Basic Russian: Learn to Speak and Understand Russian with Pimsleur Language Programs (Simon & Schuster's Pimsleur)

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What is the Pimsleur® difference?

The Pimsleur Method provides the most effective language-learning program ever developed. The Pimsleur Method gives you quick command of Russian structure without tedious drills. Learning to speak Russian can actually be enjoyable and rewarding.

The key reason most people struggle with new languages is that they aren't given proper instruction, only bits and pieces of a language. Other language programs sell only pieces -- dictionaries; grammar books and instructions; lists of hundreds or thousands of words and definitions; audios containing useless drills. They leave it to you to assemble these pieces as you try to speak. Pimsleur enables you to spend your time learning to speak the language rather than just studying its parts.

When you were learning English, could you speak before you knew how to conjugate verbs? Of course you could. That same learning process is what Pimsleur replicates. Pimsleur presents the whole language as one integrated piece so you can succeed.

With Pimsleur you get:

Grammar and vocabulary taught together in everyday conversation,Interactive audio-only instruction that teaches spoken language organically,The flexibility to learn anytime, anywhere,30-minute lessons designed to optimize the amount of language you can learn in one sitting.

Millions of people have used Pimsleur to gain real conversational skills in new languages quickly and easily, wherever and whenever -- without textbooks, written exercises, or drills.

The 10 lessons in the Basic Russian are the same as the first 10 lessons in the Pimsleur Comprehensive Russian Level 1.

The 10 lessons in Basic Russian are also the first 10 lessons in the 16-lesson Conversational Russian edition.

Pimsleur learners progress from either the Basic or the Conversational to the Comprehensive Level 1, and not from Basic to Conversational edition.

What Customers Say About Basic Russian: Learn to Speak and Understand Russian with Pimsleur Language Programs (Simon & Schuster's Pimsleur):

This is an excellent product, well worth the small price, if you buy it for exactly what it is. I strongly recommend it as a companion piece to an intensive grammar study (no way to avoid it, folks, this is Russian we're talking about)., such as Nicholas J. It is not a grammar course (It's simply a set of audio CDs) but if, like me, you have no Russian friends or colleagues to practice with, it gives you the opportunity to hear what the language sounds like when spoken by real Russians, and in the process you can learn 15-20 useful phrases, such as "Do you speak English," "Where is Red Square," "I speak Russian, but poorly," "Wouldn't you like something to eat," (if you get past this one without choking half to death, you are well on your way. Many Russian sounds have no equivalent in English) and so forth. Brown's "Russian Course for Beginners," published by Penguin. Absolutely essential to know what the language sounds like, because like English, the sounds of the words sometimes bear almost no relationship to their printed form.

Tks. The number of words taught could have been more. Too much repetition of the same words on the disc impoverish the final number of words taught. Prof. Rodrigues

This course is slowly paced (which is probably a good thing, Russian is a tough language). The lessons really pound in a few concepts per module, so when you're done your skills won't be broad, but they will be reasonably deep. The other nice thing about this is it's strictly audio, none of this "turn to your books" stuff, which makes it perfect for a commuter. I've used several of these types of courses over the years, and this one is pretty good, as well as reasonably priced.

This was good as an introduction to the sound/pronunciation of the Russian language, and the repetitiveness does imbed the vocabulary in your mind--but what useless vocabulary. Unless you are a guy traveling to Moscow to pick up a Russian girl (which is unnecessary b/c they will be looking for you regardless of whether you can speak the language) in which case it teaches you to invite her for a drink or out to eat, at a restaurant or "at my place". If you want more, look elsewhere.

I haven't received anything yet. I will consider it very seriously before I purchase anything on Amazon again.