Do you want to learn Spanish through a computer program? There are numerous amounts of “learn Spanish” programs available for purchase on the Internet. It can be difficult to decide which program to choose. What you need to do is find out what each program offers and decide which one best suits your learning style.
Drive Time Spanish is an audio course that is designed to be listened to while driving in your car. It is a short course that only contains 4 CDs. Most people find that the course doesn’t do much because it is so short. Others think that the course covers too much information to assimilate in a short period of time. The only advantage of this program is that it is not expensive at all. It is available for purchase on amazon.com.
Another program, Virtual Link Spanish is a much better product. The course itself is placed on CD-ROM, so you can run it directly from your computer. There are also 10 CDs full of practice work. The good thing about this course is that it incorporates people from different countries giving different lessons; so you can hear the different accents and ways of saying certain words. However, this product does not contain enough information for you to master the language.
A great program, the Rosetta Stone Spanish course is a well known program. It has three difficulty levels, each of which must be purchased separately. The price per game will vary between $250 and $300 and contains CD to learn Spanish, CD-ROM, an easy to understand user guide and headphones for the audio part. This program is very effective and has helped many people learn a second, third or even fourth language. The only downside to this program is, of course, the price, and this factor is a turnoff for many people.
Rocket Spanish is another program that will teach you Spanish. It comes fully loaded with two dozen CDs, grammar books, and even software games. You also get a Spanish tutor who is available at any time of the day if you have a problem with anything. This course is not cheap, but it is not up to the Rosetta Stone program in price. The complete course costs around $300, while a complete Rosetta Stone program costs around $800.
Be sure to listen to the CDs in Spanish so that you can learn to pronounce the vocabulary that you will learn through these programs. The CDs are there for you to practice, and you should practice every day.