#not to mention the ones i used when i studied norwegian german and finish

[elnotwoods]

hi, my name is el and i am that bitch who is excited about buying new textbooks for the upcoming semester three weeks into summer break….

#the only thing that is constant is my love for buying textbooks #the amount of medschook textbooks i still have at home #not to mention the ones i used when i studied norwegian german and finish #el talks #uni life #just uni things

[studyscrasic]

Langblr Reactivation Challenge 1.2

Write a list of goals you have for your target languages. Make both long term and short term goals. An overall goal could be to have the ability to talk with native speakers with ease and a smaller goal would be to finally learn that difficult grammar point that’s been plaguing you for ages. How will you achieve them?

Going to go language by language here which may get a bit lengthy since I'm very much a "dabble in many things at once to keep up my interest in them all" kind of guy.

Norwegian

Continue reading at least a few Norwegian-language articles a week in order to keep my vocabulary up (and expand it)

Get to the point where I can understand (native level) Norwegian podcasts as another input method

Finish both the Duolingo and Clozemaster courses for Bokmål

Start studying some Nynorsk and a specific dialect of my choice alongside the Bokmål I already know to increase my comprehension of how real Norwegian is actually spoken

Find an adult-level book I'm interested in and read it in Norwegian

In general, as I am already at a high-ish B1 level, I want to see if I can get to B2 even though I no longer have the structure of a university class, and at the very least would like to do my best not to lose my comprehension and speaking abilities.

I really want to visit Norway someday and get the chance to use my skills in context, but who knows if/when that will happen.

German

Finish both the Duolingo and Clozemaster courses for German

Also work through a textbook -- maybe the Routledge ones since I like their structure and focus on grammar

Start attempting to read articles in German regularly, maybe once a week? I need to figure out where to find ones that interest me.

Work with some of my friends who are native speakers/fluent in German to translate the pile of family letters and other documents I am now in possession of -- a cool heritage and history experience but also an opportunity to learn more German!

Right now I am probably A2ish in German and I would really like to get it up to the C1 level or higher. Being truly fluent is the dream as it's one of the languages I would most like to get to that point in since it has career uses for me (there are a lot of incredible historical science books and documents written in German).

Scottish Gaelic

Finish the Duolingo, Clozemaster, Learn Gaelic, and Speak Gaelic courses (a lot, I know, but some of the best resources I have!)

Someday I'd really like to take an actual Gaelic course, whether it's through Sabhal Mòr Ostaig or Love Gaelic distance learning or (this would be the dream) a study abroad option.

Start attempting to join Gaelic-language chats in the Celtic language Discord server I'm in so I can practice speaking/listening but also engage with Gaelic culture more.

I would love to get my Gaelic language skills to the point that I could start trying to facilitate chats and even lessons here where I live in the US where there is definitely a Gaelic/Scottish diaspora but limited options to engage with the culture and language (B2-C1 level?). Also someday I really want to travel to the Hebrides Gàidhealtachd area and use my Gaelic among native speakers.

Irish

Maybe finish the Duolingo Course, it's not my favorite, but definitely finish the Clozemaster one.

There's a Celtic cultural center where I live that sometimes offers Irish classes and I would really like to take one at some point, as well as try to meet up with the other Irish speakers in the area to talk sometime!

Similar to Gaelic, I want to join the Irish chats in the same Discord server I mentioned, too.

Also similar, to Gaelic, I dreams of traveling to a Gaeltacht area in either the Munster or Connacht area (I have family heritage/history in both areas, hence my interest in them specifically). I don't know what level my goal is in Irish, but fluent enough that speaking Irish in a Gaeltacht area would be possible and fulfilling.

Yiddish

This one's the least defined for me. The Jewish community where I live doesn't have so much connection to really traditional Yiddishkeit (although I wouldn't mind helping change that). I don't know who to practice it with, but I'd like to get to the point where I can sing/perform Yiddish music for my synagogue confidently and understand it, and maybe make zines and things in Yiddish to share with the broader Jewish Internet.

I do want to finish both the Duolingo and Clozemaster courses as a more defined goal.

I think it would also be really fantastic to get to the point where I can read interesting commentary on Jewish texts that was originally written in Yiddish.

#langblr #studyblr #langblr reactivation challenge

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another infrequent update

NOTE: a few links and whatnot are missing from this post, several YouTubes, etc. I will add them very shortly, and if I do not, then please remind me!

Hello everyone, I know it’s been awhile once again. It’s not that I haven’t been doing language things (quite the contrary), but rather that I don’t have time to tell you about them. A quick rundown of what I’ll be talking about here:

Travels and how language related:

-my trip to Toronto

-my trip to Hong Kong

-a brief mention of my trip to Cancun

What I have learned, language wise, since my last update:

-Norwegian

-German

-Welsh

-Hungarian

-Russian

-Turkish

I went to Toronto with my girlfriend Marisa since my last update. Toronto is of course an English majority city so there isn’t a ton to write about that, but it’s worth noting just how bilingual Canada is in many ways. Most people in Toronto can’t speak French, or rarely speak it, but it’s as prevalent as Spanish is in the US. Everything is cosigned in both languages, and of course the government enforces Canada’s bilingualism, which was extremely interesting. I’ll be interested to visit a really bilingual city in Canada, like Ottawa or Montreal, where everyone can speak both languages.

Hong Kong had been one of my top cities to visit after I got the airline job (and before that, too). There was obviously absolutely no way it was going to disappoint, and luckily it didn’t in the slightest. Definitely the best place I have been to to date (lovely English right there!), on so many levels. It’s extremely welcoming and inviting to an outsider, insanely easy to get around, very safe, etc. But to the world tourist, the level of English spoken in Hong Kong is extremely impressive. Literally everyone in Hong Kong spoke English that I spoke with, to a very good degree. Curiously, the Filipino domestic helpers spoke some of the poorest english (they stuck to Tagalog), and more obviously, the mainland tourists spoke very little (if any) English. I used Mandarin a few times, but interestingly I used German quite a bit (there’s apparently quite a bit of German expatriation in Hong Kong). I was caught off guard with the German, considering I was fairly out of practice (but usually made out just fine!), but I came armed with the Mandarin. Using HelloChinese and a few audio resources (Living Language) I had a conversational amount down, though I never used it to that degree (it would just be pointing someone in the right direction or making small talk), after really seeing Mainland Chinese in action in Hong Kong, I felt very motivated to really work on my Mandarin. Sadly, I haven’t much since my trip ended, but I’m sure I’ll pick it back up at some point - I love Mandarin and always preach how simple it is to everyone and tell people it’s far easier than people think. Because it is...once you accept that the characters are an “over time” thing. And as expected, the little Cantonese I spoke (“ni ho”, “mh’goi”, “ching”, etc) was received very well, but considering how widely English was spoken, it was just my sign of gratitude to the natives.

I did visit Cancun, Mexico with Marisa as well, because it was affordable, accessible, and warm. While it wasn’t great (we had a good time together though), I’ll of course cover the language situation there. Largely of course English to cater to tourists, a few people did indeed lead with Spanish, which was surprising. I had an Uber driver who only spoke Spanish and so he and I pieced through a conversation together, and he was helping me learn. But still, the Spanish language and I don’t really click sadly. A shame, as I want to visit Madrid, Colombia (any city), Santiago de Chile, and of course return to Buenos Aires. But luckily Marisa knows and likes Spanish, so she can come with me and help out with that until I’m back on track.

Okay, now an update on my language study stuff. I could post Duolingo stats but eh I don’t think those give as accurate an estimation as me describing my progress. So, I’ve been focusing on Norwegian a lot recently, which is without question my favorite language. I’ve been really focused on finishing the tree, and am at Level 17 on Duolingo. Admittedly, Duolingo is the only resource I’m using for Norwegian right now. No books, no YouTube, no audio, just Duolingo. So the terrible robot voice that Duo uses is my only way of hearing the language at the moment, but I’m doing that on purpose. Going to finish the tree and really have this language down, and then see how quickly I really pick up on it when I hear it spoken by actual people. It’s such a simple and logical language on almost every level that it’s amazing. The grammar is just so much more simple than any other language. The verb conjugations (or relative lack thereof), definite articles (which are suffixes), word order, negation (just “ikke”) just all make so much sense. The amazing Paul (Langfocus) did an awesome video about Norwegian and its relation to Swedish and Danish, with a lesser extent Faroese and Icelandic (both of which are far more complicated grammatically than the other three). In an ideal world, the Vikings and their successors would’ve pushed for Norwegian (or Swedish, but I like Norwegian and the culture of Norway just a bit more) to be the universal language of the world instead of English. Norwegian is an easier and better language than English, and it’s far more logical in ways (grammatically and pronounced) than English ever could be. It (as well as Swedish and Danish) also lacks the case system that comes along with German, which makes it much easier to learn than the main language of its family. Through Norwegian, you can almost fully understand Swedish. I haven’t done Swedish on Duolingo at all, but I can read Swedish text incredibly well, point out and translate words in IKEA, and breeze through Memrise and Tinycards decks, thanks to my understanding of Norwegian. I can understand written Danish to the same degree, but it’s a wildly different language when spoken. I haven’t studied Danish much, but I’m sure once you’re used to how they pronounce things (like Spanish/Portuguese differences), you’ll be in great shape. I can’t wait to hopefully visit Oslo this summer, as I still have not gotten to speak Norwegian in real life at all yet, but am confident I can do so….well, confidently. We will find out soon.

I am returning to Germany in a few weeks, and in preparation I’m of course going through my German resources again. Reguilding Duolingo, going through some advanced levels on Memrise, playing around on Babadum, and things like that. German is annoyingly difficult/tricky in so many ways (and after learning one of the North Germanic languages, it will frustrate you more once you’ve learned just how simple it all can be!!!), but I’m convinced the language runs through my blood and is almost second nature to me at this point, which I’m extremely grateful for. I can jump into conversations often, understand it when I hear it (even Swiss German!), and generally carry myself along. I just wish it wasn’t so difficult for new learners who aren’t picking it up in a classroom setting - it really is a difficult language to teach yourself, especially if you’ve never dealt with a three gender language AND one that has a case system, no less. Plus, “sie” can mean she/formal you/they, which I’m sure can certainly trip anyone up. That’s just a bit impractical, but luckily I have that advantage I guess.

I dabbled briefly in Welsh on Duolingo. A very fun and surprisingly simple language, I put it on hold temporarily due to my desire to focus on other languages. Nonetheless, I found it super interesting, though of course often difficult to pronounce. The “dd” sound in Welsh is maybe the most difficult thing I’ve ever attempted to pronounce, and I’m convinced only natives will ever master it. I want to see this language kept alive, so certainly give it a shot - the Duolingo course is wonderful and very well designed, and this YouTube video (linked within the course) will teach you how to pronounce the language very well.

My last three languages I’ll sort of talk about together. They are Russian, Hungarian, and Turkish. Three languages from different families (but I guess a similar part of the world), but damn are they a lot of fun to me. I’m actually glad I waited a week to write this post, as I attempted to look at Turkish again last night for the first time in ages and it suddenly made tons of sense to me - being an agglutinative language and all, just like Hungarian and to a lesser extent Russian. All three of these languages are pretty “out there” for an English speaker, and I’ll agree, some of the trickiest for an English speaker to learn, as they have a lot of rules. But honestly that’s a lot of the fun, once you get the rules down and can form sentences and work with the case system (all three languages feature a case system), you feel really accomplished speaking these beautiful languages. Russian always tends to amaze me, the amount of loanwords and similar vocabulary in Russian will really surprise you. Once you master the Cyrillic alphabet, I bet you could look at a Russian text and point out so many words that are similar to the Romance or Germanic languages. This makes for fun learning once you figure out the Slavic twist to put on each word. The lack of articles in Russian and verb “to be” is of course a massive advantage - once you dig into the language you realize just how much of a blessing this is. I’m really enjoying Russian, and while I still make plenty of grammar mistakes and still struggle to pronounce some things, I can’t wait to really get this language down and be able to speak it with confidence. While I won’t be able to speak Hungarian with sure confidence probably for a long time, it’s an extremely fun language to me. It has something like 15 cases - definitely an extreme amount, and not a language for the faint of heart, but if you’re really into this kind of thing you may want to look into it. The alphabet and pronunciation are quite simple once you get them down, and word order is very free thanks to the case system (similar to Russian!). Plus, the Hungarian people are great and amazed anyone attempts to learn their very hard language. I’m going to see for myself when I go to Budapest next month and attempt to drag some Hungarian out (they’re also attempting to learn English widespread, as tourism in Hungary amongst Europeans is climbing), and we’ll see if the rumors are true about how happy Hungarians are that we even let out a “szia” (hello/goodbye) or a “köszönöm” (thank you) in conversation. If you’re scared off by Russian’s foreign alphabet and Hungarian’s crazy amount of cases, then maybe Turkish is a good place to start if you’re interested in an agglutinative language that differs wildly from English and the languages similar (romance/germanic). Turkish follows a Subject+Object+Verb order which is kind of fun because you know the action is always at the end, and the vocabulary is very cool (and apparently features tons of Persian and Arabic loanwords). While I haven’t dove too deep into Turkish, by the time my next update rolls around, I believe I will have more to tell you, as I plan to get right back to Turkish on Duolingo once I’ve posted this. While neither Turkey (political situation) nor Russia (complicated visa issues) would be suitable to visit now, Azerbaijan would be a good place I think, as a large part of the population still speaks Russian, a lot speak English (thanks to all the expats), and their native language, Azerbaijani (or Azeri Turkish) is apparently very close to Turkish, so someone who knows Turkish well can quickly pick up on Azerbaijani. I wonder if the differences are as close as Norwegian to Swedish or more like Spanish to Italian. Maybe I’ll know by the time I write here next.

I also am attempting to learn the Greek alphabet because why not (the lowercase letters are throwing me off big time - why must they be different from the uppercase?!) and of course still looking at Italian, French, etc from time to time. I don’t have any decent observations on these developments.

Hopefully I’ll write to you all again soon. Follow me on Instagram or something if you’d like more frequent updates about my life.

#langblr #langblog #norwegian #russian #german #hungarian #magyar

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Pimsleur vs Rosetta Stone

Pimsleur and Rosetta Stone are two popular learning courses for teaching foreign languages. They each offer a wide range of languages through a series of lessons at varying levels.

However, Pimsleur and Rosetta Stone have a few differences, primarily in their course style and methods. The former is solely audio lessons, vs the latter focuses on visual learning through pictures and interactive lessons.

So, Pimsleur vs Rosetta Stone, which is the better option for learning a language? To help you select the right course for you, I’ve covered everything you need to know about each course, including their learning style, enjoyability, cost and how effective they can be.

Pimsleur Range of Languages Available

Pimsleur provides an impressive amount of language lessons, even more niche ones.

Here’s a full list of what Pimsleur courses are currently available at the time of writing:

Albanian

Arabic (Eastern)

Arabic (Egyptian)

Arabic (Modern Standard)

Armenian (Eastern)

Armenian (Western)

Chinese (Cantonese)

Chinese (Mandarin)

Croatian

Czech

Danish

Dari Persian

Dutch

Farsi Persian

Finnish

French

German

Greek

Haitian Creole

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Indonesian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Lithuanian

Norwegian

Ojibwe

Pashto

Polish

Portuguese (Brazilian)

Portuguese (European)

Punjabi

Romanian

Russian

Spanish (Latin American)

Spanish (Castilian)

Swahili

Swedish

Swiss German

Tagalog

Thai

Turkish

Twi

Ukrainian

Urdu

Vietnamese

English (ESL)

Rosetta Stone Range of Language Lessons Available

Rosetta Stone offers a hefty amount of languages, but not nearly as much as Pimsleur currently do:

Arabic

Chinese (Mandarin)

English (American)

English (British)

Dutch

Filipino (Tagalog)

French

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hindi

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Persian (Farsi)

Polish

Portuguese (Brazil)

Russian

Spanish (Latin America)

Spanish (Spain)

Swedish

Turkish

Pimsleur Range of Learning Levels Available

A typical Pimsleur course comes in various learning levels. For example, Spanish 1 and Spanish 2. The lower learning levels are targeted for beginners while the higher levels are designed for more advanced language learners.

All Pimsleur courses contain 30 lessons and each one is around 30 minutes long. This means it’ll take you around 15 hours to complete each learning level. If you’re a beginner to a new language, then the most effective approach using Pimsleur would be starting with the first level and progressing onto the higher learning levels once you’re ready.

Each language has varying numbers of learning levels, but the more popular ones like Spanish have around 4 to 5 levels of lessons. Less popular languages like Irish and Haitian Creole usually only have one level of lessons, so if you’re considering Pimsleur check the length of the language you are considering — you may find its one of the short ones and might not be worth the money.

Rosetta Stone Range of Proficiency Levels Available to Learn

Rosetta Stone’s language learning courses are split into 3 to 5 learning levels. Similar to Pimsleur, beginners to a language start at the first level lessons and progress onto later levels as they learn.

Each one of the lessons in a course can take anywhere from 5 minutes to 30 minutes to complete, depending on the type of activity included. I like this approach much more vs a fixed lesson lengths as it helps keep things varied and enjoyable to learn. The number of lessons in each learning level is different for each language course, but on average, it would take between 40 to 50 hours to complete a level.

Most of the popular languages like French have 4 or 5 levels, whereas the less popular languages like Turkish only have 3. Unlike Pimsleur, all of Rosetta’s Stones language learning courses offer a minimum of 3 different learning levels, even for less popular languages. This makes a big difference in how effective it can be to use Pimsleur vs Rosetta Stone for these less popular courses. But, as always, you get what you put into it.

Pimsleur use of Lesson Structure, Length, and Teaching Style

The Pimsleur approach is audio-based. They use words or phrases in the language you want to learn, and then repeat them in your mother tongue so you can translate them into your target language.

Each course comes in 30 different half-hour lessons, or in 10 different half-hour lessons. Some languages come in shorter lengths, like Hungarian, which is only 15 hours long.

As the system is mostly audio based, very little of the course involves reading or writing. Some language learning courses include reading material, but this is mostly for you to look at when you’re listening to the audio.

This type of teaching style is much more effective at encouraging you to learn the spoken language through audio, which is helpful for ensuring correct pronunciation. However, if you learn best through visual methods, then this might not be effective for you.

Rosetta Stone Review of Lesson Structure, Length, and Teaching Style

Rosetta Stone’s teaching style focuses on pictures and audio. For the most part, you’ll be shown a collection of pictures with one or more words or sentences spoken by a native speaker in your chosen language. This method to learning a language is called Dynamic Immersion.

It’s designed this way so you can associate words with a picture to help you understand their meaning, similar to how you learned your native language. It’s surprisingly effective for such a simple method, I really liked this approach and I found myself getting 10 mins in on the bus or waiting in line.

All Rosetta Stone lessons are taught in the language you want to learn, which allows you to quickly understand the written and spoken side of it. They use various activities and tasks in each lesson like speaking and writing exercises for correct pronunciation and spelling of words, and you even get a mode to recreate the natural pacing of a real-life conversation in your target language.

The length of a course varies for each language and how quickly you progress, but one level doesn’t take much longer than 40 to 50 hours to finish. Single lessons would take anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes to complete.

Rosetta Stone also offers paid live tutoring lessons. The tutoring lessons are run by an experienced tutor of your target language in a small group setting. You only speak and listen in your target language to help you develop your skills and build your confidence with words. The only downside is that the slots for the tutoring sessions can be at inconvenient hours for certain time zones and one might not get the schedule one want.

Pimsleur Gamification (How Enjoyable is It?)

The Pimsleur approach to language learning can be boring, especially as the software is entirely audio-based. This means there isn’t much variety in the program’s teaching style or lesson content.

For the most part, you’ll be listening to words and phrases in your target language and mother tongue, and then repeating them. It’s the same for all the lessons at all levels.

Over time, this can be incredibly tedious and could impact how effective the course can be to use. When it comes to keeping me engages, the Pimsleur vs Rosetta Stone grudge match falls in Rosetta Stone’s favor this time.

Rosetta Stone Gamification (How Enjoyable is It?)

Rosetta Stone features audio and visual teaching lessons, which are split into different activities, such as reading and writing activities. This adds variety to the lesson content and structure as you won’t just be doing the same task over again.

Additionally, Rosetta Stone also offers different games to help you learn your target language. These typically come in the form of bingo and guessing games. You can also play multiplayer games live with another learner of your target language, or even someone learning your mother tongue. Rosetta Stone offers much more variety in terms of lessons vs Pimsleur.

As someone who is a visual learner, I really like how Rosetta Stone’s course (unlike Pimsleur courses) prioritizes visual learning through pictures and written words. Using games to help individuals learn a language is also a great feature, particularly for younger audiences who might not want to sit down and ‘study’ a new language. This makes Rosetta Stone’s courses a much more enjoyable and light-hearted experience vs Pimsleur.

Pimsleur Pricing

There are two subscription tiers for Pimsleur. The basic version costs $14.95 per month and gives you access to all levels of one language, as well as extra features like a Driving Mode and the ability to install the software on up to 4 devices.

The premium version costs $19.95 and comes with all the features in the basic tier, as well as some extra ones. These include Flash Cards, Speed Round, Speak Easy, Lightbulb Moments, and Quick Match lessons.

Rosetta Stone Pricing

A lot of Rosetta Stone reviews forget to mention that it offers a subscription service with the option to include a tutor. This is a nice addition vs Pimsleur that is a much more independent course. The length of time you subscribe for and whether you choose to use a tutor alters the cost of the software. The minimum amount of time you can subscribe to Rosetta Stone is 3 months (though you’ll likely want a longer subscription to get good at a language).

Without the tutor, Rosetta Stone costs roughly $21 per month if you subscribe for 3 months, $19 per month for 6 months, $17 per month for 12 months, and $13 per month for 24 months.

If you decide to use one, then the cost of the software drives up considerably. Again, if you want to subscribe for longer it does reduce the price each month.

With a tutor, Rosetta Stone would cost around $43 per month for 3 months, $41 per month for 6 months, $32 per month for 12 months, and $21 per month for 24 months.

Unless you subscribe to Rosetta Stone for 24 months, its a lot cheaper each month to go with Pimsleur vs Rosetta stone. You also only have to commit to the software for one month, which is ideal if you later decide it’s not the one you want.

The minimum amount of time you can subscribe to Rosetta Stone is 3 months, which would cost you around $63 without a tutor and $129 with one. The more budget-friendly option between Rosetta Stone vs Pimsleur would be Pimsleur by a landslide.

Pimsleur Platforms Available

You can access all of your Pimsleur audio lessons via the Pimsleur Language Learning app on desktop or mobile. The mobile version can be downloaded for free on iOS and Android devices.

The Pimsleur app is compatible with most Mac and PC computers, as well as most smartphones (iOS 11 or greater, and Android 7 or greater with a least a 1280 x 720 screen). You can also play the audio courses through an Amazon Echo device.

Rosetta Stone Platforms Available

Rosetta Stone audio courses can be accessed through a free desktop and mobile app called Rosetta Stone — Learn Languages, provided you have an active subscription. You can also use the app on Kindle Fire and Amazon Echo devices. However, the offered languages on Amazon Echo devices are limited, which would get Pimsleur another point in the Rosetta Stone vs Pimsleur slug match if you’re an Alexa geek like me!

The Rosetta Stone: Learn Languages app is compatible with Android 5 or greater, Fire OS 5 or greater, and iOS 12 or greater.

There’s not much between Rosetta Stone vs Pimsleur when it comes to learning platforms. You get desktop and mobile apps with both, which is ideal for learning languages on the go. You also get audio lessons for the two, which can be accessed through Amazon Echo devices.

However, Rosetta Stone can be used on the Kindle Fire, which Pimsleur doesn’t appear to be compatible with. If you want to use a Kindle Fire to play language lessons on, then Rosetta Stone is the clear winner.

Pimsleur — How Natural is the Language Taught?

A select few of the languages taught by Pimsleur can sound artificial, particularly for the more niche ones. The voice actors in some of the Pimsleur recordings don’t always sound like native speakers in their language. This can cause issues with correct pronunciation of words and trying to get the dialect right in your new language.

Rosetta Stone — How Natural is the Language Taught?

Similarly to Pimsleur, Rosetta Stone has a few problems with how some of its languages are taught, namely Korean and Japanese which use honorific words and vocabulary based on who you are and who you are speaking to.

For example, a young child talking to their friends would use a different style of speech than they would if they were talking to their grandparents. Rosetta Stone doesn’t fully explain this, which would make some of the content in its lessons incorrect and feel unnatural. This can be a bit embarrassing in practice but generally won’t get you into trouble. Most honorific cultures understand that new language learners will get this wrong. This is another reason why choosing between Pimsleur vs Rosetta Stone is very dependent on the language you want to learn.

Pimsleur — How is Customer Service?

You can get in touch with a Pimsleur customer support advisor via telephone or email. Their phone lines are open 24/7, which is really helpful if you require an immediate response.

To get in contact with Plimsluer via email is simple as you can simply fill in the form on their ‘Contact Us’ page. However, it’s not clear how long it takes for an advisor to respond to your query.

Rosetta Stone — How is Customer Service?

Like Pimsleur, Rosetta Stone’s customer service can be accessed via phone and email. For US customers with a Personal or Homeschool account, their phone lines are open Monday to Friday from 9am to 10pm EST, and Saturday/Sunday from 11am to 8pm EST.

If you require Spanish support, their phone lines are open Monday to Friday from 10am to 11pm, and 11am to 8pm on Saturday/Sunday.

Emailing Rosetta Stone involves filling out a form on their ‘Support’ page. They promise to reply to your enquiry quickly, but an exact time frame isn’t specified.

If you need a swift reply to your query, then Rosetta Stone also offers live chat support so you can talk to one of their agents in real-time. The live chat is available 24/7 and has an average wait time of just 3 minutes.

Although Pimsleur has phone lines that are open 24/7, when you look at Rosetta Stone vs Pimsleur customer support I think Rosetta’s Stone is slightly better due to their live chat feature. The wait time for the service is around 3 minutes, so it’s a much quicker and more convenient way to contact an advisor than email or phone.

So what’s the verdict on Pimsleur vs Rosetta Stone?

Overall, when weighing up the choice between Pimsleur vs Rosetta Stone, both are effective learning courses for foreign languages. However, I think the Pimsleur approach is a slightly better option due to its affordability and the number of languages it offers.

Pimsleur provides courses in an extensive range of languages, all of which are split into 30 half-hour lessons. The price of the basic version of the software is only $14.95, making it a very budget-friendly choice in vs Rosetta Stone.

The teaching style of the Pimsleur course is completely audio-based, so it isn’t ideal for individuals who learn better visually. This can also make the lessons a bit dull as there isn’t a lot of variety in their structure.

I prefer Rosetta Stone’s teaching style for this reason, which focuses on a visual teaching method. I also like how Rosetta Stone features gamified lessons and an online tutoring service to add some diversity in how you learn.

Both Pimsleur and Rosetta Stone have similar customer services and can be reached through phone or email. Pimsleur offers a 24/7 phone line, vs Rosetta Stone offering a 24/7 live chat. They’re also available on apps for desktop and mobile devices.

Rosetta Stone has some problems with some of their language courses, particularly Japanese and Korean lessons, which don’t fully explain honorific words and vocabulary. It is also very pricey and requires at least a 3-month subscription to the service, which is why I think Pimsleur is a better choice for foreign language learning.

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