Pimsleur Swedish

I've written a review for Pimsleur Swedish . I've decided to begin to add language-specific reviews of Pimsleur products that I've actually used. Although the format of each Pimsleur product is pretty much the same, I thought at least I could highlight some of the differences that come up with some languages. And, of course, I could explain with some examples why I don't like their shorter products but do like the Comprehensive courses. I'll be adding others for Spanish Comprehensive, Japanese Instant Conversation, French Comprehensive and Italian Comprehensive. Other examples of shorter courses will probably follow.

Ouch, it's been a while since I posted anything here. I've made some changes to the Language Learning Experiences Survey page. I've split the previous poll into two polls on the same page in order to clarify whether the questions were about current or past language learning experiences. If you havn't done so already, please take a moment to fill out one or both of these polls.

I've also had a few more articles recently published off-site. You can read Learn Languages for Free and Learning Languages On Your Own - What You Can Expect to Achieve on ezinearticles.com.

Thai and Byki

I've added a page for Thai. Other language pages should be coming fairly steadily.

I've been including a link to a free vocabulary trainer from Transparent Language on many of the language pages on the site. It's a great way to begin learning a language for free. There is a version for many different languages. Free Before You Know It™ download

I've also updated the results on the Hardest Language to Learn Survey page.

New Pimsleur Courses

Simon and Schuster has been updating their Pimsleur line of products. They expanded their Farsi Compact course to a full 30 lesson Comprehensive level 1 course late in 2005. They have done the same for Czech, Korean and Thai, and they are adding a Comprehensive Level 1 course for Hindi in October. Other additions include Turkish Comprehensive Level 1 (in December 2006), Hebrew Level 2 and Eastern Arabic Level 2 in early 2007. Let's hope they continue to add to and expand on their current line of products. Personally, I would like to see a Swedish Comprehensive course, but I know there are other languages that are probably more lucrative for Simon and Schuster.

Easiest Language to Learn Survey Update

There are some results for the Easiest Language to Learn Survey page. I waited to get a reasonable sampling before compiling some responses. I took the sampling on August 15th, but I have only posted the results now. There have been plenty of other responses since then, so I will most likely update the results on the survey pages on a fairly regular basis, at least for a little while.

Thanks to everyone who took a moment to fill out this survey or any of the others. They will remain on the site in order to continue to gather info from new visitors.

Learn Greek

The most recent issue of the newsletter went out last week. If you missed it, you can view Issue#003 here.

I've also added a Learn Greek page on the site. This page is for Modern Greek, but a page for Classical Greek is coming up soon to keep adding to my 'dead languages' pages.

Language Learning Experiences Survey

Another survey on the site I just added is Language Learning Experiences Survey. It's a general survey to gather info about peoples language study habits. Please fill it out if you have a moment.

Read my recent article What Makes One Language Harder or Easier Than Another? on Ezinearticles.com

Language Surveys Pages

Here comes the flood ... I've put up some survey pages in order to gather some information from visitors. The Surveys page will have links to surveys as I add them, as well as links to other sites that have similar information. The Hardest Language to Learn Survey has been on the site for a while in a few locations. Now I have a permanent home for it. There is also some results on that page for anyone who is interested. I also added an Easiest Language to Learn Survey . Please participate and fill out these simple forms if you haven't already. I will be adding others in the near future and I will update results from time to time.

Review of Idioms Delight

I forgot to post my brief review of Idioms Delight that I put up a few days ago. There is a flood of new stuff on the way, so keep an eye on the RSS feed for lots of changes and additions. Also, there is another issue of the newsletter coming soon.

More Language Articles

Wow, I haven't posted in a while. Sorry, for anyone who follows this here blog. I've actually been thinking of adding a few more blogs (one on learning Spanish, one on learning Cornish and maybe another). I think it would force me to post more often.

Anyway, I added a 4 part series of articles on learning Spanish. They were not written by me but from time to time I like to include other peoples opinions and ideas on learning languages on my site. Learn Spanish: The Cart Before the Horse is the first part. The links to the others are at the bottom of that page. It goes into some detail on the authors ideas for a language learning regimen using Pimsleur and a few other methods. More practical advice that ultimately helps us language learners figure out how to best design our own language program. You can also reach the article from the Language Articles page.