6/12/2023 0 Comments Conversa aWhile I appreciate having the information provided in the above thread, I cannot say whether or not that the article in the August, 1947 edition of Hispania actually refers to the products of Conversa-phone Institute, Inc. The only previous discussion thread that I came across was on the How-To-Learn-Any-Language (HTLAL) language forum.Īnyone ever used Conversa-Phone? – HTLAL, May, 2015 In this discussion thread, I will concentrate on the “Conversa-phone Round-The-World” and the “Conversa-phone The Modern Method” language courses, copies of which I recently added to my collection of vintage language-learning materials. A possibility exists, moreover, that some of their language courses were no more than renamed and repackaged products. Owen, founder and former principal of the famous Universal Language Institute, which was founded 1911." The company’s products appear to have been home-study courses introducing the basics of several foreign languages as well as courses covering subjects as varied as arithmetic, typing, stenography, spelling, vocabulary expansion, dancing, singing, social studies, sex education, conversational skills, Morse Code and sundry others.Īlthough the company was active for a very long period, during which it had ample time to develop and market many different foreign language courses, the online shopping websites show offers for only a few different product lines. It is based on the life-long experience of Alfred Z. The packaging of one of the language courses that I recently purchased states: “Conversa-phone is an original, short-cut method that will teach you German in your spare time. I have also re-sequenced my own posts in this discussion thread so as to insert a reply to Daristani's astute observations.įrom the information that I have been able to gather from my searches of the Internet, it would appear that Conversa-phone Institute, Inc., was an American publishing house, located in New York State from 1911 through to 1996, the year in which the Conversa-phone trademark expired without renewal. While I have left the original review unchanged, I have appended an updated recommendation and posted a follow-up comment. The review below, more particularly of the Conversa-phone “Modern Method” course was based on my copy of the hastily-and-poorly-prepared reprint of the 1980’s.
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