Monthly Archives: June 2009

Off to the USA for the Summer


Kelly and I are taking a vacation to the US soon, leaving a friend as a housesitter with our dogs and cats here in our home near Lake Chapala, outside of Guadalajara, Mexico. I’m looking forward to seeing what it’s … Continue reading

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Rocket Spanish Comes Downloadable or on CDs

Rocket Spanish is one of the most popular of the Spanish language programs that I review on this site. (If you haven’t seen it, here’s my comparison chart for different programs..) Anyway, I thought it might be helpful to spell … Continue reading

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Livemocha: An Online Language-Learning Community

I read someone’s opinion someplace online that the website Livemocha was like Rosetta Stone, only better.  So I decided to check out Livemocha, specially since it has a large free part. Now Rosetta Stone doesn’t suit my learning style, plus … Continue reading

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Pimsleur Spanish: 5 Things People Like about this Audio Program and 5 They Don’t

Pimsleur Spanish has a lot of fans as a method for learning Spanish, but like everything in this world, it has its pros and cons. Here I summarize the views of a variety of people who have actually used this … Continue reading

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