Overview

HEAR IT, LEARN IT, SPEAK IT

What is the Pimsleur(R) difference?

The Pimsleur Method provides the most effective language-learning program ever developed. The Pimsleur Method gives you quick command of Spanish structure without tedious drills. Learning to speak Spanish can actually be enjoyable and rewarding.

The key reason most people struggle with new languages is that they aren't given proper instruction, only bits and pieces of a language. Other language programs sell only pieces -- dictionaries; grammar books and instructions; lists of hundreds or thousands of words and definitions; audios containing useless drills. They leave it to you to assemble these pieces as you try to speak. Pimsleur enables you to spend your time learning to speak the language rather than just studying its parts.

When you were learning English, could you speak before you knew how to conjugate verbs? Of course you could. That same learning process is what Pimsleur replicates. Pimsleur presents the whole language as one integrated piece so you can succeed.

With Pimsleur you get:

- Grammar and vocabulary taught together in everyday conversation,

- Interactive audio-only instruction that teaches spoken language organically,

- The flexibility to learn anytime, anywhere,

- 30-minute lessons designed to optimize the amount of language you can learn in one sitting.

Millions of people have used Pimsleur to gain real conversational skills in new languages quickly and easily, wherever and whenever -- without textbooks, written exercises, or drills.

About the program:

Basic Spanish includes the first 10 lessons in the Pimsleur Comprehensive Spanish Level 1. Once you complete the 10 lessons in this edition, we are confident that you will want to continue on and complete the full, 30-lesson Level 1.

Pimsleur Means Language™

Reviews (3)

Basic Spanish

Written by Jeff Thomas from Gadsden, AL on June 3rd, 2008

  • Book Rating: 3/5

I can speak it just as good now as before I listened. I don't want to brag but here goes, Taco, Senorita, Burrito. Maybe I should have listened to all of the audiobook.

Excellent format

Written by nat in l.a. on February 29th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 5/5

The format of this brief introduction to spanish was one of the most effective ways of learning a language that i've ever tried. While very basic, it truly helps you to retain and increase your vocabulary. when i got to spain, it truly came in handy and the locals appreciated my attempt to speak the language and often commented on how well i spoke and understood them. i'm ready to go to the next level.

Basic Spanish

Written by Anonymous on July 19th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 3/5

Too basic if you've ever had any exposure to Spanish.

Author Details

Author Details

Language Program, Pimsleur

" We are a small team that is sincerely dedicated to your success! Our mission is to ensure your complete satisfaction and meet all your language-training needs. We strive to prove the value of our products and support every day.

PimsleurApproach.com, is intended to attract those individuals and groups interested in achieving essential and cost-effective spoken language proficiencies. We have many languages to choose from including; Arabic, Chinese, and Japanese along with several others that quickly allow anyone to establish rapport and basic respect on trips abroad.

A principal purpose of PimsleurApproach.com is to explore and celebrate the many interesting facets of language. These Include: spoken/written communication skills, language learning and teaching, applied linguistics, and the evolution of language.

We invite those interested to suggest topics for consideration and to collaborate with us. We also encourage you to participate in the process of discovering more about how language is acquired, the fascinating social history of the languages in the world today, as well as how language learners in today's world can acquire new language proficiencies."