Another Vote for 4+5! I just finished 1+2+3 and I loved it, but now I don't know where to turn... I would much prefer fluenz 4+5 over pimsleur, but I don't feel like I have much choice. Does anyone have other suggestions?
Also, I saw the point made earlier in this thread about Mandarin being #9 in terms of number of countries that speak it. The problem with this logic is that right now Corporate America is more interested in Mandarin than most of those other languages. Fluenz has Italian 1+2+3+4+5 and I have never heard anyone in Corporate America recommending Italian!
A quick online search of "most important languages to business" and you will find Mandarin being listed over and over and over again. Bloomberg has it listed as the second most important language after English.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/...http://www.independent.co.uk/news/edu...https://www.openforum.com/articles/th..."Not surprisingly, Mandarin Chinese is the most useful language for business after English" - abc News