I self-studied German for about a year before taking this course, but through reading I couldn’t acquire the cadence of the language. You become familar with the way native German sounds. It’s effective: I’ve retained all of the vocabulary I learned, due to the use of graduated interval recall, or the process of repeating words at intervals spaced increasingly further apart (after one lesson, then three lessons, then after 15 lessons, and so on). The sentences are constructed backwards, and you’re tested in the audio pauses to answer from memory. Die Post.Į: How would you say, “How do I get to the post office?” (pause).Į: Now, say, “How do I get to the post office? Literally, how come I to the post office?” (pause).
A typical 30-second section will go like this:Įnglish narrator (E): The word for post office in German is:
The Pimsleur method is: you repeat a native speaker’s spoken sentences, and practice by answering questions posed to you. Note: Since I first wrote this article many years ago, I moved to Germany and haveĪ more extensive write-up on all the methods I’ve used: Learning German: A1 to So for my upcoming trip nach München I listened to all 100 30-minute lessons (50 hours), which took about two months (one lesson a day). I had trouble finding a review of Pimsleur’s German course by someone with linguistics familiarity, A review of Pimsleur German I, II, III, and IV
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