Pimsleur

sunnyleo · Beginner Joined: May 02, 2005 Posts: 3 Location: Maryland

Are the Pimsleur Audio CDs any good?

Sky777 · Beginner Joined: Jun 05, 2005 Posts: 6

yer ... pimsleur is the best i reckon and rosetta stone for learning also how to write korean.....

pimsleur is a great help....

tkitano · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 5:13 pm Post subject:

I was told that rosetta sucks..
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Sky777 · Beginner Joined: Jun 05, 2005 Posts: 6

thats cuz they are to impatient.... they trying to teach you simple things like cat and dogs and THEN on to sentences.. but people just want to get into it ... which i think thats the main problem pplz give up learning new languages....

Tim · Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 11:11 pm Post subject:

Pimsleur is a good product. You are taught the deferential form of Korean (ㅂ니다, 습니다) so if you are talking to friends, be sure to lower it to 아요/어요 or 아/어 predicate endings Wink

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monique_19 · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 4:41 pm Post subject:

we have rosetta stone..^^
its also a good product...^.^
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cuteBoA13 · Korean Citizen Joined: Oct 19, 2005 Posts: 1713

Pimsleur's good~^^

TierZahmen · Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:26 pm Post subject:

i started using Pimsleur yesterday

escents · Beginner Joined: Apr 26, 2005 Posts: 2

i find pimsleur good to learn. they actually repeat sentences so that you can say it out with the tape. they say stuff slowly so you can hear. sometimes i find this easy to learn than the korean teacher. =P

but i don't like the words too formal.

artman · Tourist Joined: Jan 08, 2006 Posts: 34

Pimsleur is really awesome, i learned so much from it.. i learned so much in 2 weeks and i remembered it, that if i stuck with it and focused i would definately be speaking fluently in korean to u.

kevint · Tourist Joined: Jul 12, 2006 Posts: 27

I used pimsleur then my Korean friend said I was being very formal. So I'm not exactly sure how useful some of the words are.

For example, they don't even teach the "annyong haseyo" for hello, instead they teach something like anyong ashimnika.

Just a question, but how often would any of the stuff in pimsleur even be used? I asked a few of my buddies and they said you would barely ever use it unless you were talking to some very high official or some very respected person.

artman · Tourist Joined: Jan 08, 2006 Posts: 34

yeah it is pretty formal, it's really not good for common social interaction, my perspective has changed since i have posted that

xacedia1 · Beginner Joined: Nov 25, 2007 Posts: 2

I have used both, pimsleur and rosetta stone.

Pimsleur is good, but you should really have someone who speaks Korean guide you through it.

Rosetta stone is ok, but it uses the same pictures for each language. I found that some translations were kind of odd. I.e. One picture translated to girl in Japanese, but granddaughter in Korean. Also, a set of pictures of kids jumping translated to "to run."

In short, both programs are good for learning a language, but you need to make sure you are learning the right words. Either find a pen pal who speaks Korean, or if you know someone who speaks Korean.

Portpark · Beginner Joined: Jul 23, 2008 Posts: 3

Does anyone know what level the Pimsleur Korean goes up to?

I've used Pimsleur Korean 1 and I think it had 10 or 12 units. Can't remember which.

People are correct when they say the language is too formal, but I still liked using it and it really gets into your head.

So have they only produced Level one for Korean?

I also used the Rosetta Stone and found it useful. Sometimes it can be confusing as there is no translation and the pictures can be a little ambiguous.

handy if you can ask a Korean for a quick translation. Very Happy

The name Pimsleur makes me laugh too! Sounds like a good name for a drunk language teacher. Pims anyone?