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<\/a>Anyone who commutes 20 minutes or more a day and is not regularly acquiring at least a basic working proficiency in other languages doesn\u2019t realize how much time they are wasting. The Pimsleur language courses are simply amazing \u2013 they are entirely audio-based, and they do the repetition for you, unlike VocabuLearn, In-Flight and other recorded methods that are utterly useless because most CD players will not allow you to rewind and repeat an individual word. Pimsleur courses involve so much repetition that it might seem monotonous at times. But anyone who has learned a language knows that such repetition is the key. Put them on in the car, or with headphones on your bicycle, and just listen. You\u2019ll be amazed how much sinks in, almost effortlessly.<\/p>\nThe Pimsleur courses are prohibitively expensive, but they should be thought of as the audio equivalent of books published by E. J. Brill. They are priced for libraries to buy them, and those of us who are not independently wealthy will simply borrow rather than purchase them.<\/p>\n
Alas, there is unlikely to be a Pimsleur Coptic or Teach Yourself Syriac Conversation any time soon\u2026<\/p>\n Anyone who commutes 20 minutes or more a day and is not regularly acquiring at least a basic working proficiency in other languages doesn\u2019t realize how much time they are wasting. The Pimsleur language courses are simply amazing \u2013 they are entirely audio-based, and they do the repetition for you, unlike VocabuLearn, In-Flight and other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[6344,6346,6427,9178],"class_list":["post-4246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-languages","tag-language","tag-languages","tag-learning","tag-pimsleur"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_BtqUSG7RCA0\/RvpcXTeFjMI\/AAAAAAAAAAk\/ZP5wwgwGOXc\/s320\/21H5KCP7P6L._AA_SL160_.jpg\")
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