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Pimsleur
Swiss German Compact Course
10 Lessons
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Retail Price $49.95
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Retail Price $49.95
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The SWISS GERMAN Language:
Switzerland
has four official languages (German, French, Italian, and Romansh),
but the country's dominant language is Schwyzertuusch or Swiss German--a
collection of regional and local dialexts spoken by nearly two-thirds
of the country's poplulation. Two forms of German are used in Switzerland.
High German, or Hochdeutsch (also known as Schriftdeutsch, "Written
German") is the same language used throughout German speaking
Europe. Swiss German comprises dozens of regional dialects unique
to Switzerland, and is unrecognizable to speakers of High German.
No one speaks High German in everyday situations in Switzerland.
Swiss German is used at home, at work, in shops, etc. Local radio
and TV programs are also in Swiss German. High German is restricted
to school education, the mass media and public speaking. Swiss German
is a spoken language and not a written language. If you were a German
speaking Swiss, you'd probably converse with friends and relatives
in Swiss German, but send them e-mail or letters in the High German
you learned in school. |
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The
Pimsleur Method:
With
Pimsleur language courses, you will quickly learn to speak Swiss
German and understand it as well. You're not just learning "phrases"
with the Pimsleur method, you're acquiring essential, conversational
language skills! You'll be thrilled to discover you can hold real
conversations in your new language when you have finished the course.
Dr. Pimsleur devoted his life to language
teaching and was one of the world’s leading experts in applied
linguistics. After years of research and development, including
field studies of spoken language training with adults, Dr. Pimsleur
created a new method for self–instruction in spoken languages
that is based on the way the human brain takes in language as speech.
Of the several unique features of the Method, two key principles:
the Principle of Anticipation
and a scientific principle of memory that he called Graduated
Interval Recall This is the only language teaching program which
incorporates these essential principles to provide you with the
most easy–to–do, amazingly rapid, and highly cost–effective
learning method available.
To learn more, click here.
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