Lower levels lack foundation
o Benefit from more structured study
o Self-study books are designed to cover all the bases (Assimil, Teach Yourself)
o Simply work through one book
• Higher levels lack quality input
o Spoken language is only a fraction of the whole
o Benefit greatly from reading
• Books
• Parallel texts
• Magazines
• Websites (eg. project-syndicate.org)
• …with audio where possible!
o Can’t get this kind of exposure anywhere else