Customer Reviews

Fluenz Spanish (Latin America) 2 with supplemental Audio CD and Podcasts

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Fluenz Spanish is a great choice with which to learn the ever popular language. Concise and clear explanations in English clear a whole lot up. Many of us are exposed to Spanish all the time, and people tend to try and memorize phrases, but in reality nothing works better than understanding how the language actually works. The teacher, Sonia, is really good at it, and her explanations in English go a long way in helping learners make sense of the language. Her positive tone and personal stories help you along the difficult journey of learning a language. I think her contribution is invaluable, and the overall method extremely effective. Get the red box and it will change your life!

I have used several self-paced tools for learning Spanish over the years and none of them seemed to have gotten it right. Fluenz has done this in a very unique and interactive way. One thing, I am always stunned by other packages of is the fact that in one's adult life, learning is achieved differently than earlier in life and I think Fluenz accounts for this verykey difference. Added to which the interactive menus are well thought out and intuitive, making the product easy to use and most importantly fun to enjoy. Fantastic product, if there were a sixed star, it would definitely get it

I enjoyed the old version of Spanish 2 except for a couple quirks. Having to run the program from a DVD was not great and you had to press the action button multiple times to get a reaction. The F2 version fixes those issues and more. You can now run the program off the hard drive with much better navigation and you only have to hit the play button once.

One new wrinkle occurs when you get a wrong answer. In the old version you could click on the answer button to see where you went wrong and move on. The new version makes you correct the mistake before you can leave the screen.

The things I like about Fluenz overall remain. The program really holds your interest. I have a hard time motivating myself to learn from books. This is by far the best program I've used, though to be fair I've not tried Rosetta Stone.

Mark Trulock

I bought Rosetta Stone a few years ago. Didn't get much out of it. I took Spanish 1 and 2 at a community college. Didn't get much out of it. I tried both Fluenz Spanish 1 and 2 and loved it! You can work at your own pace. Lessons are well planned and I feel like I have learned and retained a lot of what I've studied. And if you feel like you don't understand something, or need to practice it some more, just repeat the lesson! It's great practice, great vocabulary builder and the pace of the lessons is just right. Not too much information and not too little. Works great on my Mac too! I'm definitely planning on buying 3, 4 and 5!

I really love the Fluenz method as I seem to retain the Spanish much better. After using Fluenz Spanish 1, I was ready to dive into this one. Unfortunately though it hasn't been perfect. I think perhaps someone at Fluenz forgot to proofread this software before it was released onto the market. It has several spelling errors which are off putting, particularly since the computer frequently tells you that you're mistaken. Also sometimes words will appear in lessons that haven't been instructed yet. All errors aside, this is still one of the better language programs I've used and I still recommend it highly.

I have quite a poor memory, and have proven that many times in my life!
So I was not very confident I would get far, but it is going muy bueno!

I read the other reviews, and jumped in. I am just finishing up f2 now, and looking forward to f3-5 (Yup, I got them all!)

If you read some of my other reviews, you will see I am not shy about panning products, but I want to assure you, that it is possible to learn another language when a great product is holding your hand!

Gracias,
r44chopper