Cacho’s Spanish Word Blog

My colleague, Kim McConnell, recently reviewed Jetset Spanish, a new video-based series of lessons for beginner Spanish students, and wrote this Jetset Spanish review. Kim is a teacher and tutor who likes to stay on top of the latest developments in Spanish instruction. What she found with Jetset Spanish, in a nutshell, is that it [...]

I received some additional information on the new Rocket Record pronunciation tool from Mauricio at Rocket Languages. Rocket Record will be part of the Rocket Spanish Premium Plus course as of June 21st. Here’s what Mauricio has to say: Last time we spoke I told you about the brand new Rocket Record, the latest feature of [...]

“Where can I get the best price on Rosetta Stone Spanish?” I get this question a lot. Rosetta Stone is one of the most expensive Spanish learning tools on the market so it’s not surprising. The course retails for $479 for the complete course, levels 1 to 5. In my experience, you can find the best [...]

When you are at the proficient or advanced level of Spanish, it can be difficult to move to the level of fluency, or even maintain your current level, if you don’t reside in a Spanish-speaking country or have Spanish friends. I recently came across a helpful app that I downloaded to my iPhone4 to help [...]

The new Jetset Spanish lessons (designed by Rocket Languages) are now available. Jetset Spanish uses interactive video learning to immerse you in everyday, real-life scenarios with native Spanish speakers. Here’s a link to to the Jetset Spanish website.

Update 18 August 2011 – My colleague Kim McConnell has tested Jetset Spanish and just posted this Jetset Spanish review. *** Today I received an email from Mauricio at Rocket Languages letting me know about a new Spanish course they will soon be launching. The course is called Jetset Spanish. Jetset Spanish has been designed to [...]

I recently came across a Spanish course designed and administered by a teacher named Maria Fernandez. Although I haven’t tried the course, I wanted to bring it to your attention since it appears to be both user-friendly and comprehensive. Maria is an experienced teacher with over 15 years experience. You can get details of Learn [...]

I received the following email inquiring about the best Spanish courses: “I’m looking for the best complete spanish learning system. I hope you can help me. I’m planning on moving to Mexico in a few years & want to be fluent. I’m looking for one that is well balanced w/ grammer, vocab. & the whole [...]

I recently had the opportunity to test drive a new software program that’s designed to make it easier for people to learn Spanish verbs. It’s called the Verbarrator. What a fantastic program! This little piece of software (well, maybe not “little” since it contains more than 30,000 audio files) lets you drill yourself on all [...]

Did you know that many top Spanish courses offer free lessons? That’s right, you can download or access free lessons right from your computer. Take advantage of their generosity. Here’s a list of popular Spanish courses that offer free trials.