How did it work out? And what language did you take?
2007-01-13 15:01:48 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I used it for Russian, and it worked great. I usually had to listen to each lesson twice (once in the morning and once in the afternoon), but it really helps you with the mechanics of the spoken language.
The only drawbacks are the high price tag and the low vocabulary. The price is easy to overcome - just order the program through your local library. And the vocab is easy to supplement once you use Pimsleur to get the basic syntax down.
2007-01-13 15:54:02 · answer #1 · answered by NONAME 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I used Pimsleur's Spanish I, II, & III. It is a very good approach, it's just a little dry. Language courses can hold your interest better if there's a little humor in them.
When I learned German I looked at Pimsleur, but I just couldn't bring myself to sit through that much dull and boring content again. I ended up finding and using a course from Radio Deutsche Welle called "Deutsch - warum nicht?" ( Which means, "German, Why not?"). http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,2142,2548,00.html. It is similar to Pimsleur but with several advantages. First, It was humorous and interesting, I found myself laughing at the antics of the characters in the story and wanting to go on to the next lesson to find out what happened next. Second there was the price, it was free. Third, there is written work to go along with the audio, so you learn to read and write the language at the same time.
If you look at this page, there are several other courses which are more advanced. I can't vouch for them, I just know they are there.
2007-01-13 22:52:46 · answer #2 · answered by rbwtexan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm Italian, I learned Russian with Pimsleur (I, II & III); it's one of the best approach I ever tried, the best if you're main purpose is talking and understanding other person talking to you; on the other side, I think there's some lacking on reading and writing side; by this point of view, Pimsleur's good but not the best.
I also agree with Utuk, the number of words you learn is quite poor, they should do better (at least for that price).
2007-01-14 01:15:42 · answer #3 · answered by Pinguino 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I have used Pimsleur for both Albanian and Danish. I remember more of the Danish for some reason, but both of the programs were excellent.
2007-01-13 15:56:40 · answer #4 · answered by ironchain15 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My dad leaps at every chance to pull out the Pimsleur Mandarin Chinese, and I've got to tell you that it drives me 'round the bend. I am going to crack if I hear another phrase in Chinese. It seems to be teaching him/us pretty effectively. Maybe too effectively.
2007-01-13 15:07:38 · answer #5 · answered by Melissa Zondervan 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
they often hire human beings already fluent. Or they outsource some stuff to lingual contractors. It takes too long to coach somebody from 0 to fluency, or a minimum of to the point the FBI desires.
2016-10-07 03:08:13 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it was okay.. I give it 4/10 I took Arabic, except their dialect was not the one I needed.
2007-01-13 15:33:37 · answer #7 · answered by al7isra 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard it is very good. There are glowing reports in the net about Plimsleur and the used courses sell very well on Ebay:
http://search.ebay.com/pimsleur_W0QQcatrefZC6QQfromZR10QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQpqryZplimsleurQQsacatZQ2d1QQsaprchiZQQsaprcloZQQsofocusZbs
2007-01-13 15:10:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋