Language courses

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Pimsleur (Simon & Schuster). CD or audiocassette—expensive but almost universally praised. Modelled on “natural” language acquisition in childhood. Learning by repetition and dialogue. Taught mainly in the target language in 30-minute lessons, with no explicit learning of grammar.

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