Wednesday, 2 January 2008

The Michel Thomas Method

The Michel Thomas Method
Michel Thomas has taught celebrities how to speak other languages. He has devoted much of his life to studying how learning happens and in this area which is often deemed to be difficult. He has studied what happens and has now built courses shaped by his gathered expertise.
These courses are like nothing you have met before. People who have tried them have usually been quite please, but are puzzled as to how they have managed to learn. My daughter, for instance, tried the Spanish one, and was able to manage very well on holiday after a few weeks. She could not work out how she had learnt.
You can book courses with Michel Thomas himself, or one of his trusted teachers. It’s even possible to book group courses, but you have to organise the group. These are not cheap.
However, an alternative is to buy one of the courses which is now available on CD. These are audio only and you can listen reasonably passively. My daughter listened as she cycled to work. You should answer all of the questions posed, but most of your learning happens through listening as Michel Thomas or one of his trusted teachers explains.
Usually you work with only a little vocabulary, and really get to know the structure of the language. The next step then is to work through the vocabulary builder module. Courses may be bought for about £35.00 on Amazon.
I have a sample of the vocabulary builder in French, German, Italian and Spanish. Get in touch if you would like to try it.

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