Clicking the image takes you to the page that has the most information, but it is for the Spanish 1 and 2 set. To see the other sets once at Amazon, scroll down to "What Do Customers Ultimately Buy..."
Fluenz Spanish is a program that I respect . I’ve written about it quite a lot on this website and blog… my main review of Fluenz Spanish is here. I really like their commitment to language learning.
So I was quite interested to read an article about the company, “Fluenz Hopes to Help Users to Fluency,” in the Wall Street Journal recently. It tells about how the company got started and what its goals are. Click to read more >>>
I was poking around Amazon the other day, curious what odd things I might find related to learning Spanish. The oddest was a mug that said enigmatically, “Save the Planet. Learn Spanish.” I didn’t bother linking to that, but here is something else I hadn’t known about: Click to read more >>>
I came across this article recently and even though by February a lot of resolutions have gone by the wayside, I feel that one of the most useful things I can do with this blog is help you think about how to get going, keep going, and make satisfying progress in learning Spanish. Hope you pick up an idea or two from it; used by permission. (I am not familiar with her particular approach.) — Rosana
With 2010 well under way, it’s time to come up with your language learning plan for the year. It doesn’t need to be particularly elaborate, but you definitely need one if you want to stay on track and wrap up 2010 with great results.
Basically, what will benefit you most is a flexible language learning plan that will provide a detailed-enough answers to these 4 basic questions: Click to read more >>>
I received an email from Tell Me More not long ago, telling me more (sorry, couldn’t resist) about their new version of their program for learning Spanish. I had been pretty hard on it in my review of Tell Me More Spanish, so I was glad to hear about Version 10.
No doubt about it, this is one of the best-selling programs for learning Spanish, with over seven million users. Click to read more >>>
As an American living in Mexico these past few years, I’ve been working on my Spanish in a variety of ways. In fact, I have become fascinated by how people acquire second languages and have made a study of the subject.
One of the things that helps us to acquire proficiency in another language is to immerse ourselves in that language in a variety of ways — I often recommend listening to music that has words or watching DVDs of soap operas or films.
I’ve had a lot of fun, and picked up some Spanish, by reading. I’m always reading something in English; usually there are several books by my bedside table.
One day, I was in a mall in Guadalajara, Mexico’s second-largest city. I had finished my shopping and was waiting for the people I had come with. I wandered into a small bookstore and started browsing. I didn’t think I could read most of the books there without frustration, but as I picked up first one, then another, I saw that I could get the general idea at least.
I ended up buying one called “El leon, la bruja, y el armario.” (They must not capitalize titles in Spanish, as that’s how it was on the book cover.) Sound familiar? It was a translation of “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,” a novel I had read before. Click to read more >>>
Fluenz Spanish is now up to five levels you can do, though of course you can still get just the beginning one or two if you prefer.
Anyway, here is a list I just found on their website of what you can expect from each level. Here is an Amazon link to the five-level set. There are some really good customer reviews there.
Did you make a New Year’s resolution to learn Spanish or to improve your existing Spanish? If so, how are you planning to implement this resolution?
Ahh… that’s where most resolutions break down! The planning is too ambitious and grand… or there isn’t any. Try making a small plan, whether it is to work on a program like Fluenz Spanish or Rocket Spanish say 5 days a week, or to learn 3 new words a day, or something of the sort.
As for me, this year I am not making a learn-Spanish resolution as such, but I intend to keep researching different programs for this website and will inevitably pick up some more Spanish that way!
This year is shaping up to be a bit different for us, as we have our house in Mexico up for sale. Click to read more >>>
Here’s an enjoyable short video that has been watched almost 5 million times on Youtube:
And here it is with English subtitles:
Great fun!
And Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year!
Rosana
If you have ever trained a dog, even to the most basic level, you know some things that can help you with your own process of learning Spanish. Here are four:
[1] Repetition is essential. If you want your dog to come when called, for example, you will need to practice over and over and over. If you want Spanish verbs to slip off your tongue naturally, you will need to practice over and over and over.
In both cases, review is a necessary part of the repetition. If you don’t call your dog for a year, what are the chances that he will come immediately when you do? If you haven’t used your Spanish verbs in a long time and you go to a Spanish-speaking country for a trip, they are unlikely to be right at the tip of your tongue. Click to read more >>>
When I wrote about Learning Spanish Like Crazy recently, I didn’t realize it is also for sale at Amazon. That link takes you to what I said then.
Here is the link to Learning Spanish Like Crazy at Amazon.com. Its emphasis in its 30 lessons is on Spanish as spoken in Latin America. The man who developed it lives in Colombia, I believe.
By the way, I am not much of a fan of the FSI remastered programs that are mentioned here as bonuses. They are half a century out of date and not nearly as interesting as things done more recently.
