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  • Polish Phase 1, Unit 01-05

  • Learn to Speak and Understand Polish with Pimsleur Language Programs
  • By: Pimsleur
  • Narrated by: Pimsleur
  • Length: 2 hrs and 40 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (73 ratings)
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Polish Phase 1, Unit 01-05

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Summary

The Pimsleur® Method: the easiest, fastest way to learn a new language. Completely portable, easily downloadable, and lots of fun. You’ll be speaking and understanding in no time flat! Polish Phase 1, Units 1-5 build on material taught in prior units. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Each lesson contains practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension, and on learning to speak Polish.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©2004 Simon & Schuster (P)2004 Simon & Schuster

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"Pimsleur programs provide plenty of positive reinforcement that will keep learners on track, and we found that Pimsleur gave us more proficiency and confidence in speaking the new language than any of the other language programs we reviewed." ( AudioFile magazine)

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Useful for US tourists

If you could sum up Polish Phase 1, Unit 01-05 in three words, what would they be?

Useful phrases in spoken Polish

What did you like best about this story?

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What about the narrator’s performance did you like?

The accents are good, I am told. Authentic Polish speakers.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Alone in Poland: an American tourist toughs it out

Any additional comments?

This reviewing format only applies to novels, not to non fiction books. AS a result I am not able to write the review I intended and feel patronised by the "tick the box" approach.
I would add that this audiobook assumes that the speaker is American, and male. There is not even an option for saying "I'm British" or "I'm Spanish". I find that annoying. Poland isn't part of the US empire, as far as I know...
I bought this to help me to learn some basic phrases to use in the nursery where I work with a Polish-speaking child aged three, whose parents have not taught him English. It has been useful in this regard though there is no grammar and no indication of how to pronounce written words, It's all based on the "Listen and Repeat" approach. I find that somewhat limiting.
Still, for a long weekend in Krakow, it would be plenty. I downloaded the next part, too, and got as far as unit nine. Then my little charge began to learn a lot of English from his playmates.

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A tale of love and companionship for the ages

This is a deeply moving tale of an American man looking for love in Poland. Desprately asking any passers where he can find 'beautiful street'. Although his mental state is questionable at times as he stalks women in the market. he eventually finds the love and companionship he was looking for but not in the way you would expect...

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Good for learning very formal Polish

It’s a great method for learning and I’m learning quickly by doing as I’m supposed to. Though the only thing and something I’d say is a big deal, is that’s it’s so formal. My polish partner laughs when I repeat what it says as she says no polish person actually speaks like that. So I’ll be able to speak polish but only to older people or I could get a job in a posh Polish Restaurant

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I'M ACTUALLY SPEAKING AND UNDERSTANDING

This is amazing! I've been trying to learn Polish for a year already with no joy. I tried with Colins audio learning Polish and and writing words down and trying to read and repeat them as often as possible. Unfortunately this rarely worked for me and I only remembered bits. I'm not sure if it's the way my brain works as it's worked for others I know. Pimsleurs way has really worked for me, I'm actually speaking and understanding bits of Polish. I'm a plumber based in the UK and my girlfriend is Polish and after just 1 month I've come on leap and bounds, being able to speak with her and friends and hopefully going to Poland this year. THANK YOU

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learn to speak like you're Polish

Would you consider the audio edition of Polish Phase 1, Unit 01-05 to be better than the print version?

There isn't a print version, this course is designed to get you speaking, rather than reading, Polish

What did you like best about this story?

Each lesson is based around natural conversations that you quickly learn to understand and take part in.

Have you listened to any of the narrator’s other performances? How does this one compare?

So far I have used the Pimsleur language courses to learn Polish, Mandarin Chinese, German, French, Albanian, Hindi, Farsi and a little Hebrew. This one is as good as the others, they are all excellent.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

You are advised to do one lesson a day.

Any additional comments?

My Polish friends have commented that I sound Polish when I speak with them, since using this course!

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Did the trick

Pimsleur courses are excellent, the Polish course in no way diminishes the method, diminished only by the american accent for me.

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Fantastic, finally able to speak in sentences

I haven't finished this yet but already I've picked up more than any other learning way I've tried, my other half is polish and we have been together a little over 2 years and I have tried a few other options to learn but no joy, I previously only managed to remember single words but with this pimsleur way of learning I'm picking up sentences and moving on to the next sections pretty quickly and Remembering what I've learnt in the previous, absolutely fantastic and ty so much

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What you actually need to know to converse in Polish, from the get go

This program is amazing, just what you need to know and at a pace you can develop very quickly.

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Learn Polish

very good .... do like this format. 30 mins a day and doesn't over do it ....

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Learning Polish

Felt like the last 2 chapters were rushed and not as much focus as the previous ones.

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