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Learn and remember Spanish words
“A simple new way to increase your foreign-language vocabulary . . .”
—Nada El Sawy, Newsweek
For example: The Spanish for soup is sopa. Imagine a soup that tastes like soap; then keep this picture in your mind for about 10 seconds, until the next word is presented. After a set if 8 to10 words, you are tested on what you have learned. Within 10 to 12 hours, you will have a solid foundation of vocabulary and grammar to communicate confidently.
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The Instant Recall Spanish Courses teach VOCABULARY like this: Picture each image below in your mind's eye as vividly as you can for 10 seconds, to make the images stick
The Spanish for RICE is ARROZ
Imagine an ARROW landing in your bowl of RICE
The Spanish for RICE is ARROZ
Imagine an ARROW landing in your bowl of RICE
The Spanish for COW is VACA
Imagine a COW with a VACUUM cleaner, cleaning a field
The Spanish for BED is CAMA
Imagine a CAMEL in your BED
The Spanish for BREAD is PAN
Imagine putting BREAD in a PAN
What is the English for PAN, CAMA, VACA, ARROZ.?
If this has worked for you the whole course is likely to work for you.
The Instant Recall Spanish Courses teach both VOCABULARY and simple step by step GRAMMAR and test your progress by getting the learner to translate words and sentences. Over 60 scientific studies have shown that for the vast majority of people, this method of learning vocabulary increases speed of learning by up to 3 times normal learnng methods.What is more, such learning benefits have been shown to be long lasting.
By teaching in this way, within 10-12 hours of learning, you will have
an extensive vocbulary and enough basic grammar to communicate effectively in many situations you will meet abroad.
One unique feature of this course is that the European and the Latin American versions of the course
are recorded separately and both full length versions are included in this package.
This present Instant recall course differs from the Shorter Instant Recall Vocabulary course in having twice as much vocabulary
and includes grammar and sentence transations.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A helpful brush-up for very basic understanding,
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This review is from: Instant Recall Spanish, 6-Hour MP3 Audio Program (Audio CD)
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I was fortunate enough to have a native Spanish speaker (who is also a language teacher) sitting beside me when I was first listening to this product. She praised it for its choice of speakers, the man having a "proper Barcelona-style accent" and the woman having something more Central American, perhaps Mexican. I could not distinguish the difference myself.
However, we both felt that having no written text to accompany the listening experience was a down-side. Seeing as it's designed for learning-on-the-go with just an iPod, say, on the commute to work, I thought there could be some benefit to it. I thought even a beginner would be able to learn from it, especially with the LinkWord approach. This is where a new vocabulary word is introduced, and then a picture is given to accompany it as a way of helping you remember. For example, the Spanish for cat is "gato", and the man's voice suggests you try to picture a cat that's eating a gateau to remember the vocabulary word. While in theory this approach should work, there are two downsides to it: first, the word is never repeated after he gives the picture. I thought that was really annoying, not to hear the word again. That brings up the second reason -- you can't let your attention lapse a moment, or the LinkWord system doesn't work. What was it about the monkey that sounded like monacle? My teacher-friend also commented that she thought I was benefitting from the programme because I already had exposure to the language: she was dubious it would help, for example, my children to learn a new language.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Recommended for beginners and those wanting to brush up their Spanish,
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I don't believe there is any really easy way to learn a foreign language - you always have to be prepared to put in plenty of effort. However Instant Recall Spanish is as good a way as any to come to grips with a new skill. If I had been starting from scratch I think I would have found not being able to see the words written down a bit of a liability (though, of course, a child learning to speak does this by listening not by reading!)
In three hours the CD covers an amazing amount - the names of animals, clothes, in the restaurant, travelling etc etc. The aids to remembering the vocabulary were a bit annoying ("imaging a cow - vaca - vacuuming the floor") - but am prepared to believe this would work with lots of students. Recommended for beginners and for people keen to brush up their Spanish. Ahora puedo hablar mejor el español!
3.0 out of 5 stars
Basic listening only CD/no instructions manual,
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This is just a CD-rom which plays on your media player with no instructions, so basically just a LISTENING CD.
This has a selection of some useful everyday words such as time,days of the week etc & some not so useful words such as animals & furniture. it has some basic grammer * becuase they put it very simply & plainly it is very good for a beginner introduction. They give you hints on howe to remember the words but I find the pronounciation is not easy & I have difficulty recognising if she is saying "g" or "c" (pronounaced K). It is short & precise which I like & doesn't confuse or intimidate. However, it needs to be more for everyday language & it has unclear pronounciation & there's no book to read the words to learn the pronounciation/spelling either. You'd need to purchase that separately. Note: you do NOT need the internet to use this CD, you can use it on your laptop. I therefore would only buy this as a basic introduction.
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