Dr. Pimsleur devoted his life to language teaching and was one of the
world's leading experts in applied linguistics. After obtaining his
Ph.D. in French from Columbia University, he taught French Phonetics
and Phonemics, and supervised the language laboratory at UCLA. He went
on to become Professor of Romance Languages and Language Education, and
Director of The Listening Center at Ohio State University; Professor of
Education and Romance Languages at the State University of New York at
Albany; and a Fulbright lecturer at the University of Heidelberg. Dr.
Pimsleur was a member of the American Association of Teachers of French
(AATF), American Educational Research Association (AERA), Modern
Language Association (MLA), and a founding member of the American
Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). His many books
and articles revolutionized theories of language learning and teaching.
After years of experience and research, Dr. Pimsleur developed a new
method that is based on two key principles: the Principle of
Anticipation and a scientific principle of memory that he called
Graduated Interval Recall. This program incorporates both of these
principles to provide you with the most simple and effective learning
method possible.
Dr. Pimsleur devoted his life to language teaching and was one of the
world's leading experts in applied linguistics. After obtaining his
Ph.D. in French from Columbia University, he taught French Phonetics
and Phonemics, and supervised the language laboratory at UCLA. He went
on to become Professor of Romance Languages and Language Education, and
Director of The Listening Center at Ohio State University; Professor of
Education and Romance Languages at the State University of New York at
Albany; and a Fulbright lecturer at the University of Heidelberg. Dr.
Pimsleur was a member of the American Association of Teachers of French
(AATF), American Educational Research Association (AERA), Modern
Language Association (MLA), and a founding member of the American
Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). His many books
and articles revolutionized theories of language learning and teaching.
After years of experience and research, Dr. Pimsleur developed a new
method that is based on two key principles: the Principle of
Anticipation and a scientific principle of memory that he called
Graduated Interval Recall. This program incorporates both of these
principles to provide you with the most simple and effective learning
method possible.
