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Jetset Spanish Review

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

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 [...]

Sneak Preview of Jetset Spanish

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

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 [...]

What is Best Complete Spanish Learning System?

Monday, August 30th, 2010

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 [...]

Review of Barron’s Spanish Idioms

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Once you achieve a reasonably advanced level of proficiency in Spanish, you will need to bolster your understanding of idiomatic expressions. To help you do this, you’ll probably want to purchase a good reference book of idioms. Of course, there are several good options. Here’s a review of Barron’s Spanish Idioms. The review includes a few [...]