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| 1e4e6 Octoglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4290 days ago 1013 posts - 1588 votes  Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Dutch, Swedish, Italian Studies: German, Danish, Russian, Catalan | Message 9 of 11 15 March 2015 at 10:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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I just listened to the Phase 5 and it is way too easy, I am not sure what your level is,
but I think that a B2 could handle a speed that is at least twice, probably thrice as fast as what was on the audio sample. I think that a C1 and C2 should be able to follow something at least 5 times as fast, perhaps 6 or 7 times faster. It is very enunciated too, in addition to the what I personally would deem as slow speed, but maybe that is just me. Also, the prompts are in English at first before the Spanish, and it seems to be made with Americans in mind. "Soy norteamericano", but what if "no soy ni norteamericano ni angloparlante"? Edited by 1e4e6 on 15 March 2015 at 10:57pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Random review Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5783 days ago 781 posts - 1310 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin, Yiddish, German | Message 10 of 11 15 March 2015 at 11:52pm | IP Logged | ||
For me the whole point in Pimsleur is not that the drills are challenging in any way (if that's what you want, I second the suggestion of FSI Spanish above), it's that everything covered can be effortlessly recalled when needed and with excellent pronunciation pretty much for ever. Some of the English students I teach that have B1, B2 and even C1 levels would frankly benefit in their pronunciation and fluency (as opposed to grammatical accuracy and vocabulary) from going through the 3 currently- existing (let alone 5 like there is for English speakers learning Spanish!) levels of Pimsleur Inglés in my opinion. Of course none of them are about to drop that much money on a language course and (tempted though I sometimes feel) I'm not going to risk my job by sending them links to download them. Edited by Random review on 15 March 2015 at 11:55pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| alang Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 7221 days ago 563 posts - 757 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish | Message 11 of 11 16 March 2015 at 5:52am | IP Logged | ||
I just want to inform people, that the sample for Spanish 5 is just an introduction to what the Pimsleur method is and who was Dr. Paul Pimsleur. IMO a very useless sample, due to the fact anybody who reaches up to level 5, would know how the method works. Regarding Dr. Paul Pimsleur a quick google search will turn up a write up on him, including Wikipedia or the Pimsleur website a short bio and description of the method. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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