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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | This Basic program contains 5 hours of audio-only, effective language learning with real-life spoken practice sessions.HEAR IT, LEARN IT, SPEAK IT®What is the Pimsleur® difference? The Pimsleur Method provides the most effective language-learning program ever developed. The Pimsleur Method gives you quick command of German structure without tedious drills. Learning to speak German can actually be enjoyable and rewarding. The key reason most people struggle with new languages is that they aren't given proper instruction, only bits and pieces of a language. Other language programs sell only pieces -- dictionaries; grammar books and instructions; lists of hundreds or thousands of words and definitions; audios containing useless drills. They leave it to you to assemble these pieces as you try to speak. Pimsleur enables you to spend your time learning to speak the language rather than just studying its parts. When you were learning English, could you speak before you knew how to conjugate verbs? Of course you could. That same learning process is what Pimsleur replicates. Pimsleur presents the whole language as one integrated piece so you can succeed. With Pimsleur you get: - Grammar and vocabulary taught together in everyday conversation,
- Interactive audio-only instruction that teaches spoken language organically,
- The flexibility to learn anytime, anywhere,
- 30-minute lessons designed to optimize the amount of language you can learn in one sitting.
Millions of people have used Pimsleur to gain real conversational skills in new languages quickly and easily, wherever and whenever -- without textbooks, written exercises, or drills. The 10 lessons in the Basic German are the same as the first 10 lessons in the Pimsleur Comprehensive German Level 1. The 10 lessons in Basic German are also the first 10 lessons in the 16-lesson Conversational German edition. Pimsleur learners progress from either the Basic or the Conversational to the Comprehensive Level 1, and not from Basic to Conversational edition. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Pimsleur | | Publisher: | Pimsleur | | Publication Date: | November 01, 2005 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0743550730 | | Package Length: | 8.7 inches | | Package Width: | 6.6 inches | | Package Height: | 2.2 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.55 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 2 reviews |
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 A great way to learn a language! May 12, 2007
I'm an auditive/visual person. Since I'm a linguist and love music, this system is perfect for me. I learn a lot when I hear people saying the words and I can repeat them, specially when pronunciation is key. I'm a perfectionist, and I know that repetition is the way to go. This software provides that and I'm so glad I got it! What a great way to learn a language!
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 this alone will NOT suffice Oct 11, 2006
this is really tough to rate
-teaching you proper pronunciation: 5 stars!!!! actually SIX!!
-teaching you HOW to make sentences: 5 stars!
-amount of material they teach you: 1 star
-good use of your time: 1 star
things i LIKED:
1. they REALLY break down words (i.e., in teaching you how to say "excuse me" -- Entschuldigen Sie -- they break it down by teaching you how to pronouce "Sie," "Digen", "Schul," "Schuldigen," "Ent," "Entshuldigen," "Entshuldigen Sie" -- EXCELLENT
2. they really work a lot with one sentence and teaching you HOW to change the sentence (i.e., i would like something to eat, i would like something to eat now, would you like something to eat, would you like something to eat now, where would you like to eat, etc.)
things i DISLIKED:
1. number 2 above (i basically ONLY learned like 5-10 (i'm exaggerating a little....but only a little) phrases in the whole FIVE HOURS of learning!!)
2. each CD recaps earlier CDs which is nice 'cuz it forces you to review, but....that's why you play things on repeat. ?! each 30-minute track did have new materal in it, but there was just too much earlier material
3. THERE'S NO BOOK!!!!
THINGS I DIDN'T LEARN but should've (especially after 5 hours of CD time)
-you're welcome
-what's your name?/my name is....
-"we," "she," "he" anything
-i am going to....
THINGS I DIDN'T LEARN but wanted to
-how old are you?
-where are you from?
-i like....
-....is good
anyway....with these CDs you THOROUGHLY learn like 5 different phrases (again, i'm exaggerating a little) and don't even bother with anything else (no matter how basic)
some words of advice:
if you already know how to say variations of the sentence "i would like to eat something now" then this is not the item for you; however, if you don't know how to say even that and would like to learn more....why not get the "conversational" instead of "basic" or even the "comprehensive" CDs. CDs 1-10 in "basic" are the same as CDs 1-10 in "conversational" but conversational also has 11-16 (fyi-i don't have "conversational" so this is just what i read)
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