Polish: Learn to Speak and Understand Polish with Pimsleur Language Programs (Comprehensive)

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Customer Reviews:

A Must-Have for Learning Polish [Posted on 2007-08-26]
This audio CD is AWESOME! I purchased it before my first trip to Poland. I had absolutely no background in Polish. 'Couldn't find any classes to take. I purchased this series at the suggestion of a friend. Wow! I couldn't believe how easy it made the language.

The phrases are those that would be used in casual conversation... which is exactly what I needed. The people I met were convinced that I really knew the language! When they started rattling off things I didn't understand, I was able to express my limitations w/ the language.

I enjoyed Pimsleur for Spanish but Pimsleur for Polish is excellent!

4 Conversational Polish [Posted on 2007-09-14]
Clearly the place to start for conversational Polish. Each 25-30 minute lesson fits nicely into the daily commute. If you are serious about learning Polish, bite the bullet and purchase Comprehensive. If not sure, start with the Conversational for a test drive. Pimsleur is excellent for developing the sounding and flow of the language, and my new-found Polish colleagues were impressed. Repetition incorporates the language into your usable memory. The program does not come with a reference book and you will occasionally find it difficult to decide what letter you're trying to sound out in the words. Purchase a good dictionary and you'll be OK. At the end of Comprehensive you'll be able to perform simple tasks, but your vocabulary will be extremely limited. The audio courses available from other manufacturers do not fit into the American educational style. They can be used following Comprehensive to increase vocabulary. An excellent supplement for written (and audio Polish) is the First Year Polish course, available online at the Univ Pittsburgh.

There is no better language program out there [Posted on 2007-10-06]
I have tried many different language programs over the years and Pimsleur is hands-down the very best. I bought Pimsleur's Italian 2 years ago to prep for a trip to Italy and, within a month, I learned enough to get around with ease and was able to carry on a decent conversation with the locals. The Polish language is a little more difficult to master, but YOU CAN'T NOT LEARN it with Pimsleur. Seriously folks, don't even bother looking at other programs.

Pimsleur Conversational polish [Posted on 2007-10-31]
Excellent and easy to learn and understand
I used my lessons so much when I traveled to Poland and the Polish natives thought that I was from Poland and not the USA
Thanks Pimsleur
I highly recommend this to all wishing to learn this most difficult language.

the best place to start [Posted on 2008-04-27]
For me, this program was fabulous. I moved to Poland about a year ago, and in preparation for my move, I wanted to start to comprehensively learn Polish. I bought some lesson books, do-it-yourself kind of stuff, for Polish.

However, it was bewildering. The new alphabet letters and spellings and pronunciations were a mystery. I knew that I needed to audibly hear these words and have a starting point. So, I turned to this Pimsleur set.

It turns out that this was the kickstart I needed. Over the course of 30 lessons, I slowly and repetitiously (sometimes too slowly) learned words and phrases, and retained the knowledge in the process. By lesson 15, I was wondering what these audibly-heard words actually looked like in print, and then I turned back to my do-it-yourself Polish books. With the jumpstart from the Polish audio lessons, digging into the Polish books was a snap. I later finished the remaining 15 audio lessons but it wasn't really necessary.

So, for me, this program did the trick: it gave me the boost I needed to start learning Polish. Simply learning Polish straight from the book, cold, alone, is daunting and probably impossible.

I recommend this program with the following caveats:

1) It's expensive. But, shop around...I did.

2) After the first 30 lessons, if you are hungry for more, you will be disappointed. I couldn't find "Pimsleur's Polish 2" out there.

3) Once you advance to learning Polish more thoroughly, you will find some of the eccentricites of the Pimsleur system, and have to un-learn some of it. Specifically, the "formal" approach used in all the conversation for the Pimsleur method is rarely used in regular Polish conversation.

I wish you all the best on your difficult journey toward mastering the Polish language. For me, a resident determined to learn the language, this was the trick that finally got me started toward success.

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