Instant Immersion Spanish Platinum

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Product Features

• Spanish language learning system with portable audio lessons
• 3-CD-ROM set with 750 hours of instruction and cultural activities
• 8,000 word audio glossary; 3,600 exercises; 6 workshops
• 3D animation; S.E.T.S. for correction of pronunciation errors
• Beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002DLUH2
• Item model number: CS-462S
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 1, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,263 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #50 in Software > Education & Reference > Foreign Languages > Spanish & Portuguese
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Long considered the gold standard in self-paced language tutoring, Instant Immersion brand has proven invaluable to millions of people worldwide desiring to learn a new language. Now, the global leader in language instruction melds improved flexibility and utility with lustrously polished content to create Instant Immersion Spanish Platinum, the unparalleled language system combining hands-on computer-based teaching with the portability of audio lessons on compact discs. Tell Me More three CD-ROM-set comprises 750 hours of instruction at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels, heightening your Spanish proficiency through tutorial technologies including the use of 3D animation and the Spoken Error Tracking System (S.E.T.S.) providing detection and correction of pronunciation errors. Stay motivated when you’re away from the computer with the Instant Immersion Spanish audio book eight compact-disc set. Developed by linguistic experts, these recordings offer an in-depth curriculum allowing students on the move the opportunity to master spoken Spanish, from vocabulary to conjugation.

Features:

• 8,000 word audio glossary
• 3,600 exercises
• 750 hours of work
• Three curriculum modes
• 37 activities
• Six workshops
• 3D phonetics
• Cultural activities
• Three levels: beginner, intermediate, advanced
• Audio compact discs featuring over 6-1/2 hours of lessons

Product Description

Advanced speech recognition and analysis features!Product InformationLong considered the gold standard in self-paced language tutoring InstantImmersion brand has proven invaluable to millions of people worldwide desiringto learn a new language. Now the global leader in language instruction meldsimproved flexibility and utility with lustrously polished content to createInstant Immersion Spanish Platinum the unparalleled language system combininghands-on computer-based teaching with the portability of audio lessons oncompact discs. The Tell Me More content 3 CD-ROMset comprises 750 hours of instruction at beginner intermediate andadvanced levels heightening your Spanish proficiency through tutorialtechnologies including the use of 3D animation and the Spoken Error TrackingSystem (S.E.T.S.) providing detection and correction of pronunciation errors.Stay motivated when you're away from the computer with the Instant ImmersionSpanish audio book 8 compact disc set. Developed by linguistic expertsthese recordings offer an in-depth curriculum allowing students on the move theopportunity to master spoken Spanish from vocabulary to conjugation.Flexible interface valuable content enduring technology: polish your Spanishfluency to brilliance with Instant Immersion Spanish Platinum.Includes 8000 Word Audio Glossary 3600 Exercises 750 Hours of Work 3 Working Modes 37 Activities 6 Workshops 3D Phonetics Cultural Activities Beginner-Intermediate-Advanced Levels Audio InstructionProduct OverviewComputer Software Instruction Over 3600 Exercises and 750 Hours of Instruction3 CD-ROMs (25 hours each) Tell Me More Beginner Spanish Tell Me More Intermediate Spanish Tell Me More Advanced SpanishYou set the speed and your course to Spanish-language fluency with thetested technologies and authoritative curriculum of the Tell Me More softwaresuite.  Comprising 750 hours of comprehensive instruction on threeprogressive CD-ROMs the Tell Me More system divides 3600 learning

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

51 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worthwhile, especially if you find it a bargain price, May 24, 2008

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Thomas M. Kara "dilettante extraordinaire" (Douglas County, Missouri) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Instant Immersion Spanish Platinum (CD-ROM)

Since I bought this for considerably less than $129, I am quite happy with this product, although it's not perfect. I would have given it 5 stars but for a few things: the designers of the CD ROM software could have made it easier for beginners by not "hiding" function buttons, which suddenly appear when the cursor is put in their neighborhood. These icon buttons suddenly show up, and it took me quite awhile to discover that I could return to "home" without exiting the program and restarting it (the 'home' button is in the lower left, barely visible unless you put the cursor near it). Once you find and understand all these functions, however, it becomes much easier to use. Also, the program has had a tendency to occasionally crash (I'm using XP on a 64bit AMD processor, 80GB hard drive and 512MB SDRAM) and you'll have to start over. This seems to happen in certain parts of the program more than others, and so far has been only a minor annoyance. Another thing to realize is that each CD ROM has lots of lessons. By hiding the home button, I didn't realize for a time that having gotten through all the activities of the first lesson, there were still many other lessons left on that disc (seems obvious now, but....) And finally, there's quite a bit of spoken (and very funny) "cartoon" material hidden away in the "grammar explanation" section containing lots of spoken material (connoted by a smiley face icon next to the sections that contain this feature) that you might not even realize is there - so definitely explore every section of each lesson before deciding it's not of interest - you may be surprised at what's hidden away. In fact, now that I've spent a couple days using the first CD ROM, I realize there's really a lot of material to go through. In addition, you get 8 audio CDs which contain the basics of grammar, useful expressions etc, which are spoken by a bilingual woman at a much slower rate than the material on the CD ROMS. The CD ROMS use several native speakers who speak rapidly for the most part. This may be disconcerting at first, especially when you're trying to repeat what they've said, but the software allows you to isolate both sentences and words in a sentence, repeat them over and over, and also has a high tech speech evaluation program if you're computer is equipped with a microphone. This allows you to check your speech by a visible phonogram and computer evaluation. So overall, this is a sophisticated product. I think once you get past the nuts and bolts of finding out how to operate it, you'll be glad you bought it. If I were to make any recommendations about the method employed, I would say that adding substitution drills of the kind used in Foreign Service Institute courses (where a model sentence is introduced, followed by the student being given a prompt to change one aspect of it, such as "I met her at the bank" - "near the stadium - "I met her near the stadium" etc - would have made for a truly 5 star product. Substitution drills take the student beyond repetition and require more active involvement in juggling sentence components and aid in fluency, and also allow for old material to be constantly repeated in new contexts. Overall though, this course is quite impressive.

26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A remarkable bargain!, August 6, 2007

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D. Stancil (Bristol, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Instant Immersion Spanish Platinum (CD-ROM)

This software is very highly rated in comparision with similar products, and I have found it to be interesting and effective in helping me learn Spanish. I'm still pretty early in the process, and there is MUCH more to learn (learning all the software can teach me will take a year or more, I'm sure), but the exercises are clear and interesting, and online help is very useful.

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Helpful, May 2, 2007

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Michael J. Cuneo (Baltimore, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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The software is great and my Spanish is improving by leaps and bounds (says my Colombian boyfriend). I transferred the audio CD content to my mp3 player and I'm using it to learn and practice to and from work and at lunch. Very good product for the price range.