Customer Reviews:
 Quick learn! September 17, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this to bone up on whatever Spanish I could before taking a trip to South America. I learned quite a bit in a short period of time, enough to get by.
5 stars for the product, not the format August 7, 2007
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
I share the collective view that using Pimsleur is the best first step/giant leap into learning a language. I was surprised by how much I retained after this one course and by my level of confidence in the Spanish language. In addition, I feel very enthusiastic about heading into Pimsleur Spanish 2 (con mucho gusto). While it does not offer a plethora of vocabulary, if it did, it would miss the point of Pimsleur's teaching style. As someone who took four years of French in high school, I would say, this course gives the grammatical equivalent of the first year in only a month's worth of passive learning. WOW!
That being stated, DON'T BUY THE CDs. You will only waste your money. I would suggest going on eBay and looking for Audiofy's Pimsleur Chips which plug into your laptop and even more importantly allow you to upload the program into your MP3 player. Again, WOW! Also, I spent about $300 for THE ENTIRE COURSE (I, II, III, and Plus) on eBay versus spending $200 just for Spanish I.
this deserves 100 stars April 8, 2007
11 out of 16 found this review helpful
I am at the end of this course. I can talk with people who only speak Spanish and get along at a basic level. I can discuss basic ,daily things like eating, going to the bathroom etc.
I will say that I really listen alot . I enjoy it so it does not seem like work to me.
However, the upshot is that I love,love ,love this program and I am amazed at how I can communicate.
I wanted to pass this along,as I rely on other's opinions when I decide what to buy. It saves me alot of time and money
 False Sense Of Security January 20, 2007
46 out of 53 found this review helpful
I went through all three levels of Pimsleur and had it all down pat. Man! I was sure I would be able to go out and just jabber away like gangbusters once I was put into a situation where I had to speak. Well, the first time a native speaker started yapping at me I realized that I really had no clue what the hell I was doing and that three levels of Pimsleur were woefully inadequate. You WILL NOT be able to do anything more than communicate at a very basic level and anything approaching a "real" conversation will not be possible. For that, you will need much, much more.
Very efficient to use January 8, 2007
19 out of 22 found this review helpful
This is a very efficient audio course covering 90+ lessons over 3 CD's. A prerequisite of a few years of language in school years ago was of great benefit for me. The lessons come in the form of "talking points" covering many different subject matters that would be of use right away. The deeper into the course, the quicker the speaking, and of course you are continually repeating what you learned the previous lessons. Very efficient and painless way to learn. I'd suggest you do each lesson 3 to 5 times as you deeper into it, as it becomes a bit difficult to retain. You'll have accurate pronunciation down, and a fairly healthy vocabulary when you're done. At that point add some Berlitz books on verbs and nouns and you're ready to go for basic communication. The verb usage is about the hardest thing you encounter, but once you have the formula down it becomes second hand. I highly recommend these tapes.
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