Many students study Spanish for years without ever learning how to speak. Unfortunately, classrooms are simply too crowded to allow for individual attention. If you want to learn to speak, you must practice speaking. This course is like having your own private Spanish tutor to converse with. The course begins with a series of carefully constructed pronunciation drills.
Nothing builds confidence faster than acquiring a good sense of pronunciation.
After disc two, the focus of the course shifts from pronunciation to communication, skillfully incorporating the story of an American who moves to a Latin American country. You will learn Spanish as it is actually spoken as you follow the lives of the characters. All drills are carefully constructed and based on real-life situations that incorporate useful vocabulary. By their very nature, these drills develop fluency by encouraging you to actually think in the target language. Each of the fifteen units includes an interesting cultural note.