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Title: Spanish II by Pimsleur Language Programs ISBN: 0-671-31593-5 Publisher: Pimsleur Intl Inc Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 16 List Price(USD): $345.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75
Rating: 5
Summary: The definitive way to learn a language while you commute
Comment: I have tried other tapes (10 years ago, anyway) and found that they all required books, or live lessons, or were just rote phrases. But this is a GREAT way of learning a language. You can convince yourself of this by looking at the high resale price of used copies on eBay.
Anyway, all you do is listen and speak. Each tape is a half an hour. They are consistently good and easy to progress. Occasionally, they throw in a stinker tape (Lesson 24) but usually, they're really good about challenging you without making it impossible.
I'd recommend listening to them at least twice. I personally listen to each side of each tape a total of 3 times.
If you have a 30 minute commute, they are perfect. I listen to them on the way to work every day and have progressed to midway through level 3. I'm obviously not fluent in Spanish, but at least now I can understand some of Univision (as long as they're showing chiquitas in bikinis).
Rating: 5
Summary: Incredibly effective!!!
Comment: I have just completed the first sixty lessons (Spanish I - 30 lessons, Spanish II - 30 lessons) of this 90 lesson course and tonight placed my order for the last 30 lessons (Spanish III).
This course follows the teaching method of the late Dr. Paul Pimsleur and is, without a doubt, the most effective method I have found for learning a new language. Having done some preliminary reading on Dr. Pimsleur before ordering the first course, I was struck by the wisdom of his "graduated interval recall" method.
What's interesting is that, as you go through the taped lessons, you are actually learning Spanish (or Japanese, German, Italian, etc.) in much the same way you learned your native language. Think about it! We all learned to speak our native language YEARS before we ever learned to write. We learned by listening, watching, and emulating. The advantage you have with these tapes is that, understanding English, you can now be clearly TOLD what each word means, rather than having to learn by watching and associating like we did as small children. Simply by listening, the tapes feed and TEST you on an ever increasing list of phrases, gradually increasing the length of time between testing until, finally, you LEARN. At the same time, you are forced to recombine the words you learn into NEW phrases, further testing and reinforcing your new knowledge. Additionally, as you progress through the tapes, the native speakers gradually increase their speed. Not surprisingly, your ability to understand increases with it!
It is already amazing how far I have come. I am now comfortably (if somewhat haltingly) speaking in present, past, AND future tenses, with a large set of commonly used verbs, nouns and adjectives. I am really excited to "dig in" to the last 30 lessons.
One final note: This course is only intended to teach you to SPEAK the language. Reading practice is extremely limited. The fact is, I have almost NO IDEA how to write or spell most of the words I'm using (again, just like children). For me, that is not a problem. I am told by native speakers that my pronunciation is EXCELLENT! For now, that feels like a huge success!
Rating: 5
Summary: Spanish II
Comment: Great method for learning. Cost of program is high though. My local library had all programs available for checkout. I even found out that recordedbooks dot com rents all lessons on tape and CD.
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Title: Spanish III by Pimsleur ISBN: 0671315943 Publisher: Pimsleur Intl Inc Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $345.00 |
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Title: Spanish I by Pimsleur ISBN: 0743523571 Publisher: Pimsleur Intl Inc Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $345.00 |
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Title: Spanish I: Pimsleur Comprehensive Program (Pimsleur Language Program) by Pimsleur Language Programs ISBN: 0671521527 Publisher: Pimsleur Intl Inc Pub. Date: February, 1995 List Price(USD): $295.00 |
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Title: Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish by Joseph J. Keenan ISBN: 029274322X Publisher: Univ of Texas Press Pub. Date: November, 1994 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: First Spanish Reader (Dual-Language) by Angel Flores ISBN: 0486258106 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: January, 1989 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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