Is your goal to ACTUALLY SPEAK a new language? Millions of people have learned to SPEAK a new language with Pimsleur - the scientifically proven language learning app.
Pimsleur is uniquely focused on conversational language skills, unlike many other language apps. Our focus is on the language learner’s conversational goals, so we won’t have you matching words and images on a screen, we actually teach you how to speak from day 1. You will be able to hold your first conversation within 30 minutes!
THE PIMSLEUR METHOD:
For 50 years, we’ve been helping people rapidly learn languages in 30 days. Do you want to learn Spanish for your trip to Mexico? Do you want to learn Japanese for a trip to Tokyo? Pimsleur is the language learning app for you. And best of all, you can learn Japanese, Spanish, French, and more … while driving, at the gym, or while cooking dinner. No Internet needed with offline mode. Plus the built-in hands-free mode makes it easy to learn a new language anywhere, anytime, even in the car!
Pimsleur language courses are available for 51 languages, so you can learn Japanese, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Chinese Mandarin, Korean, Norwegian, Hebrew, Tagalog, Hindi, Arabic, Portuguese, Russian and English.
Pimsleur also integrates beautifully with the Amazon Alexa for working through lessons at home.
TRY IT FREE:
Download the app and try a free lesson today in one of 51 languages. Discover why we’ve been in business for 50 years!
PIMSLEUR PREMIUM APP FEATURES:
CORE CONVERSATIONAL LESSONS
Enjoy the enhanced continuity of 30-minute Pimsleur conversational lessons you can take anywhere, or do at home with Alexa.
READING LESSONS
Learn to read your new language – easily, but not at the expense of your goal of speaking the language!
SPEAK EASY CHALLENGE
Role-play while reviewing written transcripts of the conversations.
DIGITAL FLASH CARDS
Practice vocabulary and dive deeper into the written language.
SKILLS CATEGORIES
Review and practice sentences and phrases by topic.
SKILL-BUILDING TOOLS
Relax, have fun, and test your new skills with the Quick Match and Speed Round.
SYNC PROGRESS
Learning stays on track as your progress is automatically synched across all your mobile devices including Amazon Echo.
UNINTERRUPTED LEARNING
Stream or download and listen offline. There are no ads. You listen and learn without interruptions.
*Not all features are available for all languages. For more information or a complete list of languages, please visit our website.
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Learn Spanish, French, Japanese, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Hebrew, Korean, Mandarin, Chinese, Arabic, Turkish, Polish, English, Indonesian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Polish, Farsi, Greek, Tagalog, Norwegian, Thai, Finnish, Czech, and many more.
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Tried maybe 10 years ago to do pimsleur but fell off and felt frustrated by lack of explanations and outside practice. Recently 6 months out from a Japan trip I decided to give the ap a try and WOW! The extras have transformed this from a way to learn travelers to how to become conversant! The flash cards speaking practice and reviews are such incredible addons that really make it complete. Caveat-I recommend pairing this program with a grammar book for Japanese esp so you can first learn the alphabets and then do grammar and addtl vocab as you go -but with that basic grounding of the apphabets ( this is the hiragana katakana and that only takes a few weeks to learn. Postscript I went to Japan in November & I was by no means fluent after six months of study, but I was able to understand basic sentences, communicate basic needs, and at one point I even made a reservation by phone entirely in Japanese. Being able to speak just a little bit of Japanese really ingratiated me to everyone native that I met who really appreciated it and I had many people say to me how great they thought it was that I taken the time to study their language . Initially, my plan was to study Japanese until I went on this trip but I’ve discovered such a love for the language I’m continuing on. I do spend far more than one day on each lesson so in six months, I had only gotten to the second set of lessons about halfway through and I’ve decided to finish because I feel that I’m well on my way to learning and I believe that I can get to fluency.
LOVE THIS APP…but a recommendation
cestlaphie.com
I use this app everyday. I think it’s great for conversational French. It uses a lot of correct phrasing and idioms that are actually spoken. Buuuuut… I would love if each lesson had a tiny description on what is covered. I am in France for the first time and happen to be a slew on lessons talking about cars, mechanics, etc. Not very a very useful refresher for while I’m here. However, not too far back there were lessons on new verb tenses that would be perfect for right now, but it’s difficult to find. Also I don’t feel the reading aligns with the lesson. It would be nice to see how what I’m learning is spelled. Reading seems a bit random, but certainly still helpful! This app is perfect to do on the go, while commuting or walking. I feel this app helps me think better in French, as opposed to always translating in my head. Would highly recommend. A disclaimer… I took French for four years in high school so I had a good initial understanding of spelling, alphabet, numbers, grammar, etc. This was a perfect building block. Not sure how it would resonate with a brand new speaker. Perhaps it would be more helpful! As a visual learner, because the French don’t pronounce the words how they are spelled made it very confusing in school. I appreciate just speaking. But some things might have a bit more of a learning curve if you have no familiarity with the language! Merci Pimsleur!
Hands down the best app to learn to speak
Robeckenrod
I’ve been trying to learn Spanish in one form or another for the past year and tried a variety of different apps and methods. Duo lingo was fun and somewhat helpful to learn the words, same with Lingo Deer - but I never could actually carry a conversation based on those methods (plus I learned that DuoLingo actually sells your translations, but that’s a different story). This year I decided to make a serious effort and purchased Rosetta Stone. It’s a big improvement over those other apps, but again, I found myself seriously struggling to make Spanish conversational - the lessons at the end which prompt you to respond to Spanish really left me struggling. It’s then I realized that unless I’m actually participating in a conversation, knowing a thousand words was NOT going to help me naturally speak the language. That’s where Pimsleur comes in. After about a month of using it, I’ve gained significant confidence in speaking short phrases naturally The method is proven and works! Albeit the method can be a bit tasking since the app isn’t all shiny and sparkly like DuoLingo- but it actually works! The app itself works very well and allows me to do my lessons without actually holding my phone in my hand. The interface is easy and up to date. There’s no way I’m conversational yet and likely won’t be without a ton more work, but I feel this method and app will be a key to my eventual success. Hands down, if you want to learn to speak a language - I’d say this is the best way to do it
I’ve learned so much so incredibly fast!
Dr.Potoshi
I’ve always wanted to learn a second language, but for some reason, I always thought that I didn’t have the intelligence to do it. well, I certainly learned that intelligence can be very subjective, because I have learned so much in such a small window of time and the more you keep going, The more fun you start having with it. i’ve decided that I want to learn how to speak Finnish, the national language of Finland. Something else that really took me by surprise was the fact that as you start learning words, you start making those neuronal pathways between where the original word in your mother tongue language is stored in the word that you learn through your second language, and once that connection is made it stays there, and in the beginning, you’ll start to hear the words, and then the English version of the word Will pop into your head as the definition. And then, as time goes on even more, and you’re learning more and more advanced words, you literally start to think in the new language. all I can say, is I recommend this program to anybody who wants to be able to start speaking a new language right away within the first lesson because it is true. You do learn how to speak some bear essential words in the first lesson.
We hope you enjoy the Pimsleur app and try the new AI Conversation Coach (Beta). Available now for All Access Latin American Spanish learners! We're reading your feedback and working hard to improve the Pimsleur experience. In the latest update, we've:
• Improved the Quick Match practice experience
• Added the ability to reset individual lesson progress
• Fixed bugs and improved overall performance
We’d love to hear from you! Please reach out to us anytime at pimsleur@simonandschuster.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @Pimsleur