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About The Polish LanguagePolish is the official language of Poland and is spoken by about 45 million people worldwide; about 35 million of these speakers live in the nation of Poland. The Polish language is a member of the Slavic language group and is therefore similar to Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian, and is even more closely related to Czech and Slovak. Since the Polish nation has historically been about 95 per cent Roman Catholic, the Polish language has been written with Roman alphabetical characters since Christianity was introduced in the tenth century. Most other Slavic languages of eastern Europe -- like Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, and Ukrainian -- use the Cyrillic alphabet as their writing system because of the influence of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Why The Pimsleur System WorksThe late Dr. Paul Pimsleur was much more than a language teacher. He did research on how both children and multi-lingual adults learn languages and discovered key principles that unlocked the mystery of how we learn languages. The Pimsleur programs provide a method of self-practice with an expert teacher and native speakers in lessons specially designed to work with the way the mind naturally acquires language information. The various components of language -- vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar -- are all learned together without rote memorization and drills. Using a unique method of memory recall developed by renowned linguist, Dr. Paul Pimsleur, the programs teach listeners to combine words and phrases to express themselves the way native speakers do. By listening and responding to thirty minute recorded lessons, students easily and effectively achieve spoken proficiency. » The Pimsleur Method « |
