Re: Any good software for learning a foreign language?
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Donkey,
After using Pimsleur did you feel fluent? Or at least moderately comfortable in basic conversation?
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I used this and Rosetta Stone in addition to a Danish girlfriend/friends to learn Danish. I learned about 1000x more from the actual people. Pimsleur taught me some really basic phrases but I was corrected multiple times using the stuff they taught me because the Danes told me they were incorrect or awkward ways to say things. The Rosetta Stone was okay for basic verbs and nouns, but wasn't all that gret. I finished both programs and I still don't feel even remotely close to fluent in Danish. Even conversational is stretching it with anything remotely advanced.
The only way to truly learn a language well is to have a tutor who is teaching you their native tongue. It helps even more to be in that country, but if you can't at least get a native speaking tutor.
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