Pimsleur Spanish Course is a firm favourite with Spanish learners worldwide

How Pimsleur Spanish Language Course Works

The standard thirty lesson-unit Pimsleur Spanish language course is designed to guide professionals, learners of Spanish in any field to accomplish specific levels of proficiency. To achieve this target, you work consistently through one half-hour lesson per day, wherever they may be. This Language Course is a carefully researched, self-teaching course.

The objective of the audio courses is to provide three levels of portable, spoken foreign language communication skills training within the Intermediate ACTFL (The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) proficiency range. This is more or less in line with the EU's Threshold Level and aims at ensuring basic communicative competency in Spanish.

With Pimsleur, a state of the art Spanish Course, you have the benefit of carefully designed cumulative training.

Pimsleur goes so far as to offer an amazing Guarantee of your success

The Pimsleur Consumer Protection plan actually GUARANTEES that you will reach a specific spoken proficiency in Spanish. On completion, you will be able to:

* Ask and answer questions dealing with everyday situations. * Give and get information and directions. * Participate in casual conversations. * Give basic information about yourself. * Avoid basic cultural errors, and have operational language skills.

How you can get best results learning a new language with Pimsleur Spanish

Work on your Spanish Course each day for at least 30 minutes in try the best learning conditions. Choose a quiet place where you can practice without interruption. Opt for a time of day when your mind is most alert and your body least fatigued. This might even be in your car, as you commute.

Many have found listening to Pimsleur Spanish in their car gave great results.

Dr. Pimsleur's research shows 30 minutes is the optimum period for learning Spanish. Any longer, your mind loses its ability to retain new information. Try your best to work through one lesson each and every day . Stick with one lesson until you are familiar with the contents and then move to the next. What is important is that you work CONSISTENTLY, a half hour daily. This is how you can be sure to achieve success with Pimsleur Spanish.

Once you've started the program, simply follow the tutor's instructions. Respond ALOUD when the tutor tells you to do so . Speak out in a normal conversational tone when asked to respond.

Pimsleur Spanish works with the language-learning portion of your brain, so do not have pen and paper to hand during your study. This will only distract you. Neither do you need a Dictionary Just LISTEN and speak.

You do not have a paper and pen nearby during the lessons, nor should you refer to dictionaries or other books. Pimsleur Spanish is designed to be a purely AUDIO course. You listen, you learn and then you SPEAK Spanish.

Naturally, you will do lessons in strict consecutive order -- don't skip around! And, remember, daily contact with the language is critical to successful learning..

Test your Progress with Pimsleur Spanish

Are you able to respond quickly and accurately when your tutor asks a question? When you can answer correctly about eighty percent of the time, you're ready to proceed to the next lesson.

Dr. Pimsleur discovered that learning accelerates when there is an " input/output" system of interaction. This is what happens when you are working with Pimsleur Spanish Course using the Pimsleur cleverly constructed open-ended questioning technique.

Aim of Pimsleur Spanish

The aim is to teach functional mastery in understanding and speaking a language in the shortest time possible. You will be working on your vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation all at once, while also learning phrases that have practical use in daily life. The audio approach enables you to learn grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation in a natural and exciting way

What customers think of the Pimsleur approach to learning Spanish – or, any language

85% reported satisfaction with Pimsleur. 25% purchased 2 or more courses. 50% were considering additional Pimsleur courses and were waiting only to complete the course at hand. 90% respondents said the Pimsleur teaching techniques helped them communicate with native speakers. 74% reported that Pimsleur is the only course they would purchase in the future. 73% did the course while commuting to work. 29% purchased for vacation; 71% for professional. 59% were male; 41% were female. 61% who purchased were between 35 to 54 years of age. 92% were college graduates. 49% earned more then $50,000 a year

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Pimsleur Spanish is available at different levels, starting with Level 1 for Beginners. You also have a choice of Cassette or Audio CD.