Michel Thomas Compact V3 Update

=========================================== = MICHEL THOMAS - THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS = = COMPACT VERSION 3 - 10TH DECEMBER 2010 = =========================================== By Joe Kane Jr - Seeded on www.thepiratebay.se ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THIS IS THE "COMPACT" VERSION OF THE TORRENT All the sound files are of reduced quality (64 Kbps, compared to 192 Kbps for the "Complete" version of the torrent). The sound quality is acceptable on portable music players (MP3 players and IPods), but if you're going to listen without headphones, you're better off with the "Complete" version of the torrent (http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/6008874/Michel_Thomas_Complete_V3) THIS IS NOT THE COMPLETE TORRENT This torrent is an update, which only contains only which weren't in Version 2 (seeded at http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/4331704/Michel_Thomas_Complete_V2) The complete torrent - containing all the files listed in this document - is also available ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS 1. Dedications 2. Introduction 3. How to use Michel Thomas 4. Complete index of files in the torrent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. DEDICATIONS This torrent is dedicated to the life and work of MICHEL THOMAS (1914-2005), a man who invented an ingenious and original method for teaching languages. Thomas might easily have shared his work with the world. Instead, he chose to keep it to himself for fifty years, revealing the "secret" to just a handful of wealthy celebrities prepared to pay his extortionate fees. Thanks, Michel! The torrent is also dedicated to the team at Hodder Arnold, publishers of courses in eight new languages (most of which are pretty good). They are also compulsive liars, I'm afraid to say. This little exchange on the official MT Facebook page is typical of the misleading advertising the company has been using since the 1990s: Abhishek: I have completed [the] introductory spanish course but when [will] I be able to understand spanish movies...is it be possible after [the advanced course]?? Hodder Education: The Advanced courses will take you to the standard of an English A-Level, so you should be able to follow and understand films after completing this level... Finally, this torrent is dedicated to the original Joe Kane, compiler of the earlier versions of the torrent. Joe passed away a few months ago and, believe it or not, one of his deathbed requests was that his torrents should continue to be seeded. Version 3 of this torrent has been produced to honour this request. Thanks, Joe! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. INTRODUCTION Thank you for downloading this torrent. It contains: - All the Michel Thomas Method recordings now available for native English speakers - 196 CDs of material covering 12 languages - Copies of the booklets which accompany these courses - Transcripts of all the courses published before 2007 - Two new courses, in French and Spanish, from Paul Noble (who uses a method similar to the one used by Michel Thomas), and copies of the booklets which accompany them The courses for native French speakers have been moved to a separate torrent. This torrent does not yet contain: - Any of the courses produced for native Spanish speakers - Any of the courses produced for schools - Transcripts for most courses published after 2007 - Scans of the two books about Michel Thomas ('The Test Of Courage', a biography by Christopher Robbins, and 'The Learning Revolution', by Jonathon Solity) If you have any of these, please upload them. Technical information: - For Version 3 of the torrent, all the sound files have been re-ripped from original CDs - New, consistent metadata format which ought to make the sound files easier to use in portable music players (64Kbps bitrate) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. HOW TO USE MICHEL THOMAS Not used Michel Thomas before? It's better to do one language at a time (not all twelve 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 for the language you're learning), then Builder (if it's available). If you're learning French, German, Spanish or Italian, there are Review courses available which summarise material from the Foundation and Advanced courses. The Foundation courses used to be called "Basic" courses. You can also find "Introductory" courses, which are identical to the first 2 CDs of the "Foundation" courses. For full instructions, read one of the course guides in the "Booklets" folder. (The instructions are more or less the same for all courses.) Happy learning! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. COMPLETE INDEX OF FILES IN THE TORRENT OFFICIAL COURSES (FOR NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS) ARABIC (EGYPTIAN) Arabic Foundation Jane Wightwick and Mahmoud Gaafar, 28 Sep 2007, 8 CDs Arabic Advanced Jane Wightwick and Mahmoud Gaafar, 28 Mar 2008, 4 CDs Arabic Vocabulary Jane Wightwick and Mahmoud Gaafar, 24 Apr 2009, 4 CDs CHINESE (MANDARIN) Chinese Foundation Harold Goodman, 28 Sep 2007, 8 CDs Chinese Advanced Harold Goodman, 28 Mar 2008, 4 CDs Chinese Vocabulary Harold Goodman, 31 Jul 2009, 4 CDs DUTCH Dutch Foundation Cobie Adkins-De Jong and Els Van Geyte, 25 Jul 2008, 8 CDs Dutch Advanced Cobie Adkins-De Jong and Els Van Geyte, 27 Feb 2009, 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 GREEK Greek Foundation Hara Garoufalia-Middle and Howard Middle, 29 May 2009, 8 CDs Greek Advanced Hara Garoufalia-Middle and Howard Middle, 25 Dec 2009, 4 CDs 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 JAPANESE Japanese Foundation Helen Gilhooly, 25 Jul 2008, 8 CDs Japanese Advanced Helen Gilhooly, 25 Feb 2009, 4 CDs POLISH Polish Foundation Jolanta Cecula, 26 Sep 2008, 8 CDs Polish Advanced Jolanta Cecula, 25 Dec 2009, 4 CDs PORTUGUESE Portuguese Foundation Virginia Catmur, 25 Jul 2008, 8 CDs Portuguese Advanced Virginia Catmur, 25 Feb 2009, 4 CDs RUSSIAN Russian Foundation Natasha Bershadski, 28 Sep 2007, 8 CDs Russian Advanced Natasha Bershadski, 28 Mar 2008, 4 CDs Russian Vocabulary Natasha Bershadski, 24 April 2009, 4 CDs 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 COLLINS / PAUL NOBLE COURSES (FOR NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS) French with Paul Noble Paul Noble, 16 Sep 2010, 12 CDs (including 2 'review' CDs) Spanish with Paul Noble Paul Noble, 16 Sep 2010, 12 CDs (including 2 'review' CDs) TRANSCRIPTS French Foundation, Advanced and Builder German Foundation, Advanced and Builder Spanish Foundation, Advanced and Builder Italian Foundation, Advanced and Builder BOOKLETS Booklets accompanying all the courses downloaded from http://www.audible.co.uk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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