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Summary: Excellent way to learn Spanish!
Review: An all audio learning method, this system turns your driving commute into enjoyable learning lessons. Listen and repeat, then same words different phrases, it is all very easy in that you can replay a lesson or rewind to keep working at it. You really do feel a sense of accomplishment in learning to speak practical tourist Spanish. Learn to speak practical and polite Spanish without being terrified by grammar rules.
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Summary: The best introduction available
Review: Fantastic series. You begin by listening to a man a woman have a simple conversation. Then you are slowly brought through their dialog and then invited to join in. As the tapes progress the conversations get more and more complex, but what really works with these tapes is that the conversations continue to reinforce what you've already learned. You are not expected to have mastered every piece of the lesson before moving on to the next one. This is a tremendous help because 1. You remember the words through usage and context not rote memorization. 2. Being able to move on quickly helps keep the learning interesting. I found myself becoming more and more involved with the 2 people who speak Spanish on these tapes. Their personalities becoming more and more clear as our conversations become more complex. So overall, I am very happy with this program. My one complaint is that there is only one program in this series. Once the 4 tapes are over that's it, which is too bad.
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Summary: ¡Ojala lo hubiera tenido hace 10 años!
Review: He estudiado inglés por mi cuenta durante muchos años y mi gramática y compresión eran aceptables pero mi pronunciación era terrible. Tras completar este curso mis amigos ingleses dicen que mi pronunciación, a pesar de ser americana, es buena o muy buena. Es cuestión de fuerza de voluntad, ir lección tras lección, escuchar y repetir y volver a repetir. Mejor que no haya libros ni materiales que estorben el aprendizaje. Después ya habrá tiempo para profundizar más cuando se domine la lengua hablada. En definitiva el mejor método que he encontrado para hablar inglés americano.
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Summary: Be careful what you ask for
Review: I like the Pimsleur system, it works well, is easy to use. This particular "Quick & Simple" version consists of only 4 tapes, just enough to let you decide you want to learn more Spanish, so you can buy the more complete Spanish I.
If you are going on a trip and want to learn travel Spanish, get the Conversation version by Pimsleur, which has 16 lessons and will do much better.
Some of the reviews for this Quick & Simple version were originally reviews for a longer version that is now discontinued, and they were transfered to this less than filling version. The version that was discontinured was replaced later by the Converstional version.
The Pimsleur system works well, this version is just a light sampling of the language to see if you want to go further.
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Summary: Excellent way to learn Spanish!
Review: I tried both this and Berlitz Rush Hour (the music course). I am having great success with this Pimsleur and plan to purchase the full Spanish 1 course next. The courses are clearly organized and re-inforce learning. The speaker is clear and emphasizes pronunciation giving you ample opportunity to practice. There are two speakers, male and female, so you hear two different intonations of everything.If I must be critical (and I feel I must :) it would be that you should understand that you are learning the 'Spain' dialect of Spanish so your language will be the 'formal' Spanish rather than the 'street' Spanish. However, I would prefer to learn with CORRECT accents and pronunciations first, and I can incorporate 'slang' and local dialects later. Contrast this to the Thomas course, where reviewers state that the accent is Swiss (?I believe, NOT Spanish anyway). Overall, this course meets my objective of allowing me to learn Spanish during my daily commute with zero book time. Very effective. Update: Since I wrote this I bought the full Pimsleur and am about to begin Spanish III. I'm very happy with it. Read my List and Guide for more info.
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Summary: increase your speed
Review: I'm currently using Pimsleur to learn Japanese and Cantonese, and I'm thrilled with my progress. Pimsleur has a truly effective system for learning language painlessly and effectively. I've noticed, though, that (some) people say they needed to listen to each tape 4-5 times before they felt they knew the material. Fortunately, that's not necessary. Here's how to make equal progress on just one listening: Each time you're prompted to come up with an answer on your own, *stop the tape* and give yourself time to think before you get interrupted by the soundtrack. If the tape gives you the answer before you've come up with an answer yourself, you haven't learned anything. Also, as much as I love Pimsleur courses, they're still wildly expensive, even with (...) sometimes-substantial discounts. (...)
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Summary: Speaking not Repeating
Review: I've made several attempts to pick up Spanish on my own, including some travels in Mexico. After finishing the 8 lessons in this series, I felt more confident using the words I knew because I'd heard how they were used. One underlying lesson of the tapes is how to sound like a polite, educated visitor. A second is using the words 'forward and backward'. You don't learn one sentance which demonstrates a word, you hear a word and use it in many different ways... as part of a question, as a statement, about yourself, about others, etc. You also learn different ways to get at the same information. Today I would feel a lot more comfortable in a restaurant in Mexico than I did last fall, because I would recognize the questions "What would you like?" "Do you want anything?" "What would you like to eat/drink?" (Gratefully, I had patient waiters last fall who could speak English!)
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Summary: Learning insurance for the linguistically squeamish
Review: Learn to count to seven, buy beer and ask for the bathroom. But, mainly, learn if the method works for you. I heard about the Pimsleur Method years ago, but I was afraid to spend all that money on what, for me, would be a sixth attempt to learn Spanish. This 8 lesion set was the perfect introduction. About the price of a hardback book, the Basic sets lets you see for yourself whether you like the method, and whether you have the resolve to do it every day. Also good if you have no desire to learn a language in depth, but would like to be able to say "Hello" in Japanese or Hungarian.
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Summary: From No Spanish to Un Poco Espagnol
Review: Since my wife and her family are all fluent in Spanish, I was motivated to start to learn. These basic CD's were great for listening to in the car on the way to and from work, a great way to turn commuting into quality time. The methods employed constantly reinforce learned material while sprinkling in new vocabulary. I found myself easily learning and having fun! I can't wait to move onto the next set of Pimsleur CD's- Spanish I
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Summary: Is there a way to get the script for the CDs?
Review: The only complaint i have is it does not come with any script. I think i need to read the script to remember all the vocabulary.
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