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 Russian, 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: #421110 in Books
• Published on: 2005-12-05
• Format: Audiobook
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 5
• Binding: Audio CD

Features

• ISBN13: 9780743550765
• 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

Very Good, Basic Language Instruction
This language program, in ten parts, gradually and effectively introduces the Russian language. Each part introduces new words and phrases and re-emphasizes those learned in the previous section. Very, very effective.

Best way to learn!
I have found this to be absolutely the best and easiest way to learn how to speak a new language! I can't believe how fast I've picked this language up! I highly recommend this tool to anyone interested in learning a new language.

David
This is the single worst language product I have ever purchased. Other Pimsleur products (such as their intro to Albanian) are quite useful. But this product: (1) includes no written material whatsoever -- not even an introduction to the alphabet; and (2) repeats the same phrases endlessly ("Do you speak Russian?" "No, I don't speak Russian.") This results in the CDs covering very little material.
Much better are the "Learn Russian in Your Car" series, or best of all, if you actually want to study basic grammar -- "Teach Yourself Russian." The latter has kept me busy through 6 months of Russian classes. It comes with a very useful book showing full transcripts of all conversations, along with grammar lessons and practice.