Spanish Tutorials
Here’s your third of five Spanish tutorials.
These Spanish tutorials take a very different road to the traditional way Spanish is taught.
Actually, taught is probably not the right word, in traditional classes Spanish is not so much taught as pounded into you.
Sometimes, I feel that I am being too negative when I speak badly of traditional Spanish teaching methods. Then I’ll get a letter like this one from Steve up in Canada.
Hi Marcus,
I had planned a trip to Peru in November. Prior to this I had been tutored by a qualified Spanish “teacher” for 4 sessions (the grammar approach) and he pronounced me the worst student he had ever had. I purchased five different Spanish computer based programs and spent ~20h per week.
Learned very little.
Thirty years ago I enrolled in Spanish at university and the professor “suggested” I drop the course after the first week.
Through it all I was asking why someone hadn’t designed a course with manageable bits of info, repetition, and building concepts in a logical sequence. Two days before my trip I found and bought the “Shortcut to Spanish Course” and loaded the mp3 lessons in my player.
I spoke to myself during many hours of climbing Amapato and Coropuna. The guide thought I was nuts but by the time I left Peru I was able to communicate OK.
You have it together my friend!
I just downloaded Synergy after the trial lessons you sent me. Brilliant! I am making progress at last!
Steve
Canada
When I receive email like this, I realize that so many people have been made to feel there was something wrong with them, when there was nothing wrong with them at all.
If you every feel there was something wrong with you and you can’t learn Spanish, please stop.
There is nothing wrong with you; it’s the methods that are at fault.
Learning Spanish is a fascinating journey of discovery in which your mind is expanded. Unfortunately, traditional methods make it excruciating, boring and completely uninspiring because you rarely get to use the Spanish in any meaningful way.
As, you’ll see, in all these Spanish tutorials and the audio lessons that go with them, everything you learn you can use immediately in very meaningful ways. It gives you a wonderful sense of accomplishment and success.
Here’s today’s Spanish tutorial.