Michel Thomas Complete V2 Update

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= MICHEL THOMAS - THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS =
= VERSION 2 (UPDATE) - 6 AUGUST, 2008 =
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By Joe Kane. Seeded on www.thepiratebay.org

CONTENTS

1. Introduction
2. How to use Michel Thomas
3. New materials in Version 2 of the torrent
4. Future publishing schedule
5. Complete index of files in the torrent

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THIS IS AN INCOMPLETE TORRENT

It contains ONLY the materials from version 2 of the torrent which didn't
appear in version 1.

Unless you already have version 1, you should get the
"Michel Thomas Complete V2" torrent instead.
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PLEASE HELP ME PRODUCE TRANSCRIPTS FOR THE NEW COURSES

The transcripts included in the torrent are immensely valuable. My health is
too poor to produce any new ones, and none of the new courses have transcripts.

Hodder have made clear that they won't be producing their own transcripts, nor
will they be publishing “Review” materials for any of the new courses.

If you'd like to thank me for spending over $1000 in buying this stuff, please
help me to produce transcripts for the new courses.
No new transcripts produced = no more uploads from me!
No new transcripts produced = No version 3 of the torrent!

Email me at joekane567@googlemail.com if you can 10-30 hours to spare
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1. INTRODUCTION

Thank you for downloading this torrent. It contains:
- All the Michel Thomas Method recordings now available for English speakers
(in Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese,
Portuguese, Russian and Spanish)
- Two of the seven courses now available for French speakers
- Transcripts of the recordings published before 2007
- Scans of the booklets which accompany most of the courses
- Some miscellaneous material

It does not yet contain:
- the remaining courses published for native French speakers (teaching
English, Spanish and Chinese - see www.harraps-audio.harrap.com),
- the materials produced for schools (see www.michelthomasforschools.co.uk),
- the biography of Michel Thomas ("Michel Thomas: The Test of Courage"
by Christopher Robbins), and the book "Michel Thomas: The Learning
Revolution" by Jonathan Solity
- the remaining booklets which accompany the courses

If you have any of these, please upload them.

Please encourage Hodder to continue producing new courses by BUYING
the recordings you think live up to the promises Hodder make for them.

- The full courses can be purchased at a good discount from Amazon
(www.amazon.com) and from many other online retailers

- The courses can be bought in a downloadable (but reduced quality) format
from www.audible.co.uk/michelthomas

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2. HOW TO USE MICHEL THOMAS

Not used Michel Thomas before?

It's better to do one language at a time (not all ten simultaneously). One CD a
day would be realistic, but you can stop studying at any point during a
recording and pick it up where you left it the next day.

Study Foundation first, then Advanced, then Vocabulary (if it's available),
then Builder (if it's available and if you feel like it).

For full instructions, read one of the course guides in the "Miscellaneous"
folder. (The instructions are more or less the same for all courses.)

Happy learning!

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3. NEW MATERIALS IN VERSION 2 OF THE TORRENT

- The brand new Foundation courses in Dutch, Japanese and Portuguese
- Foundation and Advanced courses in English for French speakers (thanks for
the upload!)
- Scans of most of the booklets that accompany the courses (thanks for the
upload!)
- Some new miscellaneous material

- All files have been compressedv by disc, not by course. You can now use a
suitable Bit Torrent client to download a single CD, if you need it

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4. FUTURE PUBLISHING SCHEDULE

(Source: www.michelthomas.co.uk/FanClub.htm)

26 Sep 2008 Polish Foundation
30 Jan 2009 Dutch Advanced
Japanese Advanced
Portuguese Advanced
27 Mar 2009 Russian Vocabulary
24 Apr 2009 Arabic Vocabulary
29 May 2009 Greek Foundation
26 Jun 2009 Polish Advanced
31 Jul 2009 Mandarin Vocabulary
25 Sep 2009 Greek Advanced

(Source:
http://www.harraps-audio.harrap.com/methode-pages/methode-chinois-deb.html)

Available Anglais Vocabulaire (English Vocabulary for French Speakers)
Available Espagnol Débutant (Spanish Foundation for French Speakers)
Available Espagnol Perfectionnement (Spanish Advanced for French
Speakers)
Available Espagnol Vocabulaire (Spanish vocabulary for French
Speakers)
Sep 2008 Chinois Débutant (Chinese for French Speakers)

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5. COMPLETE INDEX OF FILES IN THE TORRENT

OFFICIAL COURSES

(EGYPTIAN) ARABIC

Arabic Foundation
Jane Wightwick and Mahmoud Gaafar, 28 Sep 2007, 8 CDs

Arabic Advanced
Jane Wightwick and Mahmoud Gaafar, 28 Mar 2008, 4 CDs

Not included:
Arabic Introductory Course (28 Sep 2007) - identical to
the first 2 CDs of the Foundation Course.

DUTCH

Dutch Foundation
Cobie Adkins-De Jong and Els Van Geyte, 25 July 2008, 8 CDs

Not included:
Dutch Introductory Course (25 July 2008) - identical to
the first 2 CDs of the Foundation Course.

ENGLISH

Anglais Débutant (English Foundation for French Speakers)
Author unknown, 21 Mar 2007, 7 CDs

Anglais Perfectionnement (English Advanced for French Speakers)
Author unknown, 21 Mar 2007, 4 CDs

FRENCH

French Foundation
Michel Thomas, 29 Sep 2006 (2nd Edition), 8 CDs

French Foundation Review
Michel Thomas, 29 Sep 2006, 2 CDs

French Advanced
Michel Thomas, 1 Nov 2005 (2nd Edition), 4 CDs

French Advanced Review
Michel Thomas, 29 Sep 2006, 1 CD

French Builder
Michel Thomas, 28 Sep 2001, 2 CDs

French Vocabulary
Helene Lewis, 25 May 2007, 5 CDs

GERMAN

German Foundation
Michel Thomas, 29 Sep 2006 (2nd Edition), 8 CDs

German Foundation Review
Michel Thomas, 29 Sep 2006, 2 CDs

German Advanced
Michel Thomas, 29 Sep 2006 (2nd Edition), 4 CDs

German Advanced Review
Michel Thomas, 29 Sep 2006, 1 CD

German Builder
Michel Thomas, 28 Sep 2001, 2 CDs

German Vocabulary
Marion O'Dowd and Rose Lee Hayden, 25 May 2007, 5 CDs

JAPANESE

Japanese Foundation
Helen Gilhooly, 25 July 2008, 8 CDs

Not included:
Japanese Introductory Course (25 July 2008) - identical to
the first 2 CDs of the Foundation Course.

ITALIAN

Italian Foundation
Michel Thomas, 29 Sep 2006 (2nd Edition), 8 CDs

Italian Foundation Review
Michel Thomas, 29 Sep 2006, 2 CDs

Italian Advanced
Michel Thomas, 29 Sep 2006 (2nd Edition), 4 CDs

Italian Advanced Review
Michel Thomas, 29 Sep 2006, 1 CD

Italian Builder
Michel Thomas, 2001, 28 Sep 2001, 2 CDs

Italian Vocabulary
Paola Tite and Rose Lee Hayden, 25 May 2007, 5 CDs

MANDARIN CHINESE

Chinese Foundation
Harold Goodman, 28 Sep 2007, 8 CDs

Chinese Advanced
Harold Goodman, 28 Mar 2008, 4 CDs

Not included:
Chinese Introductory Course (28 Sep 2007) - identical to
the first 2 CDs of the Foundation Course.

PORTUGUESE

Portuguese Foundation
Virginia Catmur, 25 July 2008, 8 CDs

Not included:
Portuguese Introductory Course (25 July 2008) - identical to
the first 2 CDs of the Foundation Course.

SPANISH

Spanish Foundation
Michel Thomas, 29 Sep 2006 (2nd Edition), 8 CDs

Spanish Foundation Review
Michel Thomas, 29 Sep 2006, 2 CDs

Spanish Advanced
Michel Thomas, 29 Sep 2006 (2nd Edition), 4 CDs

Spanish Advanced Review
Michel Thomas, 29 Sep 2006, 1 CD

Spanish Builder
Michel Thomas, 2001, 28 Sep 2001, 2 CDs

Spanish Vocabulary
Rose Lee Hayden, 25 May 2007, 5 CDs

RUSSIAN

Russian Foundation
Natasha Bershadski, 28 Sep 2007, 8 CDs

Russian Advanced
Natasha Bershadski, 28 Mar 2008, 4 CDs

Not included:
Russian Introductory Course (28 Sep 2007) - identical to
the first 2 CDs of the Foundation Course.

TRANSCRIPTS

Transcripts are available in 3 formats - .RTF, .DOC and OpenOffice - and in
versions with both languages, or English alone.

Be warned that the transcripts contain (a few) errors.

French Foundation
French Advanced
French Builder

German Foundation
German Advanced
German Builder

Spanish Foundation
Spanish Advanced
Spanish Builder

Italian Foundation
Italian Advanced
Italian Builder

MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL

Course Guides
Scans of all the booklets that appeared with courses published before
July 2008

"Homemade Japanese"
A rip-off of the Michel Thomas courses by the noted Zionist, Carl Kenner.
Let him know what you think of his work here: carl_kenner@hotmail.com

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