Learn More German
in Less Time Than Any Other Method
Several studies have shown that in any language, native speakers use only
around 2,000 to 2,500 distinct words and phrases on a daily basis. Small children
generally learn 2,000 words by age four! The Pimsleur method allows you
to achieve spoken proficiency faster and simpler by teaching the most
important blocks of language learning without bombarding you
with unnecessary, repetitive and boring material. It?s
not how many words you know that defines language proficiency; it?s
which words you can use to communicate naturally with natives. You
will learn more German in less time with the Pimsleur learning system
and you will have the confidence and ability to actually use German in real-life situations.
Pimsleur German will give you an incredible foundation from which you will be able to
effortlessly use additional vocabulary as you learn additional words.
Remember Learning Your First Language?
You probably don't remember it but at age four, you were naturally acquiring ?building blocks? for
your mother language at a rate of about one item every five hours of waking
time exposed to the language. By age six, having spent anywhere from 20,000
to 30,000 hours exposed, you naturally acquired the grammatical
core of your language.
This Pimsleur German course will give you the same kind of exposure to German,
only you will be learning it at a frequency of almost
one item per minute, nearly 300 times faster.
In essence, you will learn about as much useable language information
in a few hours as a child does in his/her fourth year of life, with measurably
outstanding retention.
Dr. Paul Pimsleur Dedicated His Life to Language Learning Research and Discovery
The Pimsleur Language Learning System is the result of world renowned language
educator Dr. Paul Pimsleur's life research into understanding the language
acquisition process - especially the organic learning of children that speak
a language without knowing its formal structure. For this, he studied the
learning process of groups made of children, adults, and multilingual adults.
His research identified why for so long it has been painstakingly difficult
for adults to learn a second language.
The Two Key Principles Of The Pimsleur Language Learning System
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The Pimsleur system of teaching reintroduces previously
learned material at key intervals. The probability that you will be
able to recall this material is increased with each interval
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Graduated Interval Recall
Graduated Interval Recall is a complex name for a very simple theory about
memory. No aspect of learning a foreign language is more important than
memory, yet before Dr. Pimsleur's work, no one had explored more effective
ways for building language memory. This method reintroduces information
at key intervals during the learning process to effectively maximize retention
until no reminders are needed.
Principle of Anticipation
The Principle of Anticipation works by challenging you, the listener,
to retrieve answers to questions from your own memory. Without interaction
with native speakers, stored information becomes meaningless and therefore
useless. Pimsleur's teaching method simulates direct interaction between
you and a native speaker, immersing you in a meaningful exchange of communication.
Don't Waste Valuable Time With Typical Methods of Learning German
Dr. Pimsleur discovered why common adults arduously stumble through traditional
learning methods, while children seem to have no difficulty acquiring essential
spoken proficiency - without formal schooling. Are adults any less
intelligent than children? Most language learning systems would leave you
feeling as though "lack of smarts" was the reason for failure.
It is time to change your approach.
This course was designed to emulate how children acquire language naturally,
and YOU will learn German in the same way, only much faster
and without boring yourself into a slumber. You?ve already
learned one language with this approach. Your first one!
Can I Learn German With No Effort On My Part?
Pimsleur German courses are not magical. They are quite the opposite.
Pimsleur courses offer you the means to learn German
naturally. As is true with any learning endeavor, the best results will be achieved by those
who have a sincere desire to learn German. You will need to be able to set aside 30 minutes
each day to complete each Pimsleur lesson.
The benefit lies in the fact that each lesson establishes a foundation for
the next, giving you the ?tools? to partake in grammatically
correct conversations with native speakers quickly and easily.
What Is The Alternative?
Traditional adult language instruction has relied on teaching methods using
written text materials, stressing grammatical terminology, translation,
and rote learning of rules. Language learning in classes (even in groups as small as
2 or 3 people often results in confusion and a lack of individual attention and progress
for individual students. Textbooks, confusing charts and exhausting wordplay
are simply not fit for how the brain was naturally designed to acquire language.
And it is now clear, after years of trying, that this approach does not
work with adults.
Oral history came long before written history. Most language systems
fail to recognize that writing is merely a representation of a spoken
language. So perhaps you should ask yourself, ?Why should I learn
to read German if I can?t even speak it yet??
Change Your Perception of German Forever In The First 10 Minutes!
What defines ?foreign? in terms of language is that your brain
does not recognise sounds that it is hearing; therefore it does not actively
process this "noise" without immediate feedback. This course will
change the way your brain perceives this ?babble? by immersing
you in conversation with native speakers from the very beginning. 10 minutes
into your first Pimsleur German lesson your brain will have already begun naturally
processing spoken German and your perception of the language will have
changed forever!
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