Archive for April, 2009
A Peep Inside Rocket French
I’d like to share with you two excerpts from the Rocket French course at beginner and intermediate level. Here we go!
Beginner Level
The first one is a transcript of audio track one, teaching you how to greet someone in French. To help you understand written French, you get to see the written conversation in French and its English translation with every track of the Interactive Audio Course! Remember that the conversation below is only the basic conversation - they add in piles of extra words and phrases during the course of each track! Read the rest of this entry »
Use Your Computer to Learn a New Language
If you’re a computer-person, you’re in luck! There are a lot of multimedia programs that have been made for use on computers. Most of them combine flashcard-type visual lessons or video with the ability to practice speaking the language using your microphone. The great advantage of these programs is that they allow you to progress at your own pace - and in the comfort of your own home. They are also much more complete - and usually more fun - than the traditional book-based, or book- and cassette-based courses. Read the rest of this entry »
Rocket Spanish - Why I Recommend it
If you’re looking for a great course to learn Spanish, whether you’re a complete beginner or you’ve already reached a certain level, I recommend you try Rocket Spanish.
Rocket Spanish is a friendly, comfortable course, and because it contains lots of different components it’s a perfect match for most of the different ways different people study. There are plenty of CDs, so if you spend a lot of time in a car, they can be just terrific. It might look strange if someone sees you sitting in the car talking to yourself, but it definitely helps a lot to repeat things out loud over and over again. One of the things that are especially useful are the long pauses - they give you time to say things without feeling pressured. And you can choose which way round you use the dialogues. You can see the lesson in print and then listen to the audio to check the pronunciation and accent of the words, or you can listen and repeat first, and then see how the words are written. Read the rest of this entry »
Languages Are Not Learned in a Day
One of the most common causes for people to give up learning a language is that they underestimated the amount of time they would need to master it. Unfortunately, learning a language well is a long process. Of course, if all you want to do is be able to say “hello”, “goodbye”, “thank you” and other such set phrases, then we’re not talking about a difficult and lengthy process. But, make no mistake about it, to be able to exchange ideas and arguments in a foreign language takes time. Read the rest of this entry »
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