Using Assimil

I now use Assimil so differently.  I will later post a more detailed description of what I am doing, and why I think it's successful.  Here is a summary:

• Read and listen to lessons until I recognize the foreign text without referring to the English (or French or whatever).  
• Go back, 7 lessons at a time, and produce the text from English (or French or whatever) to the target language, noting differences and mistakes in my production.  Another chance to listen to the native audio. 

That's about it. I have two bookmarks in my assimil books: one for recognize mode and one for produce mode. The produce bookmark is always behind the recognize mark. 

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