Here are just a few updates on Pimsleur. Simon and Schuster has been consistently expanding their product line. Hungarian I (Comprehensive), Romanian I (Comprehensive) and Greek II are all recent additions.
When they finally add a comprehensive level product for a language, they also add a Quick and Simple or Basic level product (the first 8 lessons of Comprehensive) and an Instant Conversation (the first 16 lessons of comprehensive). The Instant Conversation is usually for a pretty good price considering for about $50 you get half of the $200+ Comprehensive set. But, if you want that full 30 lessons, you have to pay for it. That's why I think Instant Conversation is a (relatively) cost-effective intro to the language and the Pimsleur method.
Upcoming Comprehensive products include Croatian (Jan 2009), Eastern Arabic III (May 2009) and Hebrew III (July 2009).Here is a link to another reviewers thought son Pimsleur Spanish : http://gearheart.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/learn-spanish-with-pimsleur-a-review/
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Showing posts with label pimsleur romanian. Show all posts
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Friday, October 31, 2008
Scary Languages
I remember a conversation once centered around 'scary languages.' I think the topic at hand was how some languages sound 'scary' while others don't. The examples I can remember are :
German - perhaps reminds people of the Germany of WWI or WWII. I think German accents were used a lot in older horror movies (think 1940's and 50's).
Russian - people think of Cold-War era Soviet Union and spies.
Czech or Romanian - stirs up some vague associations with vampires.
Aha! A possible segue into a Halloween theme! In honor of Halloween and 'scary languages' I added a Romanian page on the site. Go learn some scary language and frighten your neighbors on Halloween.
German - perhaps reminds people of the Germany of WWI or WWII. I think German accents were used a lot in older horror movies (think 1940's and 50's).
Russian - people think of Cold-War era Soviet Union and spies.
Czech or Romanian - stirs up some vague associations with vampires.
Aha! A possible segue into a Halloween theme! In honor of Halloween and 'scary languages' I added a Romanian page on the site. Go learn some scary language and frighten your neighbors on Halloween.
Sunday, January 06, 2008
Pimsleur Reviews
There are more new Pimsleur reviews on the site that have been added by visitors.
French Pimsleur Review is a review of Pimsleur French. Although, the reviewer does not mention which product he used, it is a 10-lesson cd set, which means it was probably a French Basic course.
(Simon and Schuster uses the same material for each course. The first 8 lessons for Quick and Simple, first 10 for Basic, first 16 for instant Conversation etc. So, a review of one product is applicable, to a certain degree, to other products for the same language.)
Other recent reviews were of Pimsleur Romanian, Mandarin Chinese and others. To read some visitor Pimsleur reviews, go to Pimseur Reviews.
French Pimsleur Review is a review of Pimsleur French. Although, the reviewer does not mention which product he used, it is a 10-lesson cd set, which means it was probably a French Basic course.
(Simon and Schuster uses the same material for each course. The first 8 lessons for Quick and Simple, first 10 for Basic, first 16 for instant Conversation etc. So, a review of one product is applicable, to a certain degree, to other products for the same language.)
Other recent reviews were of Pimsleur Romanian, Mandarin Chinese and others. To read some visitor Pimsleur reviews, go to Pimseur Reviews.
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