Pimsleur Spanish Review (Pros & Cons Explained)

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[@paulallen270]

Appreciate this updated info! I want to learn Spanish for a number of reasons, including travel and to help me negotiate the world that surrounds me which is filled with native Spanish speakers.

[@keithfolse4068]

I appreciate the clear review you've given of Pimsleur Spanish. The content of your video is well organized and much appreciated! THANK YOU for making and posting this video.

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Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and sharing

[@kingsofsummer858]

Gonna try the free trial. Thanks!!

[@sanaa3151]

nice video, i want to learn spanish since I was exposed a bit in high school and fell in love with how it sounded as well as spanish culture. thank you!

[@jzuffoletto]

I used Pimsleur to learn Brazilian Portuguese and Latin American Spanish and found it to be very effective, as long as you stick with it.

[@olykoz]

Happy to see this review, as I'm interested in learning Spanish and have used Pimsleur products before, albeit a long time ago. Thanks!

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Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching :)

[@sierraclark3713]

I am so excited to give this a shot! I am considered legally blind and have been struggling to find a good program that is more auditory and this seems to be perfect. I love what you said about too much emphasis on grammar at the start doing more harm than good and I could not agree more. I think back to my language learning experience in school and it was just that. I would like to win one of your prices at some point. these videos are incredible I am so glad I found you!!!.

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[@wellcoachlynell]

Pimsleur sounds like a good value. Thanks for the video.

[@jonangle461]

Just signed up for the 7 day trial, the drive mode for audio lessons sounds perfect

[@eduardocorrochio3132]

Eduardo really likes the Pimsleur Spanish language learning app. Great informative video. Eduardo thinks the audio exercise lessons, review drills and voice coaching are a home run. The 7-day free trial is a nice bonus feature. Thanks TPI!

[@morganmae2009]

I would definitely consider Pimsleur for learning Spanish, could be a great addition to other apps as well!

[@deborah7738]

I’ve had some high school Spanish decades ago and have used manuals and Duolingo more recently as my grandkids are studying Spanish. I’ve also found I love watching Chinese romances on KZbin and am picking up some of that language. Your reviews have made me more interested in using the Pimsleur method. My only qualm is I’m older on limited income. I’ve always wanted to learn and now I have the time plus it’s great brain food. Your giveaway would certainly help me achieve that goal. Thanks for the great reviews you offer of the different programs available!

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Thanks for watching!

[@realisticholistics]

Thank you so much for this! Came to YB seeking a review for this so it was exactly what I needed!

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Perfect, glad we could help :)

[@howardsternel1911]

Nice video. Yeah I tried the free trial a few weeks ago and I got half way through the first level. Lately I have been testing out a bunch of apps for Spanish to see what is best for me. This channel has been helpful with that process thank you. But I have been planning on learning Spanish for my friends in Spain. It has been very motivating. But Pimsleur is definitely 1 of my favorites. That service has given me the best luck in learning how to listen to and speak in Spanish pretty well compared to the other services I have used. It is time consuming for each lesson and sometimes the speakers in the audio sections speak a bit too fast and I constantly have to go back to understand, but I honestly still enjoy the process. And just to point out, the reading section for each lesson, for the Castilian Spanish language isn’t as much reading as it is just exposing you to new words. For the most part. Honestly if you haven’t tried it, give it a shot.

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Agreed! Thanks for watching and sharing!

[@anniesshenanigans3815]

Thanks for the updated review! I have been waffling over which one to get. I drive an hour to work and I was hoping to find something to use at that time.

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If you commute, Pimsleur or Rocket Languages for sure

[@MaryJeffries-kx5kd]

Many years ago I worked in an international department with six other people from various Latin American countries and they all spoke Spanish. I was surrounded by the language for eight hours a day and really developed my ear. I have since wanted to take a Spanish course that will give me practice and information to get more conversational. Love your review and appreciate the opportunity to possibly win!

[@luishall4435]

Thanks for your review it helps me clarify my program choice

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[@inspyaye]

Great review! It was quite helpful.

[@alainar6674]

Thanks for the great video!

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[@Jim10082]

Excellent Pimsleur Spanish Review 2023. Like the info. Great web site too !!

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Much appreciated!

[@kennybania5177]

Great review. I’m a big fan of Pimsleur. What you said is very accurate in my experience.

[@summerholloway5833]

Great review on Pimsleur Spanish, thanks!

[@Mike-rp1hw]

Thanks for the updated review John. Sorry I haven't sent a message about my progress yet. Life threw a pretty big curve ball and all studies have ceased for the past two week. That what I have done so far has really helped me and improved my capabilities a lot.

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Hope all is OK :) Thanks for checking in!

[@livenlight]

Thanks for the valuable info!

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No problem! Thanks for watching!

[@jocelyntobias4636]

Very helpful review, thank you!

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Welcome!

[@iknownothing-49]

Thanks for the review

[@robryggs2857]

I appreciated the audio portion. Definitely will help with conversational fluency. And their free trial for me was only Lesson 1

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Really? It wasn't a full 7 days?

[@laskatz3626]

Thank you so much.

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No prob :)

[@juliamuallem1470]

Thank you for the review!

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Thanks Julia!

[@SKBG144]

Thanks for the awesome review!

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[@jonaskeepauthor1935]

Another great video, I am currently using the pimsleur audio lessons as well as ouino and lingvist as I need to improve my Spanish due to now living in Latin America. The new features in pimsleur look quite interesting.

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Nice! Let us know what you think

[@gabrielska7733]

Awesome review!!

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Thanks!

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Im so glad i stumbled across the Test PrepInsight page. Im trying to pick a language class for my homeschool kids and your videos have helped me in my decision, Thank you PS I would like to enter a chance to win and then we can use Babel and Pinsleur as you suggested :)

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Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching

[@Flutey14]

Thanks for the review! I would like to learn Spanish to better communicate with friends and family!

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Great reason!

[@qooraf7]

Love these videos. Have you Heard of the program Baselang? Maybe you can review it too! Thanks

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Have not. What is that?

[@qooraf7]

@@TestPrepInsight language learning platform for Spanish. Similar style to Lingoda or Italki. Difference is it offers unlimited classes over Zoom but for a fixed monthly price rather than a Per Class basis

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Interesting. we'll have to check it out!

[@andrewross6060]

Great review 👍

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[@richardross612]

Great review

[@kenichirofujita5879]

Hi John, thank you for this guide. I'm trying to incubate a new business in Japan to encourage expats IT engineer to live in Japan and learning how to communicate (listen and express) is vital. Your video gave me a good direction of the pros & cons of the 3 services. I much apprecaite your effort! Just for your informatinon, Japan governent will be referencing to CEFR to guage the language efficiency than the traditional JLPT. They also recognize how important practical usage of language is than the old school way.

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Very interesting! Thanks for sharing :)

[@davidhelvering]

I have gone through Unit 1 of Pimsleur German. I do like the approach overall, but I think it could be better. For one, I wish there was some attempt to help with pronunciation. When you’ve been speaking one language all your life, it’s hard to say certain sounds, so a little pronunciation help would be beneficial. I also find myself wishing there were additional conversations that I could just listen to rather than participate in. Being able to listen to native speakers speaking to each other with just the words I know would be so helpful for learning to understand the language when spoken more quickly. With that said, the approach itself does produce results, so I can’t argue with success. I highly recommend the product.

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Thanks for watching and sharing!

[@JoeCheatham]

I have completed all 5 levels of Pimsleur and I love it. I am going back and repeating them because I drive a lot and I can study while I'm driving. I wish there were more than 5 levels of Pimsleur Spanish. Do you have a recommendation as to another app similar to Pimsleur that I could continue on with? Also, do you know if Pimsleur will expand their Spanish beyond 5 levels?

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Rocket Languages is their closest competition and most similar app. Try them out!

[@baker5523]

I’ve been down the rabbit hole on Test Prep Insight language learning platform reviews.. as a teacher with many Spanish speaking only parents, I’m stuck with finding the right platform. I would love the chance for a free go in the monthly drawing.

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You're entered! Good luck!

[@marcellbyers3195]

Awesome video!! I really want a nice Spanish program to master this year so that I can communicate with my coworkers and my girlfriend’s family. I would be so grateful if I won your next giveaway!!

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Great reason!!

[@jackiechiles7552]

I want to learn Spanish to speak with my Latin co-workers 👍

[@jawuku3885]

Does Pimsleur also teach the familiar forms of words such as tu (you informal) as well as usted (you formal)?

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Yes!

[@CuratesEgg]

Very helpful video. ❤Perhaps the best video to help me chose the Pimsleur method. However I don’t know if I should pay $575 outright or $21/month to learn Castilian Spanish. I’m probably at a level 2 (2.5) Spanish Latin American but want to learn Castilian Spanish as that is what I started learning when I was in grade school. I guess I should just get the 7-Day Free Trial. Just sharing my thoughts.

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Thanks for watching and sharing! Good luck!!

[@tjfryer2897]

When you get through level 5, what’s next? Just take in spanish content? Or is there an intermediate/advanced course out there?

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After level 5 you might want to consider trying live classes, like with Lingoda or another provider. It becomes about immersion and practice at that point

[@envy4932]

I'd like to work on speaking Spanish, I can fully understand but struggle speaking

[@animespeculator4599]

I really like Spanish Pimsleur to

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Nice! Thanks for watching!

[@soflocitizen9736]

I am Mexican American but speak very little Spanish. I’d like to learn to be able to communicate with my family better and to the Latin community as well!!

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That's awesome! Good luck!

[@ofaoilleachain]

As someone with ADD, I have a really hard time paying attention for 30 minutes for a lesson...I did 7 days of Swedish on there before I got bored...although I will say what I did learn, has stuck, so i guess it's a good method, I just wish it was more bite sized.

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Yep, always my complaint too. Wish they broke each audio lesson into two 15-min chunks

[@matticus6339]

@@TestPrepInsight Couldnt each lesson just be stopped after 15 mins and then the remaining 15 mins the next day or does it not allow an interupption?

[@matthewandrew]

Im on level 4 :)

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Nice! How you liking Pimsleur?

[@Pamela_PNW]

I want to learn Spanish because I am traveling into Mexico

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Nice!

[@webpilot71]

I used Pimmsleur to learn Spanish about 12 years ago using what they had at the time, which is only audio CDs. For me, it was a perfect way to start. I'd pop in a CD and listen to the 30-minute lesson on my commute to work. So I had the time and nobody to bother when speaking out loud (a very important aspect of the program). Overall, I like it and find that it will get you to a lower intermediate level if you complete the whole program. I agree that it's lacking on grammar. I was confused about several concepts (especially the conjunctive conjugations), and eventually took Spanish classes to clarify that. As part of the placement process, I had an interview with an instructor who told me that I spoke Spanish well (after also living in Latin America for a while) but did not always phrase things like a native speaker would. Learning grammar helped a lot. I think it's really necessary going from English to a Latin language since the grammar can be so different at times. So I recommend the course as a great initial exposure to the language, then supplemented with some form of grammar instruction to get to the mid- to high-intermediate or fluency level.

[@NewportSolar]

I want to learn Spanish to communicate with Spanish speaking friends.

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Nice!!

[@UrFunnyGuy]

I want to learn Spanish to better communicate with my girlfriends family and friends as well as travel to Latin American countries.

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Nice! Both great reasons to learn

[@rijanadeem4861]

Spanish sounds like a fun language and the script is a lot like english so it would be easy to learn.

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Thanks for watching Rija!

[@vipnetworker]

I want to learn Spanish for business and just for fun.

[@nanonkay5669]

Pimsleur pretty much teaches how to speak and what is supposed to sound wrong when it's spoken without having to learn grammar. That means when it comes to reading and writing, you're pretty much level 0. I never had the app but did have the audios for all 5 levels. I'd use Google Translate to see how what I just heard is spelt and structured grammatically, and if there is any new vocab or hard to form sentences, I'd put those into Anki to review later. So basically making my own review cards. So in the end, listening, google translating and flashcard making with Anki would have my lessons longer by up to another 30 minutes, depending on how hard that unit was to really go through. But upside is I can read and write and I can visualize what I am about to say in French before I say it and not rely on creating the correct sounds to make a correct sentence

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That's a really smart system. Good call!

[@greymcdaniel3796]

Why do you want to learn Spanish? I’m a medical professional who wants so badly to be able to communicate with Spanish patients that come to my hospital. Because being able to communicate effectively is part of the healing process as well Also, while I can see a benefit for some people to ne able to multitask and do these lessons while simultaneously doing other activities, lol I don’t necessarily think that multitasking or being distracted for even one second while driving; for some drivers out there this probably not a good idea. They have enough problems concentrating on driving without being distracted

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[@Grandiloquence]

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I plan to retire in south America that's why I want to learn Spanish.

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Nice!! Thanks for watching :)

[@misscamay]

I love Pimsleur but I hate that they don’t provide a transcript of the exact lesson… no way of reviewing or difficult to add to Anki

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A transcript like Rocket languages would be nice

[@urshurakdieohnekanal9291]

I learned with Pimsleur Spanish until Level 3 Lesson 15, then I stopped. Not that I didn't like, because I really did, but starting with level 3 they had some new voices, and some of them, mainly the male ones, speak too unclear. That matters mostly when new grammar is introduced. I just don't understand what they are saying. Yes, they want you to get used to native speakers, but they should repeat the grammatical construction in a clear voice. That was really frustrating for me, so I stopped. Now I'm learning with RS again (I have a life-time thing, but I wanted to try something new), and what I realised immediately is, how much more vocabulary I learn.

[@jhchooo]

I did the 5 units of Pimsleur and felt pretty confident... and then tried watching Spanish TV and came to the conclusion I understood about 20%. Just by reading body language you understand 10%. So it's useless as any other language app.

[@iamnumba1000]

This is only a test. Esto es solo una prueba.