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Hello Orpheus. I can't make a final judgement about Pimsleur yet. I'm halfway through the second part (Lesson 15) and I don't expect to have a clear idea of how it has helped me until I get to...

I don't think you're slow at all. I moved quickly through the first 30 days only because I have been exposed to russian at a low level for over a year, including three months in Moscow. Most of those...

Мы живём в Америке. Мы живём в России. Мы живём в Москве. - All these are covered within the first 20 lessons of Pimsleur 1. They do some amount of grammar explanation. Early one, you memorize "in...

I can imagine after 90 days of work you might feel a wee bit of withdrawl once its all over, too!

LOL, if you start the clock running at birth - in three months you will speak far more Russian than a three month old Russian baby. ;-)

I am hoping this is the case. I had five years of french, and I can read resonably well but cannot speak/generate language very easily (though I have an excuse - I haven't had a chance to use it...

It's rather repetitive isn't it? I hope that I find it has actually BEEN as useful as it seems right now. I'll update y'all after Middlebury. ;-)

Ah, I understand now. I spent a long time thinking out that post trying to help people - and took your response as simply saying it was a waste to even discuss it. I see that you did not mean that,...

I think you miss the point. The post is about suplimenting self study. To take a year or even a term in college would take much more than $1000, and it is possible to get Pimsleur for free, from...

Pimsleur I

I've just completed the first thirty days of the Pimsleur program, while simultaneously working on grammar in textbooks. I thought I'd take a moment to record my thoughts here as I...