Pimsleur | Language Learning

Great when commuting or taking a trip. When in revision it is possible to run three or for lessons in a row which improves speech recognition, the hardest part of language acquisition.

I’m learning Japanese and so far it’s decent, they even offer some certification if you complete the challanges, but some of the things you need to repeat are super annoying and might not even be used in daily conversation.

I have spent quite a bit of time learning various languages using some of the other very high profile and well-known apps out there. Unfortunately, much of this was without any real conversational language success. I recently heard someone talking about Pimsleur method and its effectiveness for learning a language and I thought I’d give it a try. Literally within a month of doing half an hour of Pimsleur a day, I had significantly more confidence speaking and understanding the language than I achieved in the previous four or five months using other apps. Quite an extraordinary method and one I wish I had known about years ago.

Now has audio feedback!

I love the idea of learning languages all year long as you need to for travel or work

this app is amazing.but after i went to do the 2nd lesson...THEY WANTED TO CHARGE ME OVER $30!!!!!!😡😡😡 make it less expensive becuase not everyone can afford that.

I downloaded Pimsleur to learn Vietnamese as a beginner, and I completed the whole first level (30 lessons) and memorised them all, got high scores on the voice trainer. It look me a few months, so I would say I definitely tried to get the most out of the first level. But I am still nowhere near conversational like it advertises, I can mostly just read and pronounce words and simple sentences that I’ve learned already. And the worst part is that there is only a level 1 for Vietnamese. Pimsleur tell me, are there any plans for a level 2?

I started Pimsleur two days ago and am already learning tons! I really enjoy my daily Italian lesson and look forward to it the whole day!

I’ve used dozens of other apps, this is the only one that I unbelievably retain the knowledge from. I’m full blown ADHD and I can still go to a Spanish restaurant and leave without having spoken English from 1 month on this app.. over 6 months ago. 2 weeks into Chinese and I went and ordered tea and spoke in small amounts at a Chinese restaurant, they understood my tones and all. The only thing that lets you down is I haven’t seen any cultural slang, it seems very formal. But I haven’t progressed very far in. (EG: If someone was learning English for Australia, you wouldn’t say “How are you” you’d say “Howya G’arn?”)

This is the perfect app for learning especially if you have a busy lifestyle like myself