Robert Paris Riger, Author at The Pimsleur Language Blog https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/author/robert/ Learning another language doesn't have to be hard. Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:02:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 What is Poisson D’Avril Tradition? https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/what-is-poisson-davril-learn-tradition/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/what-is-poisson-davril-learn-tradition/#respond Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:01:18 +0000 http://pimsleurspeaks.pimsleur.com/?p=355 What is the Poisson D’Avril Tradition? The most benign version of a Poisson d’Avril gag (on April Fool’s Day) nowadays involves tagging one’s friends and mates with the image of a fish taped to their back, without them noticing — the aim being for the fish to stick as long as possible without the persons Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/what-is-poisson-davril-learn-tradition/feed/ 0 Having a Great Time, Wish You Were Here … https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/vintage-postcards-travel-photography/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/vintage-postcards-travel-photography/#respond Tue, 12 Nov 2013 02:49:38 +0000 http://pimsleurspeaks.pimsleur.com/?p=181 Let’s face it, most postcards are not sent to those we wish were with us, but rather to those we have left, not always unhappily, at home. Given my long and strong addiction to vintage postcards, scouting them out, collecting them, sending them, and now downloading them, it is necessary to leave a large pool Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/vintage-postcards-travel-photography/feed/ 0 How to Learn a Foreign Language by Paul Pimsleur https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/how-to-learn-a-foreign-language-by-paul-pimsleur/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/how-to-learn-a-foreign-language-by-paul-pimsleur/#respond Tue, 29 Oct 2013 06:54:19 +0000 http://pimsleurspeaks.pimsleur.com/?p=151 For me, this is the perfect book on learning a new language. It is all the things most language--learning tools are not. It’s direct, full of useful pearls of wisdom that can be easily incorporated into one’s day-to-day study of a new language.

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/how-to-learn-a-foreign-language-by-paul-pimsleur/feed/ 0 David Sedaris Laughs! In three languages, thanks to Pimsleur. https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/david-sedaris-laughs-in-three-languages-thanks-to-pimsleur/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/david-sedaris-laughs-in-three-languages-thanks-to-pimsleur/#respond Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:36:40 +0000 http://pimsleurspeaks.pimsleur.com/?p=103 Dear Robert, The audio you sent is one of the funniest things I've ever heard-just perfectly ridiculous.

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/david-sedaris-laughs-in-three-languages-thanks-to-pimsleur/feed/ 0 Ellen Jovin’s do-it-your-selfer Language Learning Resources Blog https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/more-language-learning-resources/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/more-language-learning-resources/#respond Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:38:42 +0000 http://pimsleurspeaks.pimsleur.com/?p=92 Ellen Jovin is my hero. And that would include being just a little crazy in her absolute devotion to the study of language as it relates ...

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/more-language-learning-resources/feed/ 0 “No way! I Read a study, and the only foreign language they say to learn is Mandarin.” https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/best-language-to-learn-mandarin/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/best-language-to-learn-mandarin/#respond Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:51:31 +0000 http://pimsleurspeaks.pimsleur.com/?p=59 Let’s face it; things might be looking up in the U.S. if a group of high school seniors going out on the town on a Friday night....

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/language-learning-tutore-traditore/feed/ 0 Language in Literature: Phillip Kerr’s Brunetti Mysteries https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/language-in-literature/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/language-in-literature/#respond Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:51:23 +0000 http://pimsleurspeaks.pimsleur.com/?p=52 For me the next best thing to travel is reading books set in other countries, particularly books like Kerr’s where the way the language is spoken is...

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