Customer Reviews

My Spanish Coach

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This is a fantastic product. I've been studying Spanish for some time, and I've never come across a bargain like this. Even if you had to buy a PSP or Nintendo DS to go along with it, it would still be pretty good.

The grammar lessons cover a lot of what you would in perhaps 2 semesters of college, but they don't really quiz on it much. What this game really does is teach vocabulary. A LOT of vocabulary... something like 8000 words. The games are all pretty effective at getting words in memory, and you can have the software quiz you over what you've learned. Each word is pronounced for you, and it has a handy dictionary.

I've used Pimsluer and Rosetta Stone, and those are both very good at teaching how Spanish functions, but this software has both those beat in terms of teaching you vocabulary fast (but this stuff doesn't do much more than teach you thousands of words). And at less than a tenth the price.

There are several different games. Memory, flashcards, etc. The lessons go over some basic grammar rules and ten or so words, and have two games you must master to advance. Eventually you're just learning words each lesson from an animated janitor (apparently). The music and animated woman are corny, but I don't really care.

Loading times on the PSP are fair at best, but it's not a big deal. The 'smack the gopher' game takes a lot of practice to get good at, but as a side benefit I'm much better at other PSP games now that I've mastered the PSP stick. There are a few errors... sometimes the audio will now match the text (for example, a 'de' will be dropped from a sentence where it's not necessary). I've noticed about ten of these errors out of over 900 lessons... basically as many errors as a well edited textbook probably has.

This software teaches Latin American Spanish... and while the verb charts cover Vosotros, the quizzes ignore it. This is pretty standard.

Bottom line: you can learn Spanish with this and any old Spanish textbook. If you master both you will have a superior vocabulary than many students who have undergone several semesters of study. But you do need something in addition to this software to master grammar.

I am so pleased at the sheer value of this. If you want to learn Spanish, you are absolutely crazy not to buy this. Trust me on this...

It's worth the money, does a good job of teaching you spanish in a way thats easy to learn. Biggest thing i think is using what have learned everyday even if you just say it in your head. Pretty good learning tool to teach anyone. My daughter has the DS version and she likes it as much as i do.

This is a fantastic game to learn Spanish. Most of what I've covered in high school is there in the game and more. The graphics and music was poor but at the end of the day the object is to learn the language.

If you are interested in learning spanish or even just brushing up on it, this game will do the trick. Simple games in the beginning help with the basics then harder things get added in. You get tested on what you know before you start so there is o repeating things you are already familiar with. I highly recommend thins game to anyone interested in learning more about the language whether you are 5 or 55.

I am taking an accelerated Spanish class in college and this is a fun way to learn Spanish and play games at the same time. Better then listening to audio cds. Would recommend to anyone trying to learn Spanish.

Bought this game for my Spanish class....I would not have bought it otherwise. It was helpful to some extent. It was not fun though.

I have been "playing" this game for a month now and have learned more then I have with any CD I've purchaced.

This game has already got me to like Spanish even more than i did before. So if u want to learn Spanish on your PSP go ahead and order it cause it is amazing!!!!!!

my wife and i are form san antonio. we know enough spanish to get around quite well. we got this to improve our spanish and it made us realize how much we didnt know! if youre interested in learning spanish, this is great. i you want a fun, keep you ingrossed game, its not.

This is average at best. I would say it should be worth 10-15 bucks if you want to buy it. I bought it for 25-30 bucks with tax/shipping. This is a good way to learn spanish vocabulary, but probably not the best strategy to learn spanish. I would suggest getting several books and working hard on learning it.