How Much Spanish Do You Want to Learn? Less is Che

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How Much Spanish Do You Want to Learn? Less is Cheaper and Faster! How Much Spanish Do You Want to Learn? Less is Cheaper and Faster! by jorchav

The best way to learn conversational Spanish today is through interactive audio Learning Programs. The upper tier of learning programs available for conversational Spanish are those offered by Rocket Spanish, Learning Spanish Like Crazy and Fsi Spanish.

You could add to that the learning programs of Pimsleur and Rosetta Stone, although these go heavily into the details of formal, university Spanish.

Prices for the first tier range from $100 downloadable versions up to $500 and more for the full hard copy courses on CD's and paperback books and workbooks.

So what's the second tier like?

There are Learning programs designed to quickly bring you up to the level of intermediate to advanced 'travelers' Spanish'. While these are not as comprehensive as those in the first tier, they can be very useful in getting you started off. They can bring you up to the level of being able to handle basic conversational communication.

They put you somewhere between just having a phrase book, on the one hand, and being able to understand movie dialog and radio broadcasts in Spanish and converse on practically any subject, on the other.

Put another way, they can give you a working vocabulary of approximately 1,000 to 4,000 words, whereas the first tier would put you at 5,000 to 8,000 words.

Second tier learning programs include:

Synergy Spanish, which focuses on 138 key words which it takes to express just about anything you want to say in Spanish. Their Spanish is that of Mexico but is pretty well main-line Spanish, usable in any part of Latin America.

They have a Fast Start Guide with a number of tips and tricks for remembering new words, using words in combination to make sentences and other useful material. They have 86 audio lessons to help you get the pronunciation and the delivery of sentences right.

They also offer a degree of personal coaching by e-mail. Their course is available in both fully downloadable form (for $39.95) and hard copy with CD's and paperback books for home delivery ($89.95 plus shipping).

Surefire Spanish, a learning course that teaches through word-learning games and memory training. Their program aims at learning Spanish with 20 minutes or so a day doing fun, absorbing exercises.

Their package includes 2 books on memory training, flashcards for learning 1,000 words and a word game with 1,000 words that you will learn while playing the game. The flashcards come with a special computer program that allows you to get the benefit of flashcards without having to make them or cut them out.

The entire package is available at a single price ($37.00), all in downloadable format.

There are other packages, of course, but these two will serve to illustrate the makeup of typical second tier learning courses. They are excellent beginner courses, aimed at the short-term benefit of giving you the ability to speak some useful Spanish as rapidly and as economically as possible.

Maybe they would be all you would need. Either could form the foundation for further learning and expansion of your knowledge of the Spanish language. Your next step could be Rocket Spanish or another, similar learning program.

Either would allow you to 'put your foot into the water' of learning Spanish with only a small cash outlay and no further commitment required.

For the best Spanish-learning course at a great price, visit: Learn Spanish For more about Synergy Spanish and similar resources, visit: Learn Conversational Spanish
Jorge Chavez Learned Spanish after he was 30, now is bilingual, with clients, friends and family who only speak English, and others who only speak Spanish.

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