel giving the correct response. If the student has struggled or given an incorrect answer, she can use the index in the accompanying booklet to locate the area of the main course where the specific language point was being taught in depth and can return to the main course to work through the relevant section again, quickly and efficiently. Only Michel's words and phrases are on the new CD, so the course is summarised succinctly and with a new, snappy pace.

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This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 15 May, 2007.
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Brilliant, but avoid the Vocab Builder CDs...  
In reply to a previous reviewer:

> I read in the accompanying booklet that there will be
> a Vocabulary course introduced in March 2007, 3 CD's
> providing over a 1000 words with Native speakers.
> This will be a very welcome addition.

It would have been, if it really HAD followed Michel Thomas'
teaching methods. Unfortunately, it didn't. It was more
like a "Learn German in Your Car" style learning method -
throw some vocab at you, then never use it agian. As soon
as you've heard it, you've forgotten it.

They obviously wanted the "1000 new phrases" selling point,
with no emphasis on you actually *learning* any of them, or
seeing how they are used.

So... DO buy this Advanced Course (which really IS Michel
Thomas) but avoid the Vocab Builder course.

Just Michel and you!  
This programme is a one CD distillation of the 5 hour advanced course (see my review below this paragraph, as it covers the same material). The advanced course covers all of the tenses in the German language and gives you the opportunity to practise. It is fantastic! However, there was always a problem that when you came to review the material you had to listen to the two students thinking out their answer (as the tapes were recorded real-time and not scripted). The editing process has removed the two students and just leaves Michel asking a question in English and then giving the answer in German. It is a fantastic resource for really over learning this material so that it becomes second nature and will improve your fluency. A recommendation to buy.

This is probably the best language of Michel's as he possessed a native German accent (he lived there from childhood) so you will be following an excellent model for pronunciation.

I read in the accompanying booklet that there will be a Vocabulary course introduced in March 2007, 3 CD's providing over a 1000 words with Native speakers. This will be a very welcome addition.


Advanced Course Review:-

This follow-on from the 8 hour course and two hour language builder course has lived up to expectations, it is excellent!

As the name of the course suggests it is designed for students that have either completed the first courses or acquired a grounding in German through other means. If you are an absolute beginner you should come back and purchase this course when you have picked up the basics, its not for you yet.

Michel uses the same technique as the 8 hour course, two students (one male and one female) and himself. The students are different from the 8 hour course, they make very few mistakes. The benefit is that when listening to the course again you will not continually have to wait for the mistakes of others to be corrected.

There isn't much new vocabulary in the course but what you do get is a thorough analysis and chance to practice quite advanced German grammar .

There is a small booklet that accompanies the course but there is no more than a summary of the course content on each disc so if you are looking for a written explanation of the grammar you would be better buying Madrigals Magic Key to German by Margarita Madrigal (OUT OF PRINT but worth it if you can find it!). To be honest I think this is a good companion for anyone listening to these discs as all of the tenses described by Michel are included in here along with more written practice exercises. In fact the method used in both Michel Thomas and Margarita Madrigal is very similar.

A word of warning for those looking for advanced vocabulary, there is not much in here. If you are familar with German grammar then you should buy other materials to improve your vocabulary but for intermediate learners this course is definitely good value for money and should be high on your list of German materials to buy!
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