Rocket Spanish 101

 

Top Recommendation: Rocket Spanish

 

Description:

- 31 audio lessons with full transcripts
- Beginner and advanced grammar lessons (550 pages and 400 exercises)
- Interactive software packages - Mega Vocab, Mega Audio and Mega Verb
- Spanish Learners Forum

 

Advantages:

- Suits auditory and visual learning styles
- Motivating (interactive learning methods) and easy to use
- Specific exercises to accelerate your learning and promote memory retention
-Teaches relevant, modern conversational Spanish

- Pronunciation techniques that allow you to develop an authentic accent - you will be mistaken for a native speaker in no time!
- Extremely thorough - everything you need to know from beginner to advanced level

- Access to Spanish Learner's Forum - Just like a Spanish teacher on call 24/7!
- Proven course (70 000 copies sold so far) with fast results

- Instant online access - begin learning within 2 minutes!
- 60 day no questions asked money back guarantee

 

Price: $99 digital version available immediately ($299 for hard copy)

 

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2nd Recommendation: Learn Spanish Like Crazy

 

Description:

- 16 hours of Learning Spanish Like Crazy

- FSI Programmatic Spanish Level I - 17 hours

- FSI Programmatic Spanish Level II - 12 hours

- FSI Programmatic Spanish Level III - 13 hours

- FSI Programmatic Spanish Level IV - 12 hours

- FSI Fast Course Spanish - 6 hours

 

Advantages:

- Audio and visual materials

- Teaches authentic conversational Spanish as spoken by native Latin-Americans

- Be aware of Spanish insults and conversational techniques- you won't be caught out as a GRINGO!

(NB> A gringo is an insult to describe a North American or English speaker that attempts to speak Spanish and does so miserably!

- Spanish Learner's Forum

- 8 week full money back guarantee

 

Price: $99 - instant online download

 

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3rd Recommendation: Visual Link Spanish

 

Description:

- 2 Computer CD-ROMs with over 200 interactive Spanish lessons and activities:
- 49 Interactive Learning Lessons
- 26 Vocabulary Reviews
- 37 Games
- 45 Verbal Quizzes
- 13 Written Quizzes
- 30 Pronunciation Lessons
- 10 Audio CDs
- Conversation Manual
- CD Travel Case

 

Advantages:

- Interactive software games as the primary learning tool

- Written and verbal quizzes to reinforce your learning

- Specific lessons in pronunciation

 

Price: $199 - currently on sale for $134.99

 

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4th Recommendation: Pimsleur Spanish

 

Description:

- Comprehensive courses I-IV with 100 Lessons on CD - each lesson is approximately 30 minutes

- Grammar and vocabulary are presented in context

 

Advantages:

- Extremely thorough course taking you from beginner to advanced

- Suits auditory learners

 

Price: $745 for Parts I, II, III and IV

 

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