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| dagojr Groupie United States Joined 5591 days ago 56 posts - 131 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Russian | Message 1 of 4 23 July 2010 at 9:33am | IP Logged |
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I'm considering checking out Russian: The Complete Course from Pimsleur from my local library. But I'm not sure it will be effective.
Many of you on the forums have good things to say about Pimsleur, but I'm wondering if it would be appropriate for me. Many of you seem to recommend Pimsleur for beginners. But I think I am... a low intermediate? I'm not a beginner anymore, but I don't feel comfortable calling myself an intermediate either. I'm in that weird limbo region in between! Anyway, is Pimsleur a good tool for someone at my level? Or should I be focusing on other resources at this point? Edited by dagojr on 23 July 2010 at 11:34pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Paskwc Pentaglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5679 days ago 450 posts - 624 votes Speaks: Hindi, Urdu*, Arabic (Levantine), French, English Studies: Persian, Spanish | Message 2 of 4 23 July 2010 at 11:01am | IP Logged |
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It depends. I see Pimsleur as being something that can be appropriate for anyone who
isn't at the advanced stage yet. However, you might be slightly bored when using the product or not get as much value out it. That said, if your library has the course, why not just borrow it and see if its worthwhile? P.S. Here's a sample lesson from the Russian course. It's lesson 61 out of a total of 90. Lesson Edited by Paskwc on 23 July 2010 at 11:04am 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| aarontp Groupie United States Joined 5269 days ago 94 posts - 139 votes | Message 3 of 4 23 July 2010 at 8:32pm | IP Logged |
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Beginner only, IMO. But for some languages, you may be stuck on the beginner level for a
while, and that's fine. Once you can distinguish words and sentences in a language--even if you don't know their meaning--I think it's better to ditch the training wheels and dive into native materials. IMO--the program can still be used profitably as supplementary/road listening beyond the beginner level. I wouldn't go out of my way to use it at that point though. Edited by aarontp on 24 July 2010 at 12:16am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| hobbitofny Senior Member United States Joined 6235 days ago 280 posts - 408 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian | Message 4 of 4 23 July 2010 at 9:58pm | IP Logged |
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I would start with the first lesson level one and do 2 or 3 lessons a day until you get to new stuff. If you know it, it is review. Reviewing never hurts. You have the use of the set for free.
Here is a link to where Pimsluer claims you will be as the end of each level. I hope it helps. http://languagelovers.com/index.php?option=com_content&view= article&id=122 1 person has voted this message useful |
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