Is Pimsleur Expensive?
A Pimsleur course is less expensive than you may think. People say that Pimsleur is expensive. It’s true — Pimsleur courses cost more than other programs (Living Language, Barron’s, Rosetta Stone). Is Pimsleur worth the money? Lets compare Pimsleur with three popular alternatives. Private Lessons A private Chinese language tutor at my local university charges $25 per hour. An English conversation partner charges the same amount. Compared to them, what is the cost per hour for a Pimsleur comprehensive set at Catees Language World? Each Comprehensive course comes with 16 hours of lessons. At $156.95 per course, the cost comes down to less than $11 per hour. Thats less than half the cost of a language tutor. If you listen to your courses twice, you can bring the hourly cost down even further. On an hourly basis, Pimsleur is cheaper (and more effective). Pimsleur courses will never tire of you, unlike your tutors. You can practice any time day and night. Will a tutor do that for you? Coll
