Even if you have failed in traditional language learning courses, you will succeed with The Pimsleur Approach! This set is lightly used pre owned, many of the CD's appear unused, and there are some very light surface scratches on some of the CD's. Pimsleur® equals success. Just one 30-minute lesson a day gets you speaking and understanding like no other program. This language course is a great addition to any homeschooling program too!
This course includes Lessons 1-16 from the Spanish Level 1 program which is 8 hours of audio only effective language learning with real life spoken practice sessions. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons is included in each lesson. Topics include: greetings, numbers, meals, shopping, telling time, scheduling activities, and asking and giving directions. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension, and on learning to speak Spanish.
The first 10 lessons, covers the basics: saying hello, asking for or giving information, scheduling a meal or a meeting, asking for or giving basic directions, and much more. Teaches minimum courtesy requirements, comprehending much of what is heard, and being understood at a beginning level, but with near native pronunciation skills.
The next 10 lessons, expands the menu, increasing scheduling abilities from general to specific, deal with currency and exchanging money, refine conversations and add over a hundred new vocabulary items.
The final 10 lessons instruct speaking and understanding at an intermediate level. More directions are given in Spanish, which moves learning and comprehension to a whole new plane. Lessons include shopping, visiting friends, going to a restaurant, plans for the evening, car trips, and talking about family. Learning the sound of each letter alone and in culturally distinct combinations allows the brain to process audio lessons from a new and different perspective. It’s a powerful combination that makes Pimsleur different from every other method on the market.
Spanish is the official language of 19 Latin American nations, as well as Spain, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba. It is one of the six official languages recognized by the United Nations. Pimsleur's Spanish programs teach an educated Latin American Spanish, featuring speakers from Colombia and Mexico. Students can expect to understand the lessons clearly and to be understood by Spanish speakers everywhere. This edition of Spanish 1 reflects the general trend toward casual interaction with updated vocabulary and structures. Course teaches everyday Spanish as spoken in Mexico, Central America, and South Ameria, instead of stilted textbook Spanish or street Spanish.