Pimsleur Spanish I

I have wanted to learn Spanish for many years but I have never really been able to pick it up for some reason. I took Spanish classes in high school but back then all you really learned about Spanish was my pencil is yellow and thank you for the yellow pencil. Spanish is so hard for me to learn and I am not really sure why. I am currently married to someone from Puerto Rico and Spanish is his first language but even with him explaining how Spanish works to me, I can not seem to pick it up beyond the simple Si si senior or gracias. So what I am trying to say is that if there is a program out there that can teach me to finally speak spanish then its a great program and works well.

Now this program came very nicely packaged in a book size box with the complete program discs divided into two fold out sleeves each containing 8 discs. Everything was well labeled and numbered to make it easy to follow and use. The first disc has an intro that is a little long but I do advise that you listen to it completely and pay attention. It explains the program, how it was developed and why, how it works and why and how to follow the program and get the most from using it. There are some tips and useful information in that intro too. I think it helped me to relax and start with my best foot forward. When you get to the actual learning part of the disc it starts with a short conversation in Spanish and just has you listen to it. Then it takes small parts of that conversation and breaks it into easy to learn parts. You will hear the word as a complete word and then it breaks the word into syllables so to make sure you pronounce each part of that single word correctly. I believe that may have been my problem in the past is that trying to pronounce the complete word all at once is not always easy. With Spanish that is a necessity in order to be speaking the language properly. This method also helps with making sure you keep the female and male parts of speaking Spanish in the right order and timing.  

I have to say that I have been using this program for about 3 weeks now as much as I can, usually in my car due to I drive most of our household to their jobs and back, and by no means am I ready to be put into a room of Spanish speakers to try and have conversation with them, being as I have found Spanish hard for me to actually learn, but I am starting disc 2 and I have learned that this program has caused me to learn more Spanish than any other way I have tried. Even more than my hubby has been able to teach me and he is very caring and patient about it. I am confident that it will take me using this program a lot longer than probably most of you out there but I can say for sure that this just might be the one program that can at least teach me enough useful Spanish to survive somewhere they only speak Spanish. I also am finding that I am enjoying learning to speak it causing me to stick with it more and more. I may make my hubby proud yet. (Laughing just thinking about finally getting it.)

So do I think this program is the bang for your buck? Yes I do. I really feel this one is working for me. If you want to learn Spanish for a job, to just talk to others, or just because you want to, I think this program will work for just about anyone. 

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