Has anyone used the Pimsleur language sets? What are your thoughts?

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Davidius
Husband of Emilia
Member: First Reformed Presbyterian Church of Durham (RPCNA) - Durham, NC
Currently in the process of transferring membership to an as-yet-undecided church in Chapel Hill
Student: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, German Literature and Classics

I used it to try to learn French. I don't know what it was, but it wasn't that great for me. I think I need more than just audio. I'm really eager to try Rosetta Stone.

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Dan Pemberton
Vacaville, CA

Member, First Baptist Church San Luis Obispo
Formerly ABUSA (We left, so I guess that makes us American Baptists Unleashed!)

I worked through Spanish 1, 2 and 3. It's all conversational - listen and repeat. It's great for working on accent and sounding more like a native. It gives you no grammar and you still need someone to speak with if you actually want to retain what you learn.

It's great while your driving. It's expensive and probably not worth the cost.

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Bob Vigneault (Bawb Vēēn-yo)
I just know there's got to be a pony in here somewhere!

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This is something that made me cautious. I'm not sure why, but I just like to have something in front of me to read. Seeing what I'm saying, the way it's spelled, helps me to say and remember it. Thanks for your input.

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Davidius
Husband of Emilia
Member: First Reformed Presbyterian Church of Durham (RPCNA) - Durham, NC
Currently in the process of transferring membership to an as-yet-undecided church in Chapel Hill
Student: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, German Literature and Classics

I think it has optional workbooks, if I recall correctly. I remember a brief teaser that I used and still remember the sentence very clearly (in my own romanization): "Ani lo meveen Heevreet."

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Kevin
Far East
Deacon, Int'l Church

Which language is that?

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I found that Italian I was available for monthly checkout in my university's Media Resources Lab. So far I've done half of the first lesson.

Lei capisce l'italiano?

No, signore. Io non capisco l'italiano. Io capisco l'inglesi.

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Davidius
Husband of Emilia
Member: First Reformed Presbyterian Church of Durham (RPCNA) - Durham, NC
Currently in the process of transferring membership to an as-yet-undecided church in Chapel Hill
Student: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, German Literature and Classics

Hebrew - as I recall, it means "I do not understand Hebrew."

Ani - I
Lo - not
Meveen - understand (maybe it was speak???)
Hevreet - Hebrew

It wasn't for me at all, but that sentence stuck in my head and five years later I can still rattle it off.

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Kevin
Far East
Deacon, Int'l Church