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Cosmi Multimedia Spanish / Multilingual Dictionary Twin Pak

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While the separate dictionary program that is on the disc is next to useless the Multi Media Spanish program is a real gem. It will not teach you, "all that you need to know" to speak the language. However Multi Media Spanish main strengths are:

1) The large amount of verb endings that you can memorize by way of a set of electronic "flashcards". (You are given a blank verb chart to which you then drag and drop the correct endings in the proper order.)

2) The use of animations to memorize the names of household items.

3) The seeming silly conversational sections, which help you memorize vocabulary.

You might find yourself looking over your shoulder occasionally because you might feel silly as an adult using the program but after using it for some time now I can say that Multi Media Spanish has helped a lot in my study of the language. If one considers the price of paper flash cards then the $5 paid at Big Lots was well worth it. Give it a try. For the price you cannot loose.

First the Multimedia Spanish
Very basic without much interraction. There are 4 levels with 4 areas each. (The beach, the classroom, etc...) Each area has its verb vocabulary and other vocab section. You only get more or less 14 of each, so maybe 30 words per section. The first level is a little different in that it has pictures you click on in a house and it says the word for objects. Problem is you click on the TV and it says mono and turns on with a picture of a monkey. The fire /fireplace is translated wood. The first section is supposed to get you use to the sounds of the language but I think it is confusing.
The vocabulary is lacking in the whole program and in the first section, misleading because it is undefined. They have one interactive part where you match the conjugation to the noun. They have spaces after Yo, Tu, Ud. el ella, nosotros, vosotros, and Uds. and then at the bottom... example being ser; soy, eres, es, somos, sois, son. You drag and drop them to the correct position. Not exactly hard after the first time.
I would call this a very introductory CD to some vocabulary. The dialogs are a bit fun to listen to but I don't know how helpful. They are short with the same vocab..

The Dictionary -

The dictionary, on the plus side, is multilingual... Spanish, French, German, Sweedish, Italian, Dutch and Portugese. You have to select the language and which direction to translate but then it seems to work as a basic dictionary. Helps with spelling issues.

Overall- I got this for my son who is in Spanish 1 and I think it might help his vocabulary in combination with his class. As for a stand alone product, it won't teach you, period. It has a date of 2003 but seems more like a product made in the early 90s, before Win95. I think it probably was made sometime then and then updated (not really) to work with later versions of Windows. There are a lot of better programs out there.