Learn to Speak, Read and Understand French with Pimsleur goFrench.
goFrench makes it easier than ever to use the Pimsleur programs by including the spoken lessons in two audio formats, CD and MP3; the full three-level reading program; and a reading book.
Pimsleur goFrench - CDs
8 Lessons (Lessons 1-8) / 4 Audio CDs / MP3 CD / Reading Book with over 50 Reading
Lessons /
Digital French - English dictionary with 200,000 words/phrases/expressions.
Beginner Level
Retail Price $29.99 Our Price $25.95
This package contains:
Eight 30-minute language lessons on four audio CDs
A reading book with more than 50 Reading Lessons
An MP3 CD that has
MP3 audio files of the eight 30-minute spoken language lessons
An MP3 file containing three hours of reading lessons
A printable PDF file of the companion Reading Book (MP3 disc will not play on a regular CD player) Bonus: a digital Ultralingua French-English dictionary with 200,000 items, including colloquial terms and common expressions.
The Pimsleur Method teaches speaking and understanding French right from the start
For almost 50 years, in over 50 languages, the Pimsleur Method has been recognized by experts worldwide as one of the fastest and most effective ways to learn to speak another language. With Pimsleur you will learn French in the same way you learned your first language as a child, acquiring the vocabulary of the new language, along with the melody, rhythm, and intonation of French as used in everyday conversation.
The Science of Memory
Dr. Paul Pimsleur's research on memory was one of his most significant achievements: he discovered that if reminded of new words and information at gradually increasing intervals of time, the learners would remember the words or information for increasingly longer periods. Dr. Pimsleur documented that the acquisitions would actually move from short-term into long-term, or permanent, memory.
The Reading Program
Pimsleur Language Programs use the same revolutionary learning Method to teach you to read, as well as to speak. You will start by sounding out French, learning to associate the new sound system to the English alphabet you know. Gradually you will learn to look at the words and see them with "French eyes." And you will learn to read French without an English accent.
Learn on the Go!
goFrench makes it easier than ever to use the Pimsleur programs by including the spoken lessons in two audio formats. Now you can listen anytime, anywhere: in your car or at home and on your MP3 player.
What is the Pimsleur Difference?
The Pimsleur Method provides the most effective language-learning program ever developed. The Pimsleur Method gives you quick command of a new language's structure without tedious drills. Because of this, learning to speak becomes enjoyable and rewarding.
The key reason most people struggle with new languages is that they aren't given proper instruction - only bits and pieces of a language. Other language programs sell only pieces - dictionaries; grammar books and instructions; lists of hundreds or even thousands of words and definitions; audios containing useless drills. They leave it to you to assemble these pieces as you try to speak. Pimsleur enables you to spend your time learning to speak the language rather than just studying its pieces.
When you were learning English, could you speak before you knew how to conjugate verbs? Of course you could. That same learning process is what Pimsleur replicates. Pimsleur presents the whole language as one integrated piece so you can succeed.
Pimsleur is like having your own personal tutor. With Pimsleur language courses, you'll save money and actually have the same interaction as you would if you have your own personal language tutor. Every lesson starts with a conversation in your new language. From there, a narrator will go through the words and phrases part by part. The lessons then become interactive. The narrator will ask you a question to which you will respond. After you have said your response out loud, you will hear a native speaker give the response to make sure you are correct. With Pimsleur you will pay anywhere from $4-$7.50 for a 30 minute lesson. You'd pay hundreds of dollars for the same amount of time with a personal tutor. Save money and learn with Pimsleur
The Pimsleur Method The unique method developed by Dr. Paul Pimsleur lets you learn a language the way native speakers do - exposing you to vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation all at once, in everyday conversations. And by applying Dr. Pimsleur's two key proven principles - the Principle of Graduated Interval Recall and the Principle of Anticipation - this program delivers results faster and more effectively than any other language learning method, whether classroom or packaged.
Who is Dr. Paul Pimsleur? Dr. Pimsleur devoted his life to language teaching and was one of the world’s leading experts in applied linguistics. After obtaining his Ph.D. in French from Columbia University, he taught French Phonetics and Phonemics, and supervised the language laboratory at UCLA. He went on to become Professor of Romance Languages and Language Education, and Director of The Listening Center at Ohio State University; Professor of Education and Romance Languages at the State University of New York at Albany; and a Fulbright lecturer at the University of Heidelberg.
After years of research and development, including field studies of spoken language training with adults, Dr. Pimsleur created a new method for self–instruction in spoken languages that is based on the way the human brain takes in language as speech. Of the several unique features of the Method, two key principles: the Principle of Anticipation and a scientific principle of memory that he called Graduated Interval Recall This is the only language teaching program which incorporates these essential principles to provide you with the most easy–to–do, amazingly rapid, and highly cost–effective learning method available.
The Principle of Graduated Interval Recall is a complex name for a very simple theory about memory. In his research, Dr. Pimsleur discovered how long students remembered new information and at what intervals they needed to be reminded of it. If reminded too soon or too late, they failed to retain the information. This discovery enabled him to create a schedule of exactly when and how the information should be reintroduced.
The Pimsleur programs are designed to remind you of new information at the exact intervals where maximum retention takes place. Each time your memory begins to fade, you will be asked to recall the word. Through this powerful method, your new language skills move from short-term to long-term memory.
The Principle of Anticipation Before Dr. Pimsleur created his unique teaching method, language courses were based on the principle of repetition. Teachers drummed phrases into the students' minds over and over, as if language were made up only of words to be memorized. On the contrary, however, neurophysiologists tell us that simple and unchallenging repetition has a hypnotic, even dulling effect on the learning process, completely counterproductive to actually learning a new language. Dr. Pimsleur discovered that learning accelerates when there is an "input/output" system of interaction, in which students receive information and then are later asked to retrieve and use it.
The Principle of Anticipation requires you to "anticipate" a correct answer. Practically, what this means is that you retrieve the answer from your memory based on information provided in earlier lessons.
Pimsleur goFrench - CDs
8 Lessons (Lessons 1-8) / 4 Audio CDs / MP3 CD / Reading Book with over 50 Reading
Lessons /
Digital French - English dictionary with 200,000 words/phrases/expressions.
Beginner Level
Retail Price $29.99 Our Price $25.95
Pimsleur Results In short, Pimsleur reinvents natural language acquisition - the way you learned your native tongue - and applies it to second-language acquisition. As sufficient structures and vocabulary are acquired, early reading is introduced in those languages that imply a sound-based alphabet. Learners can then process to see how word-sounds become written language.
You'll have a broad repertoire of words, phrases, and sentence structures to choose from as you're able to build longer sentences and have real interactive conversations with native speakers. You'll find yourself subconsciously thinking in your new language before you know it. You'll be amazed at how quickly you begin to understand the words and begin to put sentences together in real conversations.
Pimsleur Means Language!
What are People Saying about the Pimsleur Language Programs?
"I've finished the Pimsleur Spanish I course and will be starting on Pimsleur Spanish II. It's working out very well. In fact, it's the best language course I've encountered. Thanks very much!"
--D. Dillon
"I LOVED Pimsleur's Spanish I. I am learning much better than the individual lessons I am taking from a personal tutor. I play the CDs and 'talk to myself' each day in the car and when I get ready in the morning. The biggest compliment I get from my Mexican friends in on my accent, which I attribute to the CDs. As a Canadian from Vancouver originally with no experience in Spanish, I think Pimsleur's Spanish has been very good for me. Thanks for such an easy and effective program!"
--C. McIntyre
"I think that these are the best tapes that I have every used to learn new languages"
--H. Pross
"I want to tell you that Pimsleur Hebrew is even better than expected! Hopefully they'll come out with a Level III soon."
--S. Ferguson
"Thanks Pimsleur! I have been trying to learn the Arabic language for years and this is the first method I have found that works for me."
--P. Vamvas
"We are adopting a 13 year old girl from Russia and I have been working my tail off to acquire the language. I've been studying Russian for a few years and the Pimsleur course is exceptional."
--K. Andrus
"Wow! These are wonderful! I can't wait until I get through this course so I can order more."
--T. Farrell
"I can't believe how much I learned from the Pimsleur French I course. I studied French in college for 4 years. I actually minored in the French language. I was amazed that I learned more conversation skills from the Pimsleur French I course than I did in 4 years of college. Thanks Pimsleur!"
--M. Bradley
