Re: Pimsleur French Level 1 CD: Learn To Speak And Understand French With Pimsleur Language Programs (Co

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With this program you start from zero, learning first survival phrases and vocabulary, and eventually progress to a high-intermediate level of speaking and understanding. By Level 5 the pace and conversation move quite rapidly, accelerating exposure to new vocabulary and structures, approaching native speed and comprehension. You'll learn to speak more in-depth about your personal life and emotional state, and be able to create complex sentences using a mix of tenses and moods. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension, and on learning to speak.

Pimsleur French Level 1 CD: Learn To Speak And Understand French With Pimsleur Language Programs (Co

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As the title says I completed the fifth level of Pimsleur French 5, and I wanted to share what I thought about this and a bit about my experiences with language learning so far. I'll include a TL;DR at the bottom.

Before I bore most of you with my life's story, I'll start by saying that I consider myself nowhere near fluency or any sort of completion after finishing this program - I believe I am in between B1 and B2. The big advantage with this program seems to be that I am relatively easy to understand when I speak and that I feel comfortable speaking and putting myself out there, even when I'm fumbling for words. I don't find it difficult to communicate at a basic level. That's the good - the bad is that my listening - the skill I consider to be the most important in language learning - is not as good as my speaking: by that I mean, it is easier for me to make myself understood than it is for me to understand the responses I get.

I began learning French because I found myself playing a computer game (Albion Online) with a group of Francophones by sheer chance, or at this point, I consider it to be a huge stroke of luck - but I didn't know that it was at the time. This was in April 2019, a bit over a year ago. At first, they told me they would speak English to me, and it would be no problem. Their English abilities weren't exactly flawless, but I became very interested in learning French, because I was hearing it in the context of the game and sounds which I heard repeatedly started to stick as words and phrases now and then. Being Canadian, I thought I knew a thing or two about French due to having taken it in public school, but I soon found out that I knew nothing. I began to use the Michel Thomas Method as it was freely available on YouTube to learn how to put together some phrases, and to my surprise, it worked. I started on Pimsleur after I reached the end of what I could access with Michel Thomas for free. I would try out new phrases and words that I learned on my Francophone friends in the game as I progressed in my lessons to solidify some of what I had learned and to see if they could understand me.

I struggled constantly and wasn't often understood at first. I also didn't often understand much of what was spoken to me, which resulted in a lot of communication in English. However, when I began Pimsleur 3 things started to change. I had built up enough knowledge to actually become understood. When I finished Pimsleur 3, one of my friends remarked "Is that you?! You're actually speaking French!" I noticed a huge improvement from the beginning to the end of level 3, and again with level 4, it felt as though my abilities skyrocketed. During level 5, I definitely learned some handy phrases, but I feel that level 5 held less value than the previous two levels did. Because of this, I am not sure if my time could have been better spent ending on level 4 and focusing on more listening related activities.

"Pimsleur programs provide plenty of positive reinforcement that will keep learners on track, and we found that Pimsleur gave us more proficiency and confidence in speaking the new language than any of the other language programs we reviewed." AudioFile Magazine

"EXTREMELY ACCESSIBLE...each section within the lessons is short enough to hold our attention, and there is enough repetition to teach even those who consider themselves slow learners...Pimsleur [programs] are extremely thorough and easy to use quite lively!" Boston Herald

"Learn French while commuting, German while jogging, Spanish (or Russian, Italian, and Japanese) while cooking all with NO WRITTEN MATERIALS!" New York Daily News

"Designed for the ear and not the eye...the lessons provide PERFECT 30-minute bites of work." St Louis Post-Dispatch

"Learn to habla español or parlez français before your next trip aboard. The interactive LESSONS CHALLENGE STUDENTS to use new words in conversation instead of memorize them." American Way (American Airlines inflight magazine)

"I tried other language programs with little success...This is the best by far!" Pamela A. Mitchell, Pilot, International Society of Women Airline Pilots

"Pimsleur programs provide plenty of positive reinforcement that will keep learners on track, and we found that Pimsleur gave us more proficiency and confidence in speaking the new language than any of the other language programs we reviewed." AudioFile Magazine"EXTREMELY ACCESSIBLE...each section within the lessons is short enough to hold our attention, and there is enough repetition to teach even those who consider themselves slow learners...Pimsleur [programs] are extremely thorough and easy to use quite lively!" Boston Herald"Learn French while commuting, German while jogging, Spanish (or Russian, Italian, and Japanese) while cooking all with NO WRITTEN MATERIALS!" New York Daily News"Designed for the ear and not the eye...the lessons provide PERFECT 30-minute bites of work." St Louis Post-Dispatch"Learn to habla español or parlez français before your next trip aboard. The interactive LESSONS CHALLENGE STUDENTS to use new words in conversation instead of memorize them." American Way (American Airlines inflight magazine)"I tried other language programs with little success...This is the best by far!" Pamela A. Mitchell, Pilot, International Society of Women Airline Pilots

This course includes Lesson 1-5 from the French Level 1 program featuring 2.5 hours of language instruction. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons is included in each lesson. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension, and on learning to speak French.

This course includes Lessons 6-10 from the French Level 1 program featuring 2.5 hours of language instruction. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken French language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons is included in each lesson. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension, and on learning to speak French.

This course includes Lessons 11-15 from the French Level 1 program featuring 2.5 hours of language instruction. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons is included in each lesson. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension, and on learning to speak French.

This course includes Lessons 16-20 from the French Level 1 program featuring 2.5 hours of language instruction. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons is included in each lesson. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension, and on learning to speak French.

Each lesson in Russian Level 1 Lessons 1-5 provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Each lesson contains practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension and on learning to speak Russian.

At PCMag, our top picks for language learning apps are Duolingo (free) and Rosetta Stone (from $36 for three months). Both are good for beginners as well as intermediate and advanced speakers. If you're starting from scratch with a language, these two programs can help you build a foundation. If you're somewhat experienced with a language, you can easily jump in and brush up on specific skills, or try the more difficult content, such as podcasts, stories, and videos. If your goal is instead to be able to speak a few words and phrases quickly (even if you can't understand what people say when they reply), then Rocket Languages would be a good app.

You learn new words at a slow pace, and the instructors chat from time to time. Compared with other audio-based language-learning programs, such as Pimsleur and Michel Thomas, Rocket Languages feels less formal but also less rigorous. As a point of comparison, Pimsleur lessons are powerfully intentional. Everything about the lesson has a purpose, from which words you learn to how often you repeat them. This is because the Pimsleur Method focuses on spaced repetition, or using precise intervals of time between when you last used a word and when you need to recall it again. You're constantly being asked to tap into your memory from two minutes ago, two days ago, two weeks ago. Lessons in Rocket Languages don't drill you nearly as thoroughly.