Friday, May 23, 2008

D's First Spanish Lesson

We are using the Rosetta Stone software to learn Spanish. We bought Level 1 and Level 2 which are beginner through intermediate Spanish. I used it for about an hour last night, and today D used it for the first time. I'm pretty impressed with it, and I like the approach. Once you get the software installed, the only English is in the pull down menus. Here is D practicing his pronunciation.

2 comments:

Grafted Branch said...

I went to a bilingual school in the 2nd grade, but can't speak it now. If you don't use it, you lose it.

But I can still read it, and have been told I have very good pronunciation. May I recommend he ease up on the "r" sounds? In Spanish they are spoken so soft and fast that sometimes they can sound like a "d."

The same is true for "v" and "b."

Be sure to update with your opinions of this curriculum, would you? I desperately want my whole family to learn conversational Spanish.

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