The Pimsleur Method provides the most effective language-learning program ever developed. The Pimsleur Method gives you quick command of a foreign language structure without tedious drills. Learning to speak a foreign language 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.

Learn More Foreign Langauge in Less Time Than Any Other Method

Several studies have shown that in any language, native speakers use only around 2,000 to 2,500 distinct words and phrases on a daily basis. Small children generally learn 2,000 words by age four! The Pimsleur method allows you to achieve spoken proficiency faster and simpler by teaching the most important blocks of language learning without bombarding you with unnecessary, repetitive and boring material.

It's not how many words you know that defines language proficiency; it's which words you can use to communicate naturally with natives. You will learn more Foreign Language in less time with the Pimsleur learning system and you will have the confidence and ability to actually use a Foreign langauge in real-life situations. Pimsleur will give you an incredible foundation from which you will be able to effortlessly use additional vocabulary as you learn additional words.

Remember Learning Your First Language?

 You probably don't remember it but at age four, you were naturally acquiring ?building blocks? for your mother language at a rate of about one item every five hours of waking time exposed to the language. By age six, having spent anywhere from 20,000 to 30,000 hours exposed, you naturally acquired the grammatical core of your language.

This Pimsleur Language courser course will give you the same kind of exposure to a foreign Language, only you will be learning it at a frequency of almost one item per minute, nearly 300 times faster. In essence, you will learn about as much useable language information in a few hours as a child does in his/her fourth year of life, with measurably outstanding retention.

Dr. Paul Pimsleur Dedicated His Life to Language Learning Research and Discovery

The Pimsleur Language Learning System is the result of world renowned language educator Dr. Paul Pimsleur's life research into understanding the language acquisition process - especially the organic learning of children that speak a language without knowing its formal structure. For this, he studied the learning process of groups made of children, adults, and multilingual adults. His research identified why for so long it has been painstakingly difficult for adults to learn a second language.

The Two Key Principles Of The Pimsleur Language Learning System

Graduated Interval Recall
Graduated Interval Recall is a complex name for a very simple theory about memory. No aspect of learning a foreign language is more important than memory, yet before Dr. Pimsleur's work, no one had explored more effective ways for building language memory. This method reintroduces information at key intervals during the learning process to effectively maximize retention until no reminders are needed.

Principle of Anticipation
The Principle of Anticipation works by challenging you, the listener, to retrieve answers to questions from your own memory. Without interaction with native speakers, stored information becomes meaningless and therefore useless. Pimsleur's teaching method simulates direct interaction between you and a native speaker, immersing you in a meaningful exchange of communication.

Don't Waste Valuable Time With Typical Methods of Learning a Foreign langaue

Dr. Pimsleur discovered why common adults arduously stumble through traditional learning methods, while children seem to have no difficulty acquiring essential spoken proficiency - without formal schooling. Are adults any less intelligent than children? Most language learning systems would leave you feeling as though "lack of smarts" was the reason for failure. It is time to change your approach.

This course was designed to emulate how children acquire language naturally, and YOU will learn a Foreign Language in the same way, only much faster and without boring yourself into a slumber. You?ve already learned one language with this approach. Your first one!

Can I Learn a Foreign Language With No Effort On My Part?

Pimsleur Language courses are not magical. They are quite the opposite. Pimsleur courses offer you the means to learn a foreign naturally. As is true with any learning endeavor, the best results will be achieved by those who have a sincere desire to learn a foreign langauge. You will need to be able to set aside 30 minutes each day to complete each Pimsleur lesson.

The benefit lies in the fact that each lesson establishes a foundation for the next, giving you the ?tools? to partake in grammatically correct conversations with native speakers quickly and easily.

What Is The Alternative?

Traditional adult language instruction has relied on teaching methods using written text materials, stressing grammatical terminology, translation, and rote learning of rules. Language learning in classes (even in groups as small as 2 or 3 people often results in confusion and a lack of individual attention and progress for individual students. Textbooks, confusing charts and exhausting wordplay are simply not fit for how the brain was naturally designed to acquire language. And it is now clear, after years of trying, that this approach does not work with adults.

Oral history came long before written history. Most language systems fail to recognize that writing is merely a representation of a spoken language. So perhaps you should ask yourself, ?Why should I learn to read a foreign language if I can?t even speak it yet??

Change Your Perception of a Foreign Language Forever In The First 10 Minutes!

What defines ?foreign? in terms of language is that your brain does not recognise sounds that it is hearing; therefore it does not actively process this "noise" without immediate feedback. This course will change the way your brain perceives this ?babble? by immersing you in conversation with native speakers from the very beginning. 10 minutes into your first Pimsleur foreign language lesson your brain will have already begun naturally processing spoken language and your perception of the language will have changed forever!

Over 25 million people including the FBI, CIA, NSA and the worlds largest companies are using Pimsleur.

Who Uses Pimsleur Programs?

Over 25 million people around the world have embraced the Pimsleur learning method. Pimsleur programs are used by government departments, multi-nationals, students, travelers, individuals who have married into foreign families, business people, and curious learners alike. Why? Because the Pimsleur method works! Endorsed by the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), Pimsleur Language Programs offer the world the most innovative and effective means to learn a new language quickly.


 

I liked the way that there was a fluent conversation between two Chinese people at the beginning of each CD. When you first listen to it you think 'Oh my God - that's impossible', but by the end of the CD you can do it! Listen to it again and you realise it was not impossible at all! It is really confidence boosting!
- Language Advantage

"EXTREMELY ACCESSIBLE. The speakers have pleasant voices, each section within the lessons is short enough to hold our attention, and there is enough repetition to teach even those who consider themselves slow learners. Pimsleur tapes are extremely thorough and easy to use-quite lively!"
- Boston Herald

"Learn French while commuting, German while jogging, Spanish while cooking (or Russian, Italian, and Japanese) all with NO WRITTEN MATERIALS!"
- New York Daily News

"Designed for the ear and not the eye. The lessons provide PERFECT 30-minute bites of work."
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"There's a tutorial on tape to suit every need. Using a UNIQUE system [the] segments will have you carrying on simple conversations at the end of just four hours."
- Bookpage

"THE MARKET LEADER in self-instructional foreign language tapes."
- Business Life

"I teach German for a living and have found the Pimsleur program to be one of the best for teaching an adult a language in the shortest amount of time (roughly a month). Although this is a great program for adults, my 6 year old son finds the dialog boring. (Of course the dialog would be very useful for someone traveling to a foreign country). By coercion and bribery I convinced him to listen to several lessons, and his German accent became quite good."
- Tom Stewart

"A WELCOME CHANGE from some of the more formal, highly structured language tapes."
- Audio-Visual Guide

"The Pimsleur method worked really well for me. It was effortless learning and I was always thrilled to go to the next language level. It kept my interest throughout the whole program and it has been wonderful to be able to use it in my travels. The flight attendants ? and the interpreters ? tell me that I have an excellent accent, and it?s been easy to do it."
- Northwest Airline Pilot

"This is the easiest and simplest language method. OUTSTANDING!"
- New Hampshire Union Leader

"IDEAL for commuters."
- Publishers Weekly

"Learn to habla espanol or parlez fran?ais before your next trip aboard. The interactive LESSONS CHALLENGE STUDENTS to use new words in conversation instead of memorize them."
- American Way, American Airlines in-flight magazine

"An excellent set of tapes. Simply play these on the tapedeck of your car each day for a few weeks and in no time at all, YOU'LL BE SPEAKING LIKE A NATIVE."
- Sun Country, Sun Country Airlines in-flight magazine