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Master 51 Languages with Pimsleur’s Proven Learning Platform

Unlock fluency faster with Pimsleur’s award-winning language learning app! Whether you're just starting or looking to improve, Pimsleur offers a convenient, hands-free approach that fits into your daily routine—learn anytime, anywhere.

With 51 languages to choose from, including Spanish 🇪🇸, French 🇫🇷, Japanese 🇯🇵, German 🇩🇪, and Portuguese 🇵🇹, you'll build real-world speaking skills and gain confidence quickly, even as a beginner. Each lesson is designed to help you start speaking from day one!

Why Choose Pimsleur?

- Scientifically proven method for fast, lasting fluency.

- Just 30 minutes a day to speak with confidence.

- Learn offline, hands-free, and without distractions.

- AI-powered voice recognition to perfect your pronunciation.

- Trusted by millions—join the global community of Pimsleur learners!

Key Features:

- 51 Languages: From Spanish to Japanese, unlock the language of your choice with lessons designed for fast fluency.

- Core Conversations: 30-minute lessons that help you master practical conversations in any language.

- Offline Mode: Study on the go—no Wi-Fi needed!

- Voice Recognition: Speak and get instant feedback with AI-driven language practice.

- Track Progress: Sync across devices, stay on track, and keep your learning streak going.

Boost Your Fluency with Pimsleur!

Start speaking confidently after your first lesson! Whether you're learning for travel, career advancement, or personal growth, Pimsleur’s bite-sized lessons fit into your schedule.

FREE Trial Available

Don’t miss out—try Pimsleur for FREE and start mastering a new language today! With a complimentary lesson in 51 languages, you'll experience the fastest way to achieve fluency.

Join millions who trust Pimsleur for effective, real-world language learning. Download now and see how easy it is to start speaking a new language!

PREMIUM FEATURES

- CHOOSE FROM 51 LANGUAGES: Unlock fluency in Spanish 🇪🇸, French 🇫🇷, Japanese 🇯🇵, German 🇩🇪, Portuguese 🇵🇹, and more for lasting language proficiency!

- CORE CONVERSATIONAL LANGUAGE LEARNING LESSONS: Enjoy 30-minute conversational sessions anywhere. Quickly learn different languages & become a language learner in Spanish today!

- READ: You won’t just learn foreign languages like Spanish; you'll learn to read your new language without sacrificing speaking skills!

- SPEAK: Learn to speak Spanish & new languages with role-play & review transcripts with AI language learning & voice recognition.

- SKILLS: Practice phrases by topic & vocabulary flashcards. Learn languages with Quick Match & Speed Rounds.

- SYNC PROGRESS: Track learning progress across different devices, sync & stream offline with no ads. Learn languages without interruptions for effective language transfer.

- DAILY LESSONS TO BUILD STREAKS: Keep your daily learning streak as you go and become fluent forever!

Feature availability varies depending on the language. Visit our website for more information & a complete list of the different languages available for language transfer.

Using Guide

Conversational Lessons

These are the core of the Pimsleur Method, and by using them on a regular basis, you'll develop a foundational understanding of the language. Each conversational lesson is approximately 30 minutes long and is focused on developing your listening and speaking skills, along with helping you to remember what you’ve learned. We recommended you do one lesson per day (you can break it up into several sittings if needed) and to avoid referring to outside materials or taking notes while doing the lesson. The course is especially designed to help you master the rhythm, cadence, and sounds of your new language. These skills can only be developed aurally and relying on outside materials or taking notes will only slow down and limit your ability to develop those essential skills. If you want to be successful at conversation in your new language, it is very important to put in this work. These skills cannot be mastered by matching images and words on a screen or reading textbooks.

Reading Lessons

The Reading Lessons are a separate part of the course that teaches reading skills through a phonetic approach developed by Dr. Pimsleur. The lessons teach the sounds of individual letters and how letters combine to form new sounds. As you progress through these reading lessons and master this phonetic approach, you will then start to read for meaning.

Note that the Reading Lessons do not teach you to read the same words and phrases you are learning in the conversational lessons, but instead give you a new way to process the language. Combining these two approaches into one program gives you the ability to develop a nuanced understanding of your new language.

Pimsleur Transcripts

We don’t offer transcripts, but not because they’re a deep dark secret. Dr. Pimsleur's research found that the fastest way to truly learn a new language was by listening to, and being asked to recall a new word or phrase from memory. Those who tried to write while this was happening were far less able to recall the material they were learning. They were also less able to use it “on the fly” in actual conversations.

So even though it may seem counter-intuitive, we strongly recommend that you don’t take notes or look things up while doing your Pimsleur course. Relax and let your brain do the work it was designed to do. Premium courses add flashcards, quiz, interactive conversation transcript game and other practice elements that let you see the words and sentences written down, but we don’t recommend you use these review components until after you’ve completed your daily audio lesson.

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