Instant Immersion Spanish Levels 1,2 & 3 |  | From: Topics Entertainment
List Price: $49.99
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Rating:  84 reviews
Sales Rank: 52
Format: CD-ROM
Platforms: Windows Vista, Mac OS X Intel, Windows XP
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Mac OS X
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 2.2
MPN: 8041822
Model: 81018
UPC: 781735521168
EAN: 0781735521168
ASIN: B0026PEPDA
Release Date: June 16, 2009
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| Features:
| • | A complete language learning system | | • | Great for travel, business or school | | • | For all levels and learning styles | | • | Fun and easy to use | | • | The quickest way to learn ¿ guaranteed |
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Product Description
Topics Instant Immersion Spanish Levels 1, 2 ,3 The Topics Instant Immersion Spanish Levels 1, 2 ,3 uses natural image association techniques to help you learn as easily as you learned your first language. Have more fun, save money and reach your goals faster — guaranteed! Whether you're learning a new language for school, work or your next vacation, Topics Instant Immersion Spanish Levels 1, 2 ,3's fun and effective exercises, interactive activities and challenging quizzes will help you achieve language fluency in less time than other language systems. You will think, read and speak your new language with ease. The complete system includes six language learning CD-ROMS and three bonus discs: an interactive DVD, audio for an iPod or MP3 player and the Who is Oscar Lake? game.
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 Needs an accompanying workbook November 24, 2009
Dr. Stuart Gitlow (Providence, RI United States)
Zzzzzz....That was my initial reaction to the glacial pace of immersion in this case. Admittedly, I've found true immersion - that is, being around people speaking Spanish - to be too fast to pick up. Here, though, the pace is so slow that it is a nearly perfect sleeping pill. A man and woman alternate saying a word...then a long pause to give you time to repeat the word a half dozen times...then on to the next word. I kept being reminded of the man and woman alternating their description of what the white line is for outside the LAX terminal.
In any case, for $25, this is a pretty inexpensive way to pick up a fair amount of vocabulary. $30 would be better if a workbook came alongside so you could quickly review completed material without having to take notes. You'll still need a text in any case to pick up the grammar, and there again it would have been nice to have the grammar basics in written form. On the positive side, the ease with which you can put the entire audio portion of the discs onto your iPod is an overall advantage.
Bottom line: not too bad given the enormous price advantage over the competition.
Good starter for price November 24, 2009
Jacx (Illinois USA)
I owned this program before, loaned it out and never got it back. That was a few years ago and the first disk seems to be the same program but they have expanded it with more disks so you get more for your money. The DVD learning can also be played on your computer, it was new to me but the content itself seems dated. Who is Oscar Lake has been around awhile, my sister enjoyed this, she has been learning Spanish a couple years now. The system is easy to use if you don't mind using the mouse a lot to move it forward. Some drawings unclear, example they show a leg, foot, large toe. Are they saying leg, foot, toe or my what a bunion! Una Pierna- No English button to check.
I find the people speaking words very boring on the disks, but the games are fun, even though they might make you feel like a child, similar to games preschoolers learn their ABC's and colors on.
I like the flashcards.
MP3's were easy to add to my Itunes. I think the MP3's are the best part. Unlike the speaking on the pc this you can take with you and it moves forward on its own.
The insert it comes with is actually very helpful explaining what is available on each disk, so you can pick where you want to start.
This is an OK starter program with the only real complaint being you have to have all the disks with you as the programs do not work without the CD in the drive.
 It is really hard to like this software November 20, 2009
Jeffrey E (Austin, TX)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is tough software to like. The outside box looks great but you open it up and the disks are sort of taped to piece of cardboard inside. Seems kind of cheap to me, but hey - maybe the programs are good. Sorry, it was even weaker here. The software would have been pretty cool... in 1997 but in 2009 it nothing short of amateurish. Choppy graphics and clunky interfaces went out with Windows 98. I truly felt like I was being treated like a child by a piece of software.
OK - there are a bunch of words to hear & memorize, but it gets boring and tedious too quickly.
If you want to learn a second language, I would look elsewhere.
 Fairly painless introduction to Spanish November 20, 2009
Kevin Carlson (Everett, WA USA)
I was most impressed by the variety of visual elements in the onscreen exercises. Few students enjoy dull flash cards, and the developers of this training software understand that very well.
Included is a DVD that you can use with your TV/DVD player and remote for brushing up your vocabulary on short notice. Also exports audio to your iPod for practicing on the go!
A great value compared to other language learning systems out there. Check it out!
Great way to learn spanish November 19, 2009
Mynana (Paterson, Wa)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is allot of fun to learn to speak spanish so I was able to learn pretty fast Try this out and you will not be sorry
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