Pimsleur French Review (Is This Language App Worth It?)

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[@applesis14]

That is how I have started, I found a Pimsleur French in my city’s library, it was only CDs and there were no activities like the app just, audio. I followed the method and when I finished it, I went to alliance francaise, took the test and my score was B1, which it was good considering I didn’t know how to read and write. It was a great way to start, I am doing the same with my German lessons, but this time doing the reading and the exercise the app offers. When I did the math over how much I would spend in a in person class for basic speaking I would’ve spent much more, it is nice to skip the basic and it even gets you to intermediate. It worked well for me, but you gotta do it once a day just like it recommends.

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Super useful feedback, thanks for sharing!

[@auburnpayne]

I took three years of French in high school but I’m very out of practice. I’ve visited France almost a decade ago and it’d be nice to go again with some practice of the language

[@TestPrepInsight]

Nice! Thanks for watching, and good luck!

[@jessperez4594]

I am speak Spanish and English and I would love to add French to my list!

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Nice! Thanks for watching!

[@ctwiggyrun7623]

I really appreciate the balanced review! I also like your English pronunciation, allowing me to speed the video up to 1.5x without loosing a word. That being said, I did just watch three of your review videos at 1.5x speed, meaning that if people are looking for a condensed, quick review, you may be leaving some time on the table. I also appreciate the selectable section markers that are well used and the small references to subscribing (not making it more than about 10-15 seconds). Does the Pimsleur app allow for adjusting the speech speed?

[@TestPrepInsight]

Yes Pimsleur does, and thank you! Appreciate the feedback

[@kedon1458]

Yeah, I have to agree with the occasional boredom critique. This doesn't happen in every lesson. But some days, right around the 15-20 min mark, I wonder...man, how much longer is this session? It's momentary, tho. And the sense of progress feels real, and that's a huge motivation.

[@TestPrepInsight]

Yep yep, totally agree. It was the same for me!

[@CoreyBuffett-c5t]

I have wanted to learn a second language for quite some time but was uncertain about which route to go or what app to choose. Your informative videos have changed that. Thank you for this video and the others. it has steered me in the right direction.

[@Krachuken]

Thanks for your excellent well-balanced, time factored yet systematic review of Pimsleur French! Something what I was looking for that I precisely got from your review. Two aspects of the lessons as a drag and imagery to understand the context as a tool to reinforce learning sounds negative yet thanks for bringing it to help in the comparative analysis. Thanks again. Looking forward to viewing other Spanish, German and Japanese language reviews.

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Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@romeovsky]

I was always interested in learning French, and finally decided to pursue that desire of mine:) It's a beautiful language

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Very cool, good luck!!

[@dfsimon]

I have nearly completed all 150 Pimsleur French lessons. While I agree with the review and recommend the app, realize that it’s only going to get you so far. In general, I would say it ends up at the A2 level with a few intermediate concepts mixed in, and it will leave you with significant gaps in your understanding of French grammar.

[@AinaKanatkyzy]

The video is quite outdated, so the audio recognition and audio speed now available in the app, so you better try the free plan yourself.

[@nataliahernandez666]

Hello, I have been learning France for years and have an advance level; however, I would like to improve my accent. I thought Pimsleur could help with that, but based on your video, it might not be the case. Do you know any other app that could help? Thanks :)

[@daviddibie4244]

Thanks for the review....this second video validates pimsleur as the best. I would love to learn French because being able to speak french will open up alot of international job opportunities in francophone countries.

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Cool, thanks for watching!

[@garlandofbooks4494]

This is interesting. I borrowed Pimsleur French 1 in an older cd only version from the library, so it’s interesting that the app has more practice options. It mentions reading exercises, but the library doesn’t have that part available, so I’ve been doing only the audio.

[@TestPrepInsight]

That's the benefit of the online subscription vs getting CDs from the library - you get the additional online practice exercises...

[@patrickparker5218]

What is your reason for learning French? I have recently found myself a beautiful French girlfriend and in just over a month I'm going to meet her parents in Paris for the first time (we currently live in Australia). The Dad speaks good broken English and the mum less so, would love to come in and make a good impression! Fingers crossed.

[@markstewart8984]

Thank-you for quick-fix balanced insight to the Pimsleur method. your presentation was excellent! I will move on to your written guide for more information.

[@cliff24]

Thanks for the great review. I am learning French for more career opportunities.

[@kennybania5177]

Great review! Very helpful. I like the sound of Pimsleur!

[@emmawood1280]

I'm not really trying to learn French at the moment, but I did tour Europe after graduating high school. France was definitely one of my favorite places! And our tour guide just gave us simple words/phrases during free time in case of emergency! Question! Are you able to do the 1 language for $19 and then later on Upgrade to multiple languages? I want to learn Spanish to converse with long lost family members, but my fiance and I plan to take a trip to Japan in a few years! So there will be a big gap between learning the different languages.

[@TestPrepInsight]

Yep! You can upgrade at anytime

[@gregdow6759]

I used the Pimsleur cassettes in the car decades ago (how recent could cassettes be?) I'm glad to see that there are still their programs available.

[@kemmypaul4785]

I love the idea of learning another language just because it opens up so many doors for you in all aspects. I might get a course once I am done focusing on my Lsat.

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Nice! Thanks for watching!

[@sanaa3151]

My reason for learning French is that its the native language in Canada (where I live) thanks for the review!

[@SteveWorsley-j4j]

I would like to move to France next year, so I really need to learn the language

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Good luck!!

[@MartyTheParty11]

I want to learn French to apply for bilingual jobs

[@envy4932]

Great overview!

[@brittneymathew8446]

Again! very informational video for most course information which helps me understand what I am getting into.

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Glad it was helpful!

[@alidafranco6244]

As a language teacher, I found the method to be excellent in teaching myself another language I didn't know. I would highly recommend this series.

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Thanks for watching and sharing!

[@Ragnagord]

great i'm 2 weeks into the pimsleur method after 3 months of online lessons with different groups, this is helping me a lot to understand and actually participate in conversation, but it's not enough on it's own if you wanna get fluent eventually, it's a great start though

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Yep, good points...Thanks for watching!

[@karimkhireldin1753]

MY dream I school is MIT

[@mariavelasquez7720]

Going to meet my boyfriend’s family. He is french🥰

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Very nice!! That will be exciting

[@krystianaleivas4905]

awesome review one of the reasons I want to learn french or any language is for travel purposes!!!

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That's great! Thanks for watching :)

[@ThomasKirsch-h9i]

I have learned French in school a long time ago. I have forgotten a lot since them. I am looking at the Pimsleur program to refresh my French. I would also be interested in knowing how Pimsleur compares to Assimil. I believe you do not have any reviews on Assimil. I am wondering why.

[@Marc-qn8tr]

I am learning French in school, and at home, but its hard to find resources that are good, while not being expensive. Ireally think pimsleur is a great fit for me, but i dont have the money for it cause im 13 years old. Getting this course could really help. I have watched over 10 of your vidios, thanks for the good information.

[@Obsidian_54]

Do you speak all these languages you review? I only ask because I find the best unbiased recommendations come from real speakers. Not that this series isn't unbiased too 😅

[@MaineCoons440]

I tried this app and was not crazy about it. The lessons were long and repetitive!

[@eleaerik6478]

Thanks for a great and thorough review!

[@TestPrepInsight]

No problem!

[@andrewross6060]

Good review

[@twotusk3574]

Great video! I moved to France a year ago and I’m A1 certified. My goal is to reach B1 level. Will this program assist me to reach this level?

[@TestPrepInsight]

Yes, absolutely. Where are you living? That is so cool

[@twotusk3574]

@@TestPrepInsight I’m living in Meurthe et Moselle! Thank you for the reply!

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Nice! Good luck :)

[@XxDINOxFROSTxX]

I’m moving to France next year to learn also. Going to be near Dijon

[@twotusk3574]

@@XxDINOxFROSTxX that’s awesome! I’m about 3 hours north of Dijon! Dijon is a beautiful place! Bonne chance!

[@KennethCanatsey]

The site said it combines reading with speaking, but so far its only been speaking. I found that taxing because I'm more visually than aurally oriented. I would prefer to have the two aspects, hearing and reading, provided together, or at least the speaking sessions followed by reading. Although this seemed to be what was promised, it wasn't what was delivered. This is especially relevant for French, I think, because its pronunciation is so dissimilar from its spelling; its important to me to compare these two together, since they really cannot be separated, except artificially, in the process of studying and learning a new language.

[@TestPrepInsight]

Pimsleur is more audio-oriented for sure, but you do get writing and reading drills in the supplemental exercises.

[@Runaway_Tzu]

30 mins per lesson is really long😅I don’t have enough time to do one lesson in one go during my work break. So I only take lessons after work, usually after dinner, but then I sometimes doze off in between 😅

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I ended up breaking them into two sessions for that reason. That seemed to really help!

[@Absoluv]

Thanks for detail review. Trying to figure out an app for my daughter to self learning French. Your review is to the point and helped a lot!

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Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and sharing!

[@dawnr7798]

So does this learning app show u the sentences you are learning? I would have to at least see the conversation once or twice during the lesson, but I wouldn’t need to necessarily learn visually.

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Not in the main audio lesson, just the reinforcement drills

[@seopkim]

I want to learn French because I work at a French company and want to hear what my bosses are saying.

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haha eaves drop on the bosses, classic reason to learn! jk, thanks for watching and sharing!

[@julieweinhouse7737]

I want to have conversations without stumbling on sentence structures. one day i will live in lyon for a period of time

[@TestPrepInsight]

That is def the hardest part....good luck! Thanks for watching!

[@shaunaneal627]

Thank you for the information about being able to split the account with someone!! My mom and I are both in the process of learning Spanish so I’ll have to mention this to her!! 😊

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Yeah that always helps mitigate Pimsleur's high cost :)

[@allisonweaver8934]

Great review - I’m going to try the trial period for Pimsleur. We’re planning on spending part of our retirement in France and knowing French will be super helpful.

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That's great. Thanks for sharing!

[@wongheungwing1]

The app now has a Voice Coach function to let users record their pronunciations.

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I know, we need to update this review!!

[@OpinionatedBowties]

I'm interested in learning French because there is a lot of materials that are not available in other languages, and I want access! But also because learning other languages helps you understand more people, not just linguistically but also the way thoughts may be structured differently and what aspects are emphasised! I'm currently looking for a language tool that isn't just vocab memorisation but also has the fundamentals to producing output and comprehending inputs. Though I do struggle with longform content, so I fear the issue you mentioned with Pimsleur regarding attention span may be amplified for me.

[@TestPrepInsight]

Thanks for sharing...might be worth trying for a few days under their free trial and see if you like it. Only one way to find out

[@davidlivelsberger2514]

I want to take the french language course to prepare for our trip to Paris in October.

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Very cool! Enjoy :)

[@AlyAllana]

I am very interested in learning French, I have always loved the culture and have family in France, and learning the language would not only make me so happy to get more involved with my extended family!

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That is awesome. Thanks for watching!

[@jakieraayres7273]

Great review! One of my reasons for learning French is traveling!

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Nice! Thanks for watching!

[@Jim10082]

great review. thx

[@Lolo-lt2lf]

Ya!alas ty

[@jjjjjjjj56374]

There’s voice recognition now

[@TestPrepInsight]

I knnooowwww....ugh we've been slowly going back through and updating our Pimsleur reviews. Love the new Voice Coach software, but annoyed they released it right after I finished using and reviewing Pimsleur haha

[@KC-10]

Is this the best app to learn French?

[@TestPrepInsight]

I would say Pimsleur or Rocket French, though they are both generally more intensive than other aps like Babbel and Duolingo. If you want something a little lighter, I would suggest checking out Babbel.