Have any of you tried learning a language with Pimsleur doing more than one lesson daily? (I’m currently taking 4 a day)
I am trying to learn French quickly for an upcoming trip in ~2 months. I started with Pimsleur 2 weeks ago. I took French in high school but didn’t apply myself at all so I’m pretty much starting from scratch. Occasionally the lessons will jog my memory on certain grammar rules, speaking mannerisms, etc. but that’s really the only benefit to my 4 years of high school French. I also did score relatively high on a language aptitude test I took recently (114 on the DLAB {the DOD language test- for context any score above a 110 makes you qualified to learn any language}) so theoretically I should be able to learn languages somewhat efficiently.
I’ve been doing 4 lessons a day, Monday through Friday, taking Saturday and Sunday off. So 20 lessons weekly.
So far I completed level 1 and am a few lessons into level 2. I feel like I’ve kept up pretty well. If I’m having trouble with one lesson or concept in particular or am blanking on a term or phrase, I’ll usually pause the lesson quickly while I think. But generally speaking I feel like I’m learning it well and am keeping up with my current pace.
I’m also starting to supplement the reading/writing side of things by reading French news daily. I plan on starting to watch French news with French subtitles as well once I complete level 2 (ChatGPTs recommendation lol)
Any of you try a similar strategy to learn a language quickly? How’d it work out for you? Do you have any recommendations on how I could more effectively learn French? Any other good ways to get your reading/writing up to speed with your verbal (since Pimsleur is primarily auditory)?
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