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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.piratebayproxy.live

                                    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 [email protected] 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: [email protected]

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