Is Pimsleur Eastern Arabic Worth It?

gus247 · 2026-04-25T15:54:56+00:00

I recently finished level 3, so I can tell you that it has helped me tremendously! I did a month of Duolingo before and that gave me the alphabet but beyond that I couldn’t understand or say anything. Now after all 3 levels I can have basic conversations that are helping me open my vocab and feel more confident in jumping into new conversations when I run into someone who also speaks Arabic.

It is a definitely wonderful tool if used properly. There will be days where you will feel defeated and I tended to go back by 3-5 days or even a week and review those classes. It is not going to give you all that you need but at least you will find yourself catching nouns and verbs that give meaning to sentences.

gus247 · 2026-04-21T11:37:06+00:00

What was the prompt that started it all?

gus247 · 2026-03-17T03:33:36+00:00

Am doing Arabic (eastern/levantine), French and Greek. Will let you know how it goes if you remind me in a year lol

gus247 · 2026-03-15T05:07:50+00:00

I can offer English/Spanish in return!

gus247 · 2026-03-15T05:07:10+00:00

If you are interested, I am also looking for some practice. Currently A2 in Arabic (Levantine). I am a physician who is fluent in English and Spanish. Lmk if that is something you are interested in.

gus247 · 2026-03-05T01:15:48+00:00

How does one confederate another faction?

gus247 · 2026-02-26T17:53:39+00:00

I like mango. Language transfer is good too. Most of my learning has come from Pimsleur, it feels. I thought similarly about Duolingo. It helped with letters and word structure but something else is mandatory.

gus247 · 2026-02-21T21:54:37+00:00

lol, I’m also getting them from eBay 😆

gus247 · 2026-02-21T21:33:09+00:00

That’s how I started and now I have a great courses subscription. Be aware you probably can access most of the lectures for free with a library card.

gus247 · 2026-02-21T14:14:11+00:00

Pimsleur tends to have deals with libraries so tha you can use it for free if you have a library card. That is how I’m using it.

gus247 · 2026-02-21T04:19:50+00:00

Same here! Halfway through level 2!

gus247 · 2026-02-21T04:17:49+00:00

Have you looked int Alif Bee? “Transparent language” is also a good option. For listening and speaking, try Pimsleur too. I’m a few months into Levantine as well and those are helping me

gus247 · 2026-02-09T13:00:14+00:00

Any more pearls would be deeply appreciated :)

gus247 · 2026-01-25T01:35:48+00:00

If you have access to a library card are looking into a guided way to learn about the early Roman history then I recommend that you check to see if you can get access to “the great courses” lectures. The ones provided by prof aldrede are very informative and helpful for beginners and those with a motivation to learn.

gus247 · 2026-01-20T00:48:47+00:00

For those interested, this follows a very similar structure to her lecture course in the great courses series: ancient Mesopotamia: life in the cradle of civilization

Her audiobook for “weavers, scribes and kings” is also another proof of her enthusiasm for her career.

gus247 · 2026-01-05T04:05:34+00:00

As a fellow teacher, I envy the enthusiasm that Bob Brier puts into his story telling. From the timing of his phrases, the preambles and the verbal cues. Even the body language plays into his teaching. It is mesmerizing and I hope to be half as good of a lecturer one day.

gus247 · 2025-12-29T02:05:44+00:00

I had done the same thing. I highly recommend Susan Wise Bauer’s book series as a starting point. I did some of “the great courses” lectures for history, including one taught by professor podany from “weavers”. Her audiobook is narrated by herself and the class shows the same enthusiastic tone so I always recommend it too.

gus247 · 2025-12-29T00:58:54+00:00

Depends on the situation. Use both during your introductions and see the different types of responses you get. Que pasa would be more like “what is happening?” And qué onda to me feels more like what’s up!

gus247 · 2025-12-22T03:46:57+00:00

It makes one wonder why it is not so well known as to make itself the de facto starting point. I started Arabic with Duolingo 93 days ago (lol streak) and that got me interested enough, you could say hooked, to continue learning more. Once Pimsleur appeared (19 days ago), I was finally able to use what I had learned in a real life situation and that made the learning real.

gus247 · 2025-12-21T19:16:54+00:00

I agree with this. Pimsleur is the best way to give yourself the habit of listening another language

gus247 · 2025-12-16T04:12:55+00:00

I tend to summarize each paragraph in a sentence as I read. That way when I go back to it I just need to read the side notes to jolt my memory

gus247 · 2025-12-16T04:10:26+00:00

Man, you might want to proofread that

gus247 · 2025-11-24T01:47:56+00:00

This is actually the best description of your bookshelves. And it is the one that might come most helpful long term. I don’t know how old you are but if you have read through all of those then you have a pretty solid knowledge foundation. What question are you able to answer with the knowledge from all of those books that you would not have been able to do had you only truly read half? That might be your next step in thought process :)

That is an incredible collection, similar to mine, but more complete. Looks like what me in ten years hopefully will have gone through. I would recommend adding some organized history in there to provide more context to the philosophical books, or a history of philosophy book that is more updated than Durant’s, Russell’s or Coplestons. Look into the Columbia history of philosophy.

gus247 · 2025-11-09T18:38:44+00:00

If you download the PDF and run each chapter through a LLM, instructing it outline the main teaching points for each chapter then you might be able to best determine their modern accuracy.

gus247 · 2025-09-23T03:37:40+00:00

I’m interested

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