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My daughter has the DS version and she likes it as much as i do. Pretty good learning tool to teach anyone. 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.
The graphics and music was poor but at the end of the day the object is to learn the language. This is a fantastic game to learn Spanish. Most of what I've covered in high school is there in the game and more.
I am so pleased at the sheer value of this. If you master both you will have a superior vocabulary than many students who have undergone several semesters of study. What this game really does is teach vocabulary. A LOT of vocabulary.
and while the verb charts cover Vosotros, the quizzes ignore it. This is a fantastic product. If you want to learn Spanish, you are absolutely crazy not to buy this. 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). Eventually you're just learning words each lesson from an animated janitor (apparently). 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.
The games are all pretty effective at getting words in memory, and you can have the software quiz you over what you've learned. I've been studying Spanish for some time, and I've never come across a bargain like this. basically as many errors as a well edited textbook probably has.This software teaches Latin American Spanish. sometimes the audio will now match the text (for example, a 'de' will be dropped from a sentence where it's not necessary). There are a few errors. 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. But you do need something in addition to this software to master grammar. Trust me on this.
Even if you had to buy a PSP or Nintendo DS to go along with it, it would still be pretty good. And at less than a tenth the price.There are several different games. This is pretty standard.Bottom line: you can learn Spanish with this and any old Spanish textbook. 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. I've noticed about ten of these errors out of over 900 lessons. The lessons go over some basic grammar rules and ten or so words, and have two games you must master to advance. something like 8000 words. Memory, flashcards, etc.
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