Product Description

The 10-lesson (5 CDs) Basic Course gives customers the chance to test drive the incredibly effective and efficient, world-famous Pimsleur Comprehensive Program. A real try it before you buy it deal. Customers will love the experience of acquiring the essential grammar and vocabulary of Vietnamese during the spoken practice sessions. It is this ease of language acquisition that makes the full Comprehensive Pimsleur Program so popular and successful for adult language learners.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #66276 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-06
• Format: Audiobook
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 5
• Binding: Audio CD

Features

• ISBN13: 9780743550833
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
"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

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

Difficult Language
I listened to part of this before I went to Vietnam, and it did help with pronouncing "thank you, how are you etc". It wasn't really clear/accurate about forms of address (based on age/gender)that the Vietnamese use. I said Kam un Ba (sp?) to a middle aged lady and got laughed at, apparently Ba is for REALLY old ladies(the cd just said "when you are addressing an older lady). I used 'che' with a younger woman (Based on what the cds had said) and was told NO that the correct form is 'em'. Also, I would have been happier starting out with food and money because they are the two most important subjects you will talk about in Vietnam.

The best intro to Vietnamese you can buy.
After trying three other Vietnamese language courses (the so-so FSI course, the poor Vietnamese for Foreigners course, and the downright execrable Elementary Vietnamese), I was close to despairing of ever learning this language. Figuring I had nothing to lose, I bought this course and finally got the results I have been hoping for. This course includes the first ten lessons of Pimsleur's full-length Vietnamese course, which I definitely intend to buy before my next trip to Vietnam. Using an all-audio method, this brief course taught me a lot that I either was not taught at all, or did not retain from, other Vietnamese courses. And the words and grammar you learn really do stick in your brain effortlessly with this course. My only regret is that I did not try this method first! So if you want to learn Vietnamese, don't make the same mistakes I made. Go with Pimsleur and you won't be sorry!

Unique Learning Method
This is the first time for me to use the Pimsleur method, and I must say that I'm impressed. After going through each lesson twice, I felt I was ready to handle basic conversations on my trip to Vietnam. This was exactly what I needed for my trip. Other methods seem to assume that anyone starting a language has the intention of spending their life mastering it. This one just gives you the basics without any pressure. It works.