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Im curious if anyone knows which languages michel thomas spoke and taught. Born in poland, he spent his early years in germany and then in france, where he studied psychology at the sorbonne in paris. Deluxe language courses with michel thomas italian childrens books. Join the millions of people worldwide who have learned a new language with the michel thomas method. He survived imprisonment in several different nazi concentration camps after serving in the maquis of the french resistance and worked with the u. Paola tite is a teacher of italian, author of italian language books and an editorial consultant. Jan 01, 2001 french language buildermichel thomas series audiobook book. Dutch french greek german hindi italian irish japanese korean. Does anyone know what the name thomas is in italian. May 02, 2008 thomas in italian is tommaso, as mentioned above, but the correct italian pronunciation is. I highly recommend italian with michel thomas 8cd course.
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