Pimsleur Spanish Versus Platiquemos
There's no doubt that Pimsleur programs are among the best audio programs available for beginner's learning Spanish or for that matter any other language.
But what about the student that already has the basics down, completed the Pimsleur series, or needs a text and transcript to accompany their audio lessons?
Pimsleur Versus Platiquemos
Pimsleur is audio focused. Pimsleur Spanish has 100 lessons currently available. While short booklets are included with each of the comprehensive courses, these reading booklets do not follow the transcripts.In contrast, the Platiquemos course includes more than 50 hours of audio and more than 1500 pages of text Its is based on the original program produced by the Foreign Service Institute.
The text and audio, however are completely revised, edited, and updated. The FSI basis, however assures you that the inherent quality behind Platiquemos is unmatched.
The Platiquemos course includes basic sentences, drills, exercises, as well as conversation simulations and much more.
For example, Level I contains a song for each Unit representing various Spanish-speaking regions and musical styles, together with transcriptions, translations.
Notes about interesting linguistic and cultural time-lines from all Latin American countrieis from pre-Hispanic times to the present are included.
In addition, Platiquemos is a much more grammar focused course.
Pimsleur Spanish Content Level 1-3
Upon completion of this Level I program, you will have functional spoken proficiency with the most-frequently-used vocabulary and grammatical structures. You will be able to:* initiate and maintain face-to-face conversations
* deal with every day situations -- ask for information, directions, and give basic information about yourself and family,
* communicate basic information on informal topics and participate in casual conversations,
* avoid basic cultural errors and handle minimum courtesy and travel requirements,
* satisfy personal needs and limited social demands,
* establish rapport with strangers in foreign countries,
* begin reading and sounding out items with native-like pronunciation.
* deal with concrete topics in the past, present, and future
*have a near-native accent, and the subtleties of the language will be apparent in your speech,
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- Platiquemos Course
- Don Casteel's comprehensive Spanish course is based on the original Foreign Service Institute text. This DVD contains all eight levels of the Platiquemos course as PDF files (text) and MP3 files (audio). (The DVD is a data disc for your computer, not a movie for your DVD player.) The popular hardcopy version has sold for over $600 without the bonuses!
- Pimsleur Programs
- With Pimsleur Language Programs, you actually learn how to speak -- not just how to conjugate verbs. Our interactive audio-only lessons give you real conversational skills in the new languages quickly and easily, wherever and whenever -- without textbooks, written exercises, or tedious drills.
- Pimsleur Spanish
- Learn to speak Spanish at an intermediate level in just thirty easy lessons with this course. Pimsleur audio courses teach you to understand & speak the essential elements of a new language.
- Pimsleur Spanish 2
- Don't worry about memorizing vocabulary lists, grammar rules, or even written homework. In each lesson, you will be hearing two native Spanish speakers--plus have an expert teacher guiding you along in English.
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