Language Learning Products

[Digit]

Any ardent adherents? I've used Rosetta Stone and Pimsleur and to me, Pimsleur is way better.

[Whistler]

I have lots of books that supposedly will help me learn Latin, Russian and Japanese (separate ones). I love them and think they are awesome, but I admit that I haven't yet had the self-discipline to use them.

<i>Japanese the Manga Way</i> has been one of my favorites. I actually learned some things from it and read half of it. I love, love the idea of the <i>Familia Romana</i> books. They teach you Latin in Latin, and only Latin. Great idea, but it's best to supplement it (maybe I like the idea because my Latin education was very "decode-y").

I've seen Rosetta Stone but I haven't been convinced enough to spend the money on it. I've also used Pimsleur, but I prefer having some written material to reference. I really like Pimsleur's method of gradually introducing new information and randomly reviewing things. It's like they actually did their research on learning.

[Imogen]

Does Pimsleur have Farsi? I'm trying to learn it so I can talk to my family in Iran.

[Digit]

At this link, there's a button at the top of the screen to try a free lesson in Farsi.