Assimil
Sign in to saveAssimil (often stylised as ASSiMiL) is a French company, founded by Alphonse Chérel in 1929. It creates and publishes foreign language courses, which began with their first book Anglais sans peine (English Without Toil). Since then, the company has expanded into numerous other languages and continues to publish today.
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It is catalogued under topics including 1929 establishments in France, Language education publishing companies and Language-teaching methodology.
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Key facts
- Publisher.name
- ASSiMiL
- Publisher.image
- 250px
- Publisher.founded
- 1929
- Publisher.founder
- Alphonse Chérel
- Publisher.country
- France
- Publisher.headquarters
- Paris
- Publisher.publications
- Books
- Publisher.topics
- Foreign language courses
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- publishing house
- Country
- Germany
- Headquarters
- Cologne
- Legal form
- Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
- Official website
- www.assimil.com/fr
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- inception
- 1929-01-01
- Commons category
- Assimil
- location of formation
- Paris
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Assimil (often stylised as ASSiMiL) is a French company, founded by Alphonse Chérel in 1929. It creates and publishes foreign language courses, which began with their first book Anglais sans peine (English Without Toil). Since then, the company has expanded into numerous other languages and continues to publish today.
Their method for teaching foreign languages is through listening to recordings, and the reading of a book with the text that you are listening to: one side native language, one side foreign language. This method is focused on learning whole sentences, for an organic learning of the grammar. It begins with a long passive phase of only reading and listening, and eventually adds active exercises. Most books contain around 100 lessons, with the active phase starting on Lesson 50. The name Assimil comes from assimilate 'to incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind'.
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