A+ Spanish

by Transparent Language

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005RD6I
• Item model number: 569124
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 14, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,597 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

A+ Spanish combines lesson-based learning with Transparent Language's flexible language-learning technology. The structured nature of the lessons lets you build your language skills progressively, while a range of multimedia games and tools facilitates conversational skills and strengthens vocabulary. Each lesson begins in English and is introduced by a video tutor. After completing 15 easy-to-understand lessons, students of A+ Spanish will be able to converse in Spanish at an intermediate level with full command of a range of vocabulary.

Created by educators using tightly integrated lessons that build on what you've already learned, A+ Spanish offers native-speaker sound that lets you learn correct pronunciation from the start. Interactive electronic flashcards and online quizzes monitor your improvement. Games such as Vocabulous!, Unscramble, Plug 'n' Play, and Crosswords help you build vocabulary and grammar skills while having fun. Plus, the program's word and sentence pronunciation and word dictation improves pronunciation and also increases your conversation comprehension.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

98 of 100 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the way to learn a language, January 5, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: A+ Spanish (CD-ROM)

To learn Spanish, "A+ Spanish" is a better program to begin with than the program "Learn Spanish Now", both published by the company Transparent Language. It is better because instead of just memorizing phrases, it taught me the language in a step-by-step way: with words, phrases and short, simple sentences, all accompanied by grammar. Through the grammar that I learned, I am able to create sentences on my own, instead of just spouting memorized phrases, which is what I basically ended up doing in the "Learn Spanish Now" program. Yet, the "Learn Spanish Now" program, which I consider a program for advanced speakers, does comes in handy for me now that I understand Spanish better grammtically thanks to the A+ program. In "A+ Spanish", not all verb tenses are covered, but many of the most important ones are. Sometimes you are referred to a part of the program called "Grammar Basics", which contains a more in-depth coverage of grammar -- this isn't much of a hassle since you can just keep that part open in another window, but my preference would have been to just have all the grammar discussed in the main part of the program. Like "Learn Spanish Now", "A+ Spanish" has many features: a pronunciation guide of the various sounds of Spanish based around the alphabet, a 10,000+ vocabulary, electronic flashcards, optional slow sound so that you can hear pronunciations more easily, conversation practice, on-line quizes, games and other things. All these features give you extra practice and thus enable you to better learn the language. The only thing this program leaves out is some advanced grammar, but considering that the program is intended for beginners I can't blame the programmers too much. All in all it's a very good program.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It doesn't work, May 4, 2002

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Nancy Reindl (Morrison, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A+ Spanish (CD-ROM)

I can't get this CD to work with Windows XP. There's no sound and no video. I tried the technical support on Transparent Language's website but their solution didn't work either.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars NOT on-line software, March 6, 2002

By A Customer

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This review is from: A+ Spanish (CD-ROM)

This CD will interface with the company's web-site for on-line exams, but it is NOT an on-line program. I did notice that the written alphbet pronounciation guide is different from the pronounciation of the speaker on the CD, noticably for LL, j, g and y. I don't know which is correct, and wonder if there may be other errors. Still, for [the money] you can't really go wrong.