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Can You Learn Spanish With Learn Spanish MP3 ?

By: Adrian Fletcher There are loads of language self study courses available now. Some are quite costly and some seem to be fairly priced but ultimately the product is judged on how well it taught you to speak Spanish. Is it possible to learn Spanish from just a CD or MP3 ? This article will discuss this topic giving the pros and cons of using an audio self study courses to learn Spanish.

To begin, I think if you only have an audio course then you are learning the language the way you learned your native language. Babies and children learn their mother tongue by listening and repeating what their mother (and other people) say to them. This is usually the method adopted with a Spanish MP3 or CD. Words and sentences are spoken and you listen and repeat. Although it is not exactly the same as learning as a child (as you may have your native language on the course too) it is an approximation of this and can be useful.

This is at odds with more common language learning methods that teach reading, writing and grammar at the same time as listening and speaking skills. This can often overwhelm the average student and they will get bored with learning the new language because they feel they are not making any progress.

A second benefit of an audio MP3 or CD is that it will teach you how to pronounce words and sentences correctly. This is vital, more so than grammar, when you are first learning because you will be able to speak with people and be understood. Speaking to people is key to consolidating your skills and having the confidence to take you abilities to a fluent level.

Finally, a major advantage of learning Spanish from an audio CD or MP3 is the ease of use. You can listen to it in the car or doing the housework. You can repeat the words as you jog round the block or do the grocery shopping (even though people might think you are mad talking to yourself).

This is largely true. However I would say that when you are first listening to the audio you need to focus all your attention on the course and what is being said. Thus I don't think you could use it in the car or at the gym initially.

However, if you have listened to the course often then it gets easier to multi task but to begin with it is tough and you would probably save as much time just doing one thing at a time.

So can you learn to speak Spanish with a CD or MP3 course ? I think they are really useful in teaching you the language. They will not make you fluent but they will give you some skills that can help you get to that kind of level. They break the learning process down into more sizable chunks. They concentrate on getting 2 core skills right rather than hitting you with five areas of learning. They also give you some confidence to speak to native Spanish speaking people. To me this is where the real learning comes from and having this confidence is essential.

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