SmartSpanish Cd-rom - Learning Spanish the Smart Way (Mac and PC) |  | From: SmartPolyglot
Buy New: $39.95
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Seller: smartfrench
Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 1452
Format: CD-ROM
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows NT
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Mac OS9, Mac OSX
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 8.1 x 2
UPC: 880646000059
EAN: 0880646000059
ASIN: B000AXWT56
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Method Unique! Authentic interviews | | • | CD-Rom with booklet to learn spanish from real natives | | • | Conversations with Spanish from Spain & from Latin America which are written down exactly as spoken | | • | Color-coding to show the stressed syllables to speak spanish without accent | | • | Spanish lessons with notes on grammar and verbs only as they appear in every day conversations |
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Product Description
"The intelligent structure and the good-natured tone of its interviews make this CD-ROM a wonderful tool to learn Spanish." William Martin, retired political editor, The Oakland TribuneThe total beginner should work simultaneously with this CDRom and with our SmartSpanish - Introduction to Spanish, Vol.1 and Vol.2. These two volumes will teach you basic spanish grammar, conjugation and vocabulary while the CDRom will start you on the right tracks to be able to understand when someone speaks.These cds were like the missing piece of my spanish education... What a great product. I wish I had them years ago. Greg Oelke, MO.After six weeks with this course I saw a very satisfying improvement in my ability to "hear" phrases and everyday expressions, which seemed a blur before. Karl Stull, ILI've tried a few other Spanish cd's that focus more on grammar, and they have their uses, but it gets boring just repeating words and phrases in isolation. That's why I really like this system--you hear actual native speakers and really get a feel for the language--it's rhythms, idiosyncrasies, intonation, etc. So it gives me more of an appreciation for the language, keeps me interested, and motivates me to keep on learning. Christina Guida, CO.The difference between this CDROM and the Smart Spanish audio CDs Beginner and Int/Adv - also available on amazon.com, is that the CDs can be played in your car. The CDROM contains all three levels and some extras, as well as the videos of the interviews on which the lessons are based (to see people when they speak always helps and its fun.). The CDROM is for the computer (Windows 98 to Vista, and Mac) and the CDs are for the car. Have a good time learning Spanish.
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Great product!! March 30, 2009
Tomo Osako (San Diego, CA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Since I moved to CA, I found it very useful to be able to speak Spanish, so I decided to take up one. I already knew basic Spanish from taking some classes but I wanted to practice more conversation and listening skills and I came across this product on amazon.com. After reading the review, I decided to purchase one.
To my great surprise, the beginner CD was pretty high level, and not one of those that make you repeat basic sentences, so that was nice. (If you have no back ground in Spanish what so ever, you may need to consider this point) I purchased the audio versions so I can listen to it in my car on my 30min commute to work everyday. I wanted to be thorough, so I took 1 week for each lesson. And after listening to all the steps, I tried repeating (first the slow version in Step2, second, the normal reading speed in step1, and finally the conversation speed with the guest in step6). So after 7 weeks, I got through all the CDs, and I could almost repeat at the speed of each guest on all the lessons!
Oh, and to my surprise, some phrases or pieces of conversation stuck to my head, and I even had a dream of me speaking Spanish! (you know what they say, if you get really good at speaking the language, you'll start having dream in that language!)
So I'm pretty satisfied with the product. :)
If I would add anything, I'd like it to have the conversation version of these lessons where we can hear dialogues, not only monologues.
Now, I'm thinking of taking the Intermediate and Advanced lessons for the next step.
Oh, and I'd like to add, the author was very nice and helpful when I had some problem with the CD. I liked the fact that the author himself gave me some support.
Thank you Christian!
Just what I needed September 16, 2007
Greg Oelke (Springfield, MO United States)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I started studying Spanish 20 years ago when I was a union organizer for the Roofers. I took some college correspondence courses. A few years later I left that job to work as a pipefitter.
When I quit organizing, I decided to continue to study Spanish on my own. I bought all the typical educational tapes, the ones where you repeat a
sentence after the voice on the tape. I started reading Spanish nearly every night, to increase my vocabulary. I read one or two Spanish novels a month, depending on how much time I have.
I recently started to work on big, overtime constructions jobs. The past
year I have been on big jobs in Texas, where at least half the workers on
the job speak Spanish. Some speak both English and Spanish, but a lot of the workers speak only Spanish.
I quickly discovered a few things:
One, I had a great Spanish vocabulary. I am like a walking Spanish
dictionary. I'd say I've a bigger vocabulary than 80% of the Spanish
speaking guys on the job. Spanish speaking guys often ask me for the most
correct Spanish word for certain things.
Secondly, I discovered I couldn't understand anything spoken in spanish. There is a lot of slang, but that wasn't the problem. When somebody said something, or when I listened to someone talking on a spanish TV program, a spoken sentence or paragraph sounded like one long, hundred sylable word. It all ran together, I pick up a work here or there, it sounded like it always did before I learned any spanish.
And thirdly, when I spoke spanish to anyone, it was as if I were looking words up in the spanish dictionary and talking, slowly, haltingly.
These cds were like the missing piece of my spanish education. I'm not even done with the first set yet, since I am working 7 days a week, 10 or 12 hours a day. But shortly after starting listening to the cds, playing them over a few times, my listening comprehension increase dramatically. This is really a major turning point for me. The more I can understand by listening,the more spanish idioms and slang I learn. Now, turning on the TV and watching a spanish movie is a learning experience for me. Listening to guys talking at work is a learning experience, since I can understand them. I am now conversing much more on the job, with much more confidence.
Again, I believe these cds were the key. What a great product. I wish I had them years ago. -Greg
Outstanding!!! May 18, 2007
Gerard Antoine (Culver City California)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Before going to Spain, I wanted to become familiar with Spanish. As I taught French to foreign students, I knew what was important. For myself as a complete beginner in Spanish, I looked at several possibilities. I finally selected Smart Spanish as the most likely to get the results I was looking for: constant interaction between me as a student and the teachers, with the ability to repeat and come back to what I had missed, while permitting me to jump ahead. Smart Spanish is by far the best course: it is really inexpensive for what I got from it. When in Barcelona and Zaragoza or San Sebastian I could understand a good deal of what I was listening to even when they spoke so fast with their cigarettes. That made my trip so much more pleasant and I encourage everyone to do the same. This method is the fastest way to understand and even speak Spanish! Smart Spanish is excellent from mornings to never ending nights!
Great learning tool November 28, 2006
Art Lover (USA)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have already tried there French program with success and I am very enthusiastic about the Spanish. It has helped my confidence greatly. I like the format. It's easy to use and a great fun.
Best to learn spanish so far November 23, 2006
Jill Brooke (Northampton)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
If you are interested in learning Spanish the way it's spoken in Spain as well as in South America, this is the language program for you.
It is an interesting program that if the steps are followed, that is, variations in hearing and repeating the monologs or dialogs with annotated notes on pronounciation or grammar, one can actually begin to understand what is spoken. The monologs/dialogs are spoken by a variety of people in different professions, and from different countries like Spain, Mexico, which makes the CD much more interesting than most language tapes.
I am really glad I purchased Smart Spanish and look daily to studying Spanish. Having had high school Spanish almost 20 years ago I also feel confident that I will be able to finally speak Spanish soon. I will be comfortable with my Spanish understanding and speaking because of Smart Spanish.
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