The Pimsleur Method was developed in the 1960s using “applied memory techniques where you repeat a word or a structure over several lessons,” says Robert Riger, Pimsleur’s director. Costs range from $299, for self-study, to $3,990 for the immersion course. Locations in Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Pasadena, Torrance, Woodland Hills and Costa Mesa. On my next trip to Germany, if I have a hangover, I’ll request Haar des Katers rather than the hair-of-the-dog cure.īerlitz. I learned Katze is the feminine word for cat and Kater means “tomcat.” But Kater is usually used to describe a hangover. In a Berlitz learning environment, you learn by listening, repeating and speaking in real-life contexts,” said Tom Godfrey, director of operations for Berlitz North America.Īlthough Berlitz emphasizes grammatical structures more than nitty-gritty grammar, instructor Valerie Schultz clarified several masculine and feminine nouns for me when I took a private German class at Berlitz in Santa Monica. “We believe that language is best taught in the target language. If money is no object, Berlitz Total Immersion guarantees that you’ll attain basic language skills in one week for $3,990. In Berlitz’s Virtual Classroom, students can use their computers to record online lessons for playback later.
Online classes, limited to 20 students, are $550 a quarter on-campus classes, limited to 25 students, are $480.īerlitz offers instruction in more than 50 languages, using a variety of methods from private and group lessons to online sessions with an instructor or self-study programs. UCLA Extension, 10995 Le Conte Ave., Los Angeles (310) 825-1898, (to find the language section, look under “Fields of Study”). Sessions meet either twice a week, for 2 1/2 hours, or on Saturday for four hours.
UCLA Extension offers beginning, intermediate and advanced immersion classes in Arabic, Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese and Spanish either online or at its Westwood campus.
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