I no longer recall how I first became aware of Daedalus Books and Music. It may well have been by someone passing me one of their paper catalogs or I might have stumbled across them on line while searching for something. No matter how it first happened some four+ years ago, I am recurrently grateful ...
Learning foreign languages, or more precisely, my lack of ability to do so was the bane of both my High School and College educations. I failed two years of Latin at, of all places, Boston Latin School; barely passed one year of High School French due, primarily, to the good hearted nature of the teacher ...
When you want to learn a new language, think beyond books. Books are just paper and ink, not real life. To learn a new langauge fluently, you will never succeed using written materials alone. Interaction with native speakers is the ultimate way to learn a new language, but great audio resources are next on the ...
Several decades ago, an applied linguistics researcher named Paul Pimsleur designed a unique and highly effective language program. Called the “Pimsleur Language Learning System”, the program took a user from a pure novice level, to a level of basic conversational fluency. Each language generally features three levels, with an easily noticeable progression in difficulty as ...
I recently completed the Pimsleur Conversational Italian audio program. This article is a product review of Pimsleur Conversational Italian only, although I have also completed and reviewed the full comprehensive versions of other Pimsleur programs, including Arabic and Russian, so I have knowledge about the Pimsleur Method in general. The full Pimsleur Comprehensive program consists ...
I’ve been a huge fan of (almost) everything Japanese for years now. From anime to electronics, teppanyaki to J-pop, I love it all. So for next year (2011), I’ve decided that it was finally time for me to pay a visit to this country that I’ve admired from afar. Shortly after this decision, I also ...