Dear Anna,
We were totally swamped. We received so many calls and visits that we
couldn’t respond to all of your inquiries. Many of you were kept
waiting and simply gave up.
Please accept my apologies if you were one of the many who couldn’t get
through.
I’m writing because I wanted to give anyone who […]

Dear Anna,
The response has been staggering!
Simply put, if I don’t receive your language preference before Friday,
October 26th midnight, I won’t be able to fulfill your Pimsleur Gold
trial offer.
Although situations like this rarely occur, I’m facing a supply shortage
because of the overwhelming popularity of this offer. My English as a
Second Language series are […]

Dear Anna,
LAST MINUTE UPDATE
I have a few Pimsleur Gold FREE TRIAL courses left. Here’s a breakdown
of what’s still available but is going fast:
CD Quantity Cassette Quantity
Spanish […]

Dear Anna,
I’m opening the doors of my warehouse and giving away trial copies of my
most advanced language learning series - Pimsleur Gold. To put this in
perspective, this same course normally retails for as much as $345. I
have a limited supply and will only give away trial copies until
midnight October 26th or until I run out.
Let […]

You sit in the park. Watching the way the maple leaves rock back and forth in the air as they fall to the ground, as if lowered carefully at the end of some invisible pendulum. In the distance the deep grumble of the train comes in ever-lower waves. Nearer, you make out the sound of […]

Does knowing another language make you a better person?
Well, from the available evidence, it seems learning another language will at least make you a richer person. A bit of statistical analysis will tell you that in the US, English speakers who also speak one or more additional languages, on average, make 32% more than their […]

B–ore you walk, you have to _____.
You know what that says right? You’ve filled in both the missing letters and the missing word. Without trying to.
At the risk of waxing too scientific, that’s your brain performing what linguists and psychologists call “closure.” Even without the complete words and phrases, you easily and instantly know the […]

Amid the bustle of a crowded market in the foreign country you landed in just hours ago you feel a striking sense of excitement. Yet the bits and bursts of conversations you hear - the kind that confused and frightened you the last time you came here -are beginning to do something curious. On their […]

If kids who can’t read a single word can quickly and easily learn two, even three languages, shouldn’t it be pretty easy for you to learn one more? You’re no dolt, right?
 Face it, it is pretty easy to learn another language, dolt or not. Forget about old dogs, new tricks or the limited room you […]

Question: What do you need to know to score with foreign singles?
Answer: Know how to talk to them.
What’s the first thing you’d do if you knew another language? Your favorite language. What would you do if you knew the language well? Not “well” like you could ace the high-school vocabulary quiz. More like the next […]