Learn to Speak Spanish: The Complete Interactive Learning Solution (4 CD-ROMs, Version 8.0)
by: Inc. The Learning Company
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Product Description:
This 4 CD set offers an in-depth learning system to achieve Spanish fluency. Features "real-world" conversation simulations, speech recognition, and record/playback!
Amazon.com Review:
Spanish is quite an easy language in which to communicate at a basiclevel, but its complex grammar makes it surprisingly hard to speak correctly. However, this quality is well worth trying to overcome, because it is thegateway to getting by in a whole continent--Latin America.
This advanced course provides a sensible path to speaking good Spanish. It comeswith precise details of grammar and vocabulary, but also allows you to tailorthe course to your own needs. Possessing some of the most recent developments insoftware technology, the course really does allow you to practice speaking andlistening to conversations as if you were in Spain. This is absolutelyessential: the harsh accent of Castilian Spanish can be a shock to those whohave only read through examples on the page.
The course focuses on the essentials of communication, but also includes voicerecognition and playback, so that you can hone your speech, and comes with afull dictionary, course book, and personalized plan. It is designed so that youcan study at your own pace, focusing on the words and situations about which youwish to learn most. These interactive features produce a program that is at oncepersonal and comprehensive, and makes a decent standard of Spanish well withinreach. However, people intending the course for use in Latin America should notethat the accents are Castilian, and thus very different to what they will findin the Americas. --Toby Green
Amazon.com Product Description:
Four complete courses cover 100 exercises, including pronunciation, vocabulary, listening, speaking, reading, writing, and grammar. Other features include the Pre-Assessment Test, Customized Study Plan, Subject-Specific Study Topics, Progress Tracking, Interactive Lessons, Language Study Group, and Personal Tutor.
This 4 CD set offers an in-depth learning system to achieve Spanish fluency. Features "real-world" conversation simulations, speech recognition, and record/playback!
Amazon.com Review:
Spanish is quite an easy language in which to communicate at a basiclevel, but its complex grammar makes it surprisingly hard to speak correctly. However, this quality is well worth trying to overcome, because it is thegateway to getting by in a whole continent--Latin America.
This advanced course provides a sensible path to speaking good Spanish. It comeswith precise details of grammar and vocabulary, but also allows you to tailorthe course to your own needs. Possessing some of the most recent developments insoftware technology, the course really does allow you to practice speaking andlistening to conversations as if you were in Spain. This is absolutelyessential: the harsh accent of Castilian Spanish can be a shock to those whohave only read through examples on the page.
The course focuses on the essentials of communication, but also includes voicerecognition and playback, so that you can hone your speech, and comes with afull dictionary, course book, and personalized plan. It is designed so that youcan study at your own pace, focusing on the words and situations about which youwish to learn most. These interactive features produce a program that is at oncepersonal and comprehensive, and makes a decent standard of Spanish well withinreach. However, people intending the course for use in Latin America should notethat the accents are Castilian, and thus very different to what they will findin the Americas. --Toby Green
Amazon.com Product Description:
Four complete courses cover 100 exercises, including pronunciation, vocabulary, listening, speaking, reading, writing, and grammar. Other features include the Pre-Assessment Test, Customized Study Plan, Subject-Specific Study Topics, Progress Tracking, Interactive Lessons, Language Study Group, and Personal Tutor.
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Learning Spanish
The product arrived in a timely fashion and was as stated. I had trouble loading it at first because of my security software. I contacted the seller and he helped me understand what I needed to do to download.I find this product very informative and the interaction helps to understand the language.For those that purchase this item be aware the parent company has sold the company that manufactures this product so you will not get help from them.Over all I feel this purchase is satisfactory.
Rating: - For the price, worth the time
A clunker of a product on windows xp pro.One has to insert disc 1 to start the program.Then remove disc 1 to insert disc 2, 3 or 4, to get the proper lessons.If the program freezes up, then you have to shut it down.Can not insert disc 2, or 3, or 4 or it will say this version will not work in a windows NT environment.....
So, in its glory old day, it probably worked fine in windows 95, 98, etc....But it doesn't work as smoothly as it should in win xp.
But it ... Read More
Rating: 
- Wouldn't recommend it.
I found this product to be a bit dated and primitive.Every time you open the program you have to listen to the same introductory English instructions, which quickly become annoying.The links for the online portion of the lessons seemed to be inactive. The best thing about the software is that it includes interactive exercises, in which you have simulated conversations with screen characters.Unfortunately, there are only a limited number of those exercises.I returned to package to the vendor, ... Read More
Rating: 
- Oldie But Goodie
This stuff is a bit outdated, but I have no trouble using it with Windows XP.Suffice it to say that this software is actually quite good, especially now that it's so cheap.There are a lot of listening activities, vocab, etc.In fact, it's oddly similar to the newer Transparent Language products... hmm.
Anyway, give this program a try - it's a great buy and a lot of fun.
Also, look for the Practice Makes Perfect vocabulary software - they sell it on eBay for <$10 and it's ... Read More
- Learning SpanishThe product arrived in a timely fashion and was as stated. I had trouble loading it at first because of my security software. I contacted the seller and he helped me understand what I needed to do to download.I find this product very informative and the interaction helps to understand the language.For those that purchase this item be aware the parent company has sold the company that manufactures this product so you will not get help from them.Over all I feel this purchase is satisfactory.
- For the price, worth the timeA clunker of a product on windows xp pro.One has to insert disc 1 to start the program.Then remove disc 1 to insert disc 2, 3 or 4, to get the proper lessons.If the program freezes up, then you have to shut it down.Can not insert disc 2, or 3, or 4 or it will say this version will not work in a windows NT environment.....
So, in its glory old day, it probably worked fine in windows 95, 98, etc....But it doesn't work as smoothly as it should in win xp.
But it ... Read More
- Wouldn't recommend it.I found this product to be a bit dated and primitive.Every time you open the program you have to listen to the same introductory English instructions, which quickly become annoying.The links for the online portion of the lessons seemed to be inactive. The best thing about the software is that it includes interactive exercises, in which you have simulated conversations with screen characters.Unfortunately, there are only a limited number of those exercises.I returned to package to the vendor, ... Read More
- Oldie But GoodieThis stuff is a bit outdated, but I have no trouble using it with Windows XP.Suffice it to say that this software is actually quite good, especially now that it's so cheap.There are a lot of listening activities, vocab, etc.In fact, it's oddly similar to the newer Transparent Language products... hmm.
Anyway, give this program a try - it's a great buy and a lot of fun.
Also, look for the Practice Makes Perfect vocabulary software - they sell it on eBay for <$10 and it's ... Read More
