Beginners Guide To Learning Spanish With Pimsleur

One of my personal favorite ways of learning a language is with the Pimsleur training courses. Pimsleur courses are based on listening only. This means you can burn CDs or put the MP3 files on your laptop or MP3 player and learn a language anywhere either – in your car, on the bus, while working out, in the waiting room of your dentist or while you are doing your housework. This approach can be quite effective because it saves time, for those of you that are very busy, but it also taps into the potential of your subconscious mind.

The pimsleur audio courses contains only those words and phrases a native speaker would use on a daily basis. this means you don’t have to learn any vocabulary that you don’t need in your conversations. The main difference between Pimsleur courses and conventional programs is the way the information is presented rather than the information itself. The Pimsleur method is based on two principles: Graduated Interval Recall and Principle of Antipipation. The former has to do with how your memory works as this is the most important aspect of learning a second language. Dr. Pimsleur found very effective ways of memorizing new vocabulary. That’s why the Pimsleur programs reintroduce bits of information at specific intervals during the learning process to optimize retention until you have memorized the words and phrases entirely. There is more to Pimsleur though, for example the voices in the training courses are pleasant and the dialogues are easy to understand, and you can certainly google it to find out more. As, for me, it’s my preferred method of learning a language.

The complete Pimsleur language training course includes 3 levels. Level 1, 2, and 3. Each level usually cost around $200+ for a new course and 100+ for a used course. You might be able to find better deals on ebay or craiglist, but that’s about the average price on amazon.com.

I wouldn’t recommend the full Pimsleur spanish language training course without first trying the system out. Although I personally find the Pimsleur method very useful and efficient, there are probably many of you who have different learning styles and won’t be able to benefit as much from and audio training course like Pimsleur.

For this reason I recommend that you get the Pimsleur Quick & Simple Spanish 2nd Revised Edition. You can get a used version for as low as $8 and a new one for about $16. Since I’m assuming you’re a total beginner and don’t know a word of spanish, then this small little training course will teach you about 75 words and some of the most common phrases that you will use just about anywhere you travel where you’ll need to speak spanish.

If you already know a little spanish, you might just want to pick up this course to brush up, but also to see if the Pimsleur method is right for you. If you really like the Pimsleur approach to learning Spanish then think about getting the entire training course. I feel it would be a good investment.

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