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German, Conversational: Learn to Speak and Understand German with Pimsleur Language Programs (Simon & Schuster's Pimsleur)

German, Conversational: Learn to Speak and Understand German with Pimsleur Language Programs (Simon & Schuster's Pimsleur)

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Author: Pimsleur
Publisher: Pimsleur
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 27 reviews
Sales Rank: 35,523

Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Revised, 16 Lessons
Number Of Items: 8
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 7.9 x 2.2

ISBN: 0743550471
Dewey Decimal Number: 430
EAN: 9780743550475
ASIN: 0743550471

Publication Date: December 5, 2005
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Product Description
This Conversational program contains 8 hours of interactive audio-only instruction, effective language learning with real-life spoken practice sessions.

HEAR IT, LEARN IT, SPEAK IT®

What is the Pimsleur® difference?

The Pimsleur Method provides the most effective language-learning program ever developed. The Pimsleur Method gives you quick command of German structure without tedious drills. Learning to speak German 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 these pieces -- dictionaries; grammar books and instructions; lists of hundreds or thousands 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 learning process is what Pimsleur replicates. Pimsleur presents the whole language as one integrated piece so you can succeed.

With Pimsleur you get:

  • Grammar and vocabulary taught together in everyday conversation,
  • Interactive audio-only instruction that teaches spoken language organically,
  • The flexibility to learn anytime, anywhere,
  • 30-minute lessons designed to optimize the amount of language you can learn in one sitting.

Millions of people have used Pimsleur to gain real conversational skills in new languages quickly and easily, wherever and whenever -- without textbooks, written exercises, or drills.

Conversational German includes the 10 lessons from Pimsleur's Basic German plus an additional 6 lessons.

The 16 lessons in Conversational German are the same first 16 lessons in the Pimsleur Comprehensive German Level 1.


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5 out of 5 stars Love these CDs!   July 5, 2010
Carol ARcher
I listen to these CDs while I am riding my bike! Very easy to understand and very easy to "repeat" after them! The words and pronounciations are very clear.


3 out of 5 stars Good jump start for language learning.   April 26, 2010
Carolyn Paul (Malvern, AR USA)
The Pimsleur method is a good way to jump start your language acquisition and speaking skills, but it is hardly a way to become fluent or to master a second language. For German one of the best resources once you finish the Pimsleur course is
[...] from Deutsche Welle. It is basically the Goethe Institute's free language course. If you finish it with a good score you should pass the German language certification exam.



5 out of 5 stars This is a GREAT way to learn!   March 22, 2010
Katherine A. Wentworth (Corona, Ca)
My boyfriend commented on how much better my accent was after only 4 lessons! I have used other cd's but this one really helps with breaking down the words and pronunciation. I am absolutely going to purchase the next set of cd's!


3 out of 5 stars Ja, gerne!   February 20, 2010
Just another listener (United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I have taken 'The short course', which is audio CDs only. I am a tainted reviewer of the Plimseur method because I have taken a community college course on Conversational German.

The weaknesses of this method are these:
- acquisition of grammar and vocabulary is slow.
- there's no reading or writing of German.
- there's no advice about how to form the German sounds. (The CD has a barrage of examples, but you are left on your own to figure out how to make the sounds. This is harder than you might think.)
- so much concentration is required during the lesson that I don't think it would be safe to drive or operate machinery while listening to these CDs. If you're looking for a CD for the car, this isn't the course for you.

The stengths of this method are:
- it's good listening practice.
- there's more speaking practice than I got in a classroom setting.
- there's more pronunciation practice than I got in a classroom setting.
- the little material that is covered is constantly reinforced.
- it's a good method if you get flustered by grammar terms such as 'nominative pronoun', 'genitive case', 'declension', and 'indirect object'. The Plimseur method is mercifully free of all that.
- there's no effort outside the half hour daily lesson!
- all you need is an audio CD player.

Some reviewers claim that you don't acquire any grammar, but that's not true. The course introduces German grammar concepts by example. The idea is that you acquired English grammar by example, not by grammar rules; therefore, you should acquire German grammar the same way. It is certainly more natural than memorizing rules, but is also a very slow way to acquire German grammar.

The cast of each lesson are a male German speaker, a female German speaker, and 'the tutor'. The tutor tells you when to listen to the speakers, when to repeat what they say, and sometimes quizzes you! It's uncanny how the CD anticipates stumbling points and tutors the student through them. It's a lot like having a live tutor, except a live tutor could tell you whether you were making the sounds correctly. One nit of the CDs is that I was never sure whether I was making the sounds correctly, and it's a little hard to speak German consonants in the time alloted.

These CDs would be pretty good if you were planning travel to Germany and wanted to learn enough German to get by. These CDs are good for the casual student who has a quiet half hour a day for a lesson (but not while driving). For the serious student of German, the CDs are good practice of speaking skills, and are good for improving your German accent.

I rate the short course 3/5 stars. What's there is very, very good. For full marks it would need more pronunciation coaching, and some reading material.



5 out of 5 stars Foreign languages sound ... weird!   February 12, 2010
Jen (Texas, USA)
Yes they do! BUT this teaching tool breaks it down into simple components to help you make those weird sounds without breaking a sweat. Really helpful for learning the basics of conversation in the privacy of your "secret place" (or in the car with everyone looking at you at the traffic signal). I give it a thumbs up for taking the fear out of speaking .. at least a little!!

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