All used sets are in excellent condition and are the latest editions available. The sets were originally purchased from us and upon completion are sold back to Cheap Pimsleur after inspection. If any CD is found to be damaged, we will have the CD replaced.
Learn to speak the language of our choice at an intermediate level in just thirty easy lessons with this highly effective course. Pimsleur audio courses teach you, in the shortest possible time, to understand & speak the essential elements of a new language.
Don't worry about memorizing vocabulary lists, grammar rules, or even written homework. In each lesson, you will be hearing two native The language of our choice speakers--plus have an expert teacher guiding you along in English.
You'll be amazed! You'll soon learn to speak, understand, read, & think in your new language. Just relax, sit back, and follow your own private tutor.
Comprehensive Programs contain the basic core elements of the target language and are designed for those who want to develop language proficiency. Included are the grammatical structures and vocabulary items most-frequently used by native speakers in everyday situations. Provided is the necessary learning & practice for you to achieve an Intermediate-High proficiency level of spoken language communications skills. Three sets available. (Levels I, II, III) Each level contains 30 lessons / 30 minutes each lesson. Together, these ninety lessons offer spoken-language proficiency in the most common languages.
Completion of the Comprehensive Pimsleur Courses will provide you with the following language skills:
- Ask and answer questions dealing with everyday situations
- Give and get information and directions
- Participate in casual conversations
- Provide basic information about yourself, your family, or associates
- Learn the Basic Core of the Language based on word frequency studies
- Avoid basic cultural errors
- Create with (and begin to think) in the new language
- Speak with proper pronunciation so that native-speakers will be able to understand what you say
- Express facts
- Give instructions
- Describe activities
- Deal with everyday topics and courtesy requirements
- Have the ability to re-combine the words that you learn into new phrases
- Be able to REMEMBER the words, phrases, and questions that you learn
- Know how to ask the kinds of questions that will further expand your knowledge and ability in the language
- Conjugate verbs correctly
Comprehensive Set III
This part of the program will thrust you forward to the "High Intermediate" (the level before "Advanced") on the ACTFL scale. The emphasis turns to more complex self-expression and focuses on expanding conversation skills and more complex language structures.
Learn how to:
- Successfully handle most communicative tasks and social situations.
- Initiate, sustain, and close a general conversation with a number of strategies appropriate to a range of circumstances and topics with minimal errors.
- Carry on connected discourse, particularly for simple narration and/or description.
- Satisfy most bilingual work requirements.
- Discuss abstract topics.
- Handle unfamiliar situations.
- Support your opinions and hypothesize.
- Satisfy most bilingual (spoken language) work requirements.
