I know a little German.....he's sitting over there.
I tried the Pimsleur German.
Not so great.
I know a little German.....he's sitting over there.
You are entitled to your opinion.
I tried a number of different methods but for me two things worked well:
1.) Pimsleur
2.) Listening to music in the target language (and looking up the lyrics)
I discovered Pimsleur years ago and it is the best method I have found to date - besides moving to a country where the language is spoken and getting into an intimate relationship with one of its locals. (The fastest way to learn is on a pillow they say, and I can confirm this too.)
Later, I read the book, "How to Learn Any Language" by Barry Farber and just before the end of the book, he too discovered Pimsleur and thought that it was like magic. He did speak 25 languages.
A few of my friends are linguists and I introduced them to Pimsleur, they too love it.
If you have a better method that you can learn while driving, walking or without reading along with a manual, please let me know, I would love to try it. I've been meaning to brush up on my lousy Russian.
:)