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 Polish 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: #277711 in Books
• Published on: 2006-02-06
• Formats: Abridged, Audiobook
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 5
• Binding: Audio CD

Features

• ISBN13: 9780743550819
• 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

Great for beginners
I purchased this item with basically no experience learning Polish. The CDs do a great job of bringing you up to speed in the language. The first lesson teaches you the basics and really helps you to understand how to pronounce the words. The first ten minutes of each lesson is a review of the previous lesson, so it's very difficult to forget something that happened in the previous lesson.

The great thing about them is that you can learn while you are doing other activities. The length of each lesson makes it perfect for taking in the car, on a run, or while working. This is very convenient.

Although I am very satisfied, I do have two minor complaints. The first is that you don't learn enough basic phrases in these 10 lessons. You certainly learn a lot, but you don't how to ask someone how they are doing, how to count to ten, how to ask someone's name, etc. My other complaint is that they cheat a little on the lesson lengths: they are really about 27-28 minutes instead of a half hour.

Overall, however this is a great deal. You get about 6 hours of lessons for less than $20. If you actively listen and respond to the lessons, you'll pick up some basic Polish in a week for sure.

A good beginner's course
Although very, very basic, slow and repetitive; this product has improved my use of Polish language. Having some knowledge of Polish, I should have started with the intermediate level.
Someone just starting to learn the language should find this program very helpfull. It is definitely worth the price.

Great!
Although very repetitive, these CDs make you memorize difficult polish phrases and words. Polish is definitely a very difficult language to learn, and this CD is very helpful.