Publisher Description

The 10-lesson (5 CDs) Basic Course gives customers the chance to test drive the incredibly effective and efficient, world-famous Pimsleur Comprehensive Program. A real try it before you buy it deal. Customers will love the experience of acquiring the essential grammar and vocabulary of Russian, during the spoken practice sessions. It is this ease of language acquisition that makes the full Comprehensive Pimsleur Program so popular and successful for adult language learners.

Author Biography

Dr. Paul Pimsleur devoted his life to language teaching and testing and was one of the world's leading experts in applied linguistics. After years of experience and research, Dr. Pimsleur developed The Pimsleur Method based on two key principles: the Principle of Anticipation and a scientific principle of memory training that he called "Graduated Interval Recall." This Method has been applied to the many levels and languages of the Pimsleur Programs.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS The American Sailing Association by Harry Munns, Executive Vice President, ASAUnited States Coast Guard AuxiliaryHOW TO USE THIS BOOKPART ONEINTRODUCTION TO SAILINGOverview: The Sailboat and the WindASHORE KNOWLEDGEAll About BoatsThe Basic BoatResponsibilities of the Skipper and CrewAlcohol and Drug AbuseFederal Requirements for Recreational BoatsReview QuestionsSKILLS AFLOATBoardingSailing ChecklistAttaching the SailsRigging ChecklistUsing WinchesRaising the MainsailGetting the Boat MovingGetting Out of IronsComing About or Tacking (Mainsail Only)Jibing (Mainsail Only)Raising the JibReaching with Mainsail and JibComing About with Mainsail and JibSailing a Figure EightJibing with Mainsail and JibEnding the SailStowing SailsDockingSummaryPART TWOBASIC SAILINGASHORE KNOWLEDGESail TrimWhat Makes a Boat SailPoints of SailRules of the Road under SailReview QuestionsSKILLS AFLOATCommunicationsSailing Close-hauledSailing on a RunSailing on a ReachStopping the BoatSummaryPART THREESAFETY AND SEAMANSHIPASHORE KNOWLEDGEThe Safety HarnessDeck SafetyHypothermia and ClothingSeasicknessReview QuestionsSKILLS AFLOATSailing a Triangular CourseRescuing a Man OverboardSailing in Confined WatersSummaryPART FOURBASIC SEAMANSHIP SKILLSASHORE KNOWLEDGEDaysail PlanningChart SymbolsAids to NavigationAnchors and Their UsesThe AnchorageKnotsDock Lines and Their UsesReview QuestionsSKILLS AFLOATAnchoringHeaving ToDocking under SailMooringSummaryPART FIVEBASIC COASTAL CRUISING IASHORE KNOWLEDGETerms and DefinitionsRunning LightsDuties of Skipper and Crew for CruisingRules of the Road under PowerEssential Safety EquipmentReview QuestionsSKILLS AFLOATEngine Operation -- OutboardsTroubleshooting the EngineHandling a Vessel under PowerSummaryPART SIXBASIC COASTAL CRUISING IIASHORE KNOWLEDGESail SelectionWeatherHeavy-Weather SailingReefing SystemsThe Magnetic CompassPreparing for Coastal CruisingRunning Aground and Other NuisancesReview QuestionsSKILLS AFLOATReefingSailing a Compass CourseSteering with the SailsBasic Coastal Cruising ChecklistSummaryPART SEVENSPECIAL SAILING INFORMATIONSpecial Sailing InformationDinghy SailingSailboardsCatamaransLaunching, Storing, and Maintaining Your BoatA Final WordAPPENDIX AAnswers to Review QuestionsAPPENDIX BFloat PlanAPPENDIX CEquipment ChecklistsGLOSSARYACKNOWLEDGMENTSINDEX

Review

"Pimsleur programs provide plenty of positive reinforcement that will keep learners on track, and we found that Pimsleur gave us more proficiency and confidence in speaking the new language than any of the other language programs we reviewed." -- AudioFile Magazine
"EXTREMELY ACCESSIBLE...each section within the lessons is short enough to hold our attention, and there is enough repetition to teach even those who consider themselves slow learners...Pimsleur [programs] are extremely thorough and easy to use -- quite lively!" -- Boston Herald
"Learn French while commuting, German while jogging, Spanish (or Russian, Italian, and Japanese) while cooking all with NO WRITTEN MATERIALS!" -- New York Daily News
"Designed for the ear and not the eye...the lessons provide PERFECT 30-minute bites of work." -- St Louis Post-Dispatch
"Learn to habla español or parlez français before your next trip aboard. The interactive LESSONS CHALLENGE STUDENTS to use new words in conversation instead of memorize them." -- American Way (American Airlines inflight magazine)
"I tried other language programs with little success...This is the best by far!" -- Pamela A. Mitchell, Pilot, International Society of Women Airline Pilots

Long Description

This Basic program contains 5 hours of audio-only, effective language learning with real-life spoken practice sessions. HEAR IT, LEARN IT, SPEAK ITWhat is the Pimsleur(R) difference? The Pimsleur Method provides the most effective language-learning program ever developed. The Pimsleur Method gives you quick command of Russian structure without tedious drills. Learning to speak Russian can actually be enjoyable and rewarding. The key reason most people struggle with new languages is that they aren't given proper instruction, only bits and pieces of a language. Other language programs sell only pieces -- dictionaries; grammar books and instructions; lists of hundreds or thousands of words and definitions; audios containing useless drills. They leave it to you to assemble these pieces as you try to speak. Pimsleur enables you to spend your time learning to speak the language rather than just studying its parts. When you were learning English, could you speak before you knew how to conjugate verbs? Of course you could. That same learning process is what Pimsleur replicates. Pimsleur presents the whole language as one integrated piece so you can succeed. With Pimsleur you get: Grammar and vocabulary taught together in everyday conversation, Interactive audio-only instruction that teaches spoken language organically, The flexibility to learn anytime, anywhere, 30-minute lessons designed to optimize the amount of language you can learn in one sitting. Millions of people have used Pimsleur to gain real conversational skills in new languages quickly and easily, wherever and whenever -- without textbooks, written exercises, or drills. The 10 lessons inthe Basic Russian are the same as the first 10 lessons in the Pimsleur Comprehensive Russian Level 1. The 10 lessons in Basic Russian are also the first 10 lessons in the 16-lesson Conversational Russian edition. Pimsleur learners progress from either the Basic or the Conversational to the Comprehensive Level 1, and not from Basic to Conversational edition.

Review Quote

"Pimsleur programs provide plenty of positive reinforcement that will keep learners on track, and we found that Pimsleur gave us more proficiency and confidence in speaking the new language than any of the other language programs we reviewed."--AudioFileMagazine

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