Friday, August 8, 2008

What Is Pimsleur Method ?

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The Pimsleur method is an audio-based system, in which the listener constructs phrases or repeats from memory out loud along with a recording.
is made up of multiple thirty-minute lessons, which are repeated until 80% comprehension is attained, at which point the user may continue to the next lesson. As the lessons repeat themselves and add new material.

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As I Said Before I Used Pimsleur Method and Audio Programm for my Japanese Language Learning.Well As I realized till now the Method Is this.

Pimsleur Method :
Well It Started a conversation in Japanese Language between an American man and a Japanese Woman which is happening in a train.
after the conversation finished the narrator started to explain everything and asks you to focus on what you here and repeat everything loudly.
The Lessons takes about 20 to 40 min every one and the system is all this i said.

Pimsleur's Good Points :

1: It Teaches you real accent because you repeat after the native Japanese Speaker and so you will try to do it exactly like her because your brain will do that.

2: It Is Quiet Cheap, you don't need to pay a fortune on it.

Pimsleurs Bad Point :

1: It is Just Audio , I mean there are no books (of course there are some booklets but they are really worthless) So you cant practice Grammar, Handwriting , Speaking and ... which you need to learn for improving your language.

Tip! As for Japanese This one is good because I didn't to start Learning Kanji writing system .

2:Some times you really dont understand what the speaker says, The accent becomes too weird that it makes you tired of this method.

Recommendation To Pimsleur Makers !

Thanks for your great method.
But It Is Going to really help the learner's If and if you put those Dialogues Transcript in a text file attached to audio files.


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