Lesson Three in the Fluenz Spanish Software continues the theme of being in a restaurant, and it uses everything you have learned up till now. This is really good for your ability to recall, as research shows that frequent review helps us move new information from our short-term memory to our long-term memory.. AND stick once it’s there!
Lesson Three follows the format of previous lessons, with a conversation which Sonia Gil then analyzes word by word, adding explanations. I really am enjoying how seamlessly she works grammatical explanations into the program.
The variety of exercises that follow include listening to words or phrases and writing them, choosing the best image to match a word on your screen, and more.
If you are a more advanced learner of Spanish, as I am, or for any reason, you can skip ahead to the next workout, or go back to the last workout. Here I did run into the first thing I wished the program had but didn’t: the ability to go back to the word you had just done. Oh well, (or ni modo as we say a lot in Mexico). And I did like a feature that helped me move through the program fast; if I knew something and didn’t want to type it, I could just click on the Answer tab. You could also use this if you didn’t know the word or phrase.
I hadn’t noticed till now that there is nice music playing softly in the background at times, and you can toggle it on or off as you choose. If you have a microphone set up before you begin, there are workouts where you can actually be recorded as you converse. I am writing this review on my old laptop which lacks this ability, so I will comment on it in a future lesson when I’m using my desktop computer.
A basic conversation is followed by a more advanced one. This will really give you a good workout of the Spanish words and phrases that you are learning!
This lesson of the Fluenz Spanish software ends with some comments by Sonia Gil. One comment of hers that I liked is that Fluenz Spanish is designed to help you learn a few things very well. Great approach to learning to speak Spanish. It sure beats knowing a lot of things poorly!
For more, see my review of Fluenz Spanish or check out the first level at Amazon and see what others say.
