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5.0 out of 5 stars
Most Language You Can Buy, May 16 2004
I was really surprised to see a negative review pulling down the rating for what I consider and excellent product. I felt the need to point our a few facts about the Pimsleur course, and why I consider it an excellent value.One point which is immediately obvious, this product IS very expensive. However, I'd like to point out that this product maintains an excellent resale value, and unless you really want to keep it for continued use, you can regain most of your money later. The second point, is simply that these CD's are worth the money, as offer more actual verbal practice than any program I've seen. Compare the 15 hours of conversation on Pimsleur with the 3 or so hours Living Language, you can see the benefit of this program. There is no better way to learn a language than speaking. A third point is that the Pimsleur program is completely auditory. Although there are programs with similar ideas, again Pimsleur simply has more. This means you can actually do the program in your can without any books or visual aids. As has been pointed out previously, there is almost no visual component to Pimsleur, and I highly recommend getting Living Language (which has a course book and dictionary) or another supplemental program like the Dummy's or Idiot's programs. Good luck learning Italian!!
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