Greek (Quick & Simple)

Rating:
Summary: Didn't meet expectations
Review: This product didn't meet my expectations at all. I've heard such wonderful things about the Pimsleur series, so I did have high expectations. My complaints are thus: this is audio only. For some this might be just what they want, to be able to speak only, but it drove me crazy not knowing how to spell the words I was hearing (if I didn't already know how to) Which brings me to my second complaint: there are 8 lessons on the 4 CDs and the amount of vocabulary that one learns is not very much at all. I already know some Greek and I was hoping this would really boost my ability, but I don't think it did much for me at all. Also, it never mentions anything about grammar, how to form plurals, conjugate verbs, etc. Perhaps the more complete course is better, but I have not tried it myself.

Positive things about it are: you learn some basic phrases & responses, voices are native speakers (I believe), and the "listen & repeat" or feedback is excellent! (Actually, my son is in speech therapy and they also use this method.) You listen to the word or phrase and then repeat it. It might seem silly because there is no one there to hear you, but the idea is that you hear *yourself* and can adjust your own pronounciation, but also "complete the circuit" in the language center of your brain, whereby you hear it, imitate it, and hear it again (your own voice) thereby cementing not only the vocab but also the individual sounds of the language.

In the end, I rated this a 3 because it is a very good beginning for those who only which to speak the language, but if you want to have a more comprehensive understanding of the language, this will disappoint you.