Learn Spanish Vocabulary Parrot Fashion

Having had a couple of busy weeks, I am back to learning some more Spanish - This week, I have tried the DK Hugo - spanish in three months course.

This is set up over 13 weeks - but I only have it from the library for 3 in the first instance so wanted to work through it quickly first to see if I liked it.

Well - no, I didn't.  Don't know about you guys, but one of the key things for me is being able to learn on the move - generally in the car.  I put the first CD into the stereo on the way home from the library - that didn't work at all - you definitely need the book in front of you - and a pause button. 

There is no English on the CDs - so unless you already know what the words are, you have no idea what they are saying - and if you do already know the words - why would you be listening!

I have the next course ready to try - will let you know how that goes.  And I haven't redone the Michel Thomas second course yet, so more on that later too.

I am thinking of adding some new pages to www.learnparrotfashion.com - some quick wins - (words that always translate in the same format such as ...ible) - and some grammar for regular verbs - any thoughts - would this be of use?

Look forward to feedback

Having been so impressed with the first programme, I decided to get myself back to the library for the next.

This was a "Spanish language builder" course of 2 CDs.

The format is different - This is just Michel Thomas introducing new vocabulary.

The pace is quite quick, rather than the repetitive learning of the first course, it moves through new things much faster.

Again - a good course - but I think this is one to listen to many times for it to sink in.

I am still working with it, so will post again in a few days.

I still stress how good the first course is - I often find myself trying to think of the Spanish now as I am wandering about in my normal day to day activities - something I wouldn't have thought possible a few weeks ago.  Obviously I can't find all the words - but it is getting there :)

Don't forget to get your vocabulary at www.learnparrotfashion.com and let me know what you think or how I can improve the website.

I have been listening to the Michel Thomas beginners CDs

There are 8 CDs in the set and I have been through all of them twice now.  The format is Michel Thomas and 2 students - he is asking them to say things in Spanish, so you get to hear their mistakes and the corrections - it has a feel of classroom learning and because they are not native speakers everything is said quite slowly so it helps with "catching" the words.

I have to say that I have been very impressed with this - it is based on structure of the language - and how to form sentences rather than lots of vocab - but within a short time I felt I had learnt a lot, so I would really recommend this.

Second time some things were a bit irritating, as you are listening to Michel Thomas correct the same mistakes repeatedly, but overall well worth a trip to the library for this.

I see that lots of people have linked through to www.learnparrotfashion.com it would be really great to get feedback - and also to know what additional vocabulary groups people might find useful.

Thanks

I am hoping that I can copy extracts from website into here with sound files of groups of vocab that I have created - while I find out how this works feel free to visit my website where you can download the files free:

www.learnparrotfashion.com