There is also a short reading lesson at the end of the main 30 minute lesson. New words and phrases are broken up phonetically. The lessons make you use the language by prompting you with “how do you say x” or “ask the speaker x” - there is a pause where you are expected to use the target language, then the correct translation is given to you.
Each lesson builds on the prior lessons in a form of spaced repetition (“Graduated Interval Recall”). Within a level are 30 lessons that are about 30 minutes each.Įach 30 minute lesson begins with a conversation in your target language, and throughout the lesson you are taught what the given words and phrases used in the conversation mean. Pimsleur German is currently made up of 5 levels. Each language program ranges from 3 to 5 levels. Pimsleur is an audio-based language learning program. So After a month I’m ready to write this review of Pimsleur German I. Also, I tend to alternate between speaking directly into the microphone and leaning back in my chair (away from the mic) which has noticeably bad audio. If you do decide to listen to the stream, realize that the only audio is myself speaking German in response to the Pimsleur Prompts - there is no Pimsleur audio playing for copyright reasons. I included those times because I felt that they were still part of the learning process.Īll the recordings of me doing the lessons are available on this YouTube playlist, so you can listen to me struggle with the lessons (I wouldn’t recommend watching, unless you’re a masochist). Also, the 58 hour time takes into account breaks I took between lessons, and my short intro and outro that I do at the start of every lesson. It took me 58 hours because I repeated every lesson and paused continuously through each lesson, to give myself time to respond. I didn’t miss a single non-Sunday since the day I started, and I finished Pimsleur I on November 12, 2018. Since October 9th, 2018 I did Pimsleur German I everyday, excluding Sundays. I picked Pimsleur because I could get my hands on the first 4 levels (German I,II,III, and plus), and because I have tried Pimsleur French in the past, and, although I didn’t complete it (I only did half of French I), I was impressed with their teaching method.Īlso, I decided to livestream myself learning German as both an experiment in transparency (how effective is Pimsleur?), and as a motivational commitment that would put pressure on me to complete the entire course. I wanted to create a recording of a complete beginner, with no familiarity with their target language, becoming fluent. I chose German because I had absolute zero familiarity with the language. About a month ago I decided I wanted to learn a 3rd language. Since August 2018, I’ve been livestreamingmyself everyday (excluding Sundays and Holidays) learning web development, becoming a blogger, writing a novel, and other random activities in the pursuit of self-improvement.
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