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| zerrubabbel Senior Member United States Joined 4598 days ago 232 posts - 287 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Mandarin | Message 1 of 13 02 May 2012 at 7:18am | IP Logged | ||
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sorry, not enough room in the subject to broadcast the whole question... :/
What exactly is wrong with doing Two consecutive Pimsleur units in the same day?... aside from the fact that one obviously reviews the previous lesson at the beginning, which its simple to go back just for the review... If I have the time, should I learn some extra material each day? Edited by Fasulye on 15 May 2012 at 10:53am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Rowerzysta Newbie Poland Joined 4610 days ago 12 posts - 20 votes | Message 2 of 13 02 May 2012 at 8:34am | IP Logged | ||
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Wrong: that it distorts the optimal intervals of word repetitions. In theory.
That said, I can't imagine spending three months for a 90 lessons Pimsleur course. If one has time, one can learn 2-3 new lessons a day or more, plus possible reviews from the day before. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5563 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 3 of 13 02 May 2012 at 10:36am | IP Logged | ||
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Of course, to make statements about optimal repetition intervals one has to accept that Paul Pimsleur's
1960s research is correct (which is open to question) and that the S&S product uses the Pimsleur intervals (which it doesn't). That is not to knock Pimsleur or it's spaced repetition - for German I found it very helpful, its just I wouldn't put too much emphasis on the 'science' behind it. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| atama warui Triglot Senior Member Japan Joined 4699 days ago 594 posts - 985 votes Speaks: German*, English, Japanese | Message 4 of 13 03 May 2012 at 12:31am | IP Logged | ||
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If I'd do Pimsleur again, I'd stick to the same rhythm again. Can always do something else in the meantime.. like Michel Thomas or some grammar or whatever. However, Pimsleur is designed to burn info into your head facilitating a spaced repetition system.
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| Wulfgar Senior Member United States Joined 4669 days ago 404 posts - 791 votes Speaks: English* | Message 5 of 13 03 May 2012 at 5:08am | IP Logged | ||
If you're able to get 80%+, do as many as you want. If you are getting less than 80%, then you're supposed to repeat the lesson. If you get less than 80%, and you don't repeat, you might as well throw all those pesky rules out the window. In that case, you probably won't get good results from the program. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4887 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 6 of 13 03 May 2012 at 6:13am | IP Logged | ||
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Doing lessons back-to-back seems a bit much - part of the program is based upon being
able to recall a lesson the next day. Doing the lesson right away defeats that purpose. However I've tried doing two or three lessons throughout the day (one in the morning and one at night) and the 'system' seemed to still work. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| garyb Triglot Senior Member ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5205 days ago 1468 posts - 2413 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, French Studies: Spanish | Message 7 of 13 03 May 2012 at 10:51am | IP Logged | ||
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When I first started Italian, I wasn't working so I was able to do several Pimsleur
lessons, sometimes four or five per day, and it worked very well for me. After four or five was the point where I started to feel mentally tired and struggle to remember things, which suggested that it was time to stop and I had done enough for one day. Then I tried Pimsleur Russian. After one lesson I was mentally tired and struggling, so that was plenty for one day. I guess for Italian, since it's an easier language and I already knew a lot of French, which has similar grammar and vocabulary, I was learning a lot less truly new material so I could do a lot more per day. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| zerrubabbel Senior Member United States Joined 4598 days ago 232 posts - 287 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Mandarin | Message 8 of 13 04 May 2012 at 7:04am | IP Logged | ||
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thank you for the input every one, I suppose Ill experiment a little bit and try two a
day for a few days, BUT, I will make sure I review all the material taught on the previous day, If it dosnt seem to be working out, I suppose I can fill extra time with reading and working on kanji... 1 person has voted this message useful |
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