a good friend of my sister's recently gave me a burned disk of "pimsleur's mandarin" so that i can refresh my mandarin. "pimsleur's mandarin" is a language study program.
it has been almost two decades since i have studied mandarin and through the years, my exposure to it has been very limited. my oral language is almost non-existent, not being able to form my own sentences. listening comprehension is stronger, but definitely needs work. i have spent much time in the last week learning and refreshing from this program. i am feeling confident that i will be able to pick up much of the language when i get fully immersed in it. here are a couple thoughts on pimsleur's program: 1) provides great instruction, scaffolding, and repetition 2) oral language is appropriate and applicable to travel and 3) may be tough for someone with no exposure to the language as the lessons progress rapidly (i guess it doesnt really matter because you can stop and replay if need be) and there is not much of an explanation of the different tones in the language which, i believe is crucial. overall, i think its a great program.
i'm wondering if pimsleur has other language programs and how they rate...
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