Well, I exaggerate, but if you have been exploring Spanish language lessons online, you may have noticed the glowing phrases about how much you can learn in just a short time.
Do I believe you can learn Spanish in a short time? Well, partly. Here’s what I do believe:
From the monthly archives:
April 2009
If you are looking online for basic Spanish lessons that you can listen to in your car or while doing other things, chances are you will come across Pimsleur Spanish and Rocket Spanish.
Which one would be best for you? It depends on what you need at this time. In a nutshell, I think Rocket [...]
Fluenz Spanish 1 consists of 30 lessons designed to give you a strong grounding in basic Spanish. Today I will give you an overview of what is covered in the second half of the course. To read earlier blog articles in this series, just click on Fluenz Spanish under Categories in the sidebar.
These lessons continue [...]
Destinos is a telenovela, or Spanish soap opera, with a difference. It’s probably not as corny as most that I have seen on Mexican television because it was created to teach speaking, listening, and comprehension skills in Spanish. Produced by WGBH, the public broadcasting station in Boston, in 1992, it can be watched for free [...]
I have a page on my website about Rosetta Stone Spanish, and I wrote a long review of it here in the blog after I had a chance to try it out.
I’ve been mulling it over a bit since then. Was I fair to the program, and why is it so popular?
