Product Description

The 10-lesson (5-CD) Compact course introduces the customer to the language and culture of Albania. Customers will love the experience of acquiring the essential grammar and vocabulary of Albanian during the spoken practice sessions. It is this ease of language acquisition that makes the Pimsleur Language Programs so popular and successful for adult language learners.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #467762 in Books
• Published on: 2006-02-06
• Formats: Abridged, Audiobook
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 5
• Binding: Audio CD

About the Author
Dr. Paul Pimsleur devoted his life to language teaching and testing and was one of the world's leading experts in applied linguistics. After years of experience and research, Dr. Pimsleur developed The Pimsleur Method based on two key principles:  the Principle of Anticipation and a scientific principle of memory training that he called ?Graduated Interval Recall.?  This Method has been applied to the many levels and languages of the Pimsleur Programs.

Customer Reviews

A good starter for learning Albanian
If you're looking for a way to pick up a few words and get started in a new language, Pimsleur can't be beat. Albanian is different enough from, say, Spanish, that it takes some work to pick up structures that come easier with Western European languages. Still, this is a good start and it's fun to have had your first conversation, however small, only an hour or so in. Though I did need to listen twice to disc 1 for my start.

Warning: if you want to be fluent in Albanian, it's going to take more than this. But if you want to make a start and feel like learning Albanian might be possible, it's a good program and at a great price (comparable sets used to be around $100 for unusual languages). Supplement with Before You Know It's Albanian (byki.com) - the introductory lists are free and will give you a little more to do with what you've learned.

Great Product
This is a great set for learning Albanian, Pimsleur never fails to let me down. The only thing I have negative about this is the written review at the end of the lessons, i wish that there would be a full written transcript of each lesson to help connect the words with the writing, and that Lesson 1 would have an intro to the alphabet and a reading of it. They do not cover conjugations of the words very well, but with listening, you pick them up yourself.

If you learn by hearing something used, than this is great, but if you want them to build up from the alphabet to full length sentences, than this isn't for you.

Personally, i feel that with this to listen to, and "Learn Albanian-Mësoni Shqip" by Çezar Kurti to read, you will have a great start to your Albanian learning!

Very good starter method for Albanian, though too short
The Pimsleur method delivers material that works very well with human memory. The Albanian method is no exception. I highly recommend it to everyone starting this unusual language. The method is the same whether in tapes (chepaest if you find them used), CDs, or audiofy. (I don't buy audiofy because the digital memory is copy protected, and if you lose it you have lost quite a bit of money.)
Pimsleur has only done a brief Albanian method, so this product teaches you how to count (very well) and a few basic items but does not get into noun conjugations and other important things. Hopefully they will augment it someday.