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= MICHEL THOMAS - THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS =

= VERSION 3 UPDATE - 11th DECEMBER 2010 =
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By Joe Kane Jr - Seeded on www.thepiratebay.se

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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 file
- is
also available
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CONTENTS

1. Dedications
2. Introduction
3. How to use Michel Thomas
4. Complete index of files in the torrent
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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!

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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)

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 (192Kbps bitrate)

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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!

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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 for native English speakers,

downloaded from http://www.audible.co.uk