Advice on choosing language learning software

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  1. RuJFan

    RuJFan Well-Known Member

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    I'm considering dropping couple hundreds on a language software. I foresee that speaking Spanish might open some mighty heavy doors in my company and want to give it a shot. Looked around and there are many pluses and minuses among reviews. In addition, I suspect many of the reviews are paid for by the software companies so it's hard to know whom to trust.

    Anyone used a software to learn foreign language? Any advice?
    Thanks in advance.
     
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    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 21018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    Never heard of Fluenz but I might check it out, when I was in Intel, our linguists were using Rosetta Stone years before it became mainstream and their schooling was far less time than my tech schools were so I'm guessing it works quickly.
     
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    zace Well-Known Member

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    I tried Rosetta stone. It was ok. It depends on the person mostly. Are you looking for phrases mostly?

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    Thanks guys! There were some I never heard about, will take a closer look.
     
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    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 21018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    I'm looking for fluency, but not avidly.
     
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    zace Well-Known Member

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    Rosetta stone teaches words but as im sure you know, spanish is different than english....I suggest learning verb conjunction.

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    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 21018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    Got a favorite software for that?
     
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    zace Well-Known Member

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    Try verbarrator. Learning to conjugate verbs I think is the best way to learn. You can always learn individual items such as apple and shoe, which is what Rosetta stone will teach, as you go

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  10. RuJFan

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    Spanish would be my 3rd language. My first is similar to it re structure - every noun has a gender. Verbs and adjectives are modified based on that gender plus on the tense plus a couple of other things.

    I agree that conjunctions are important however you gotta have some base knowledge before proceeding with variations.

    Thanks for the software tip, I'll read up on it.
     
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    True, I personally just found when I started leaning the verbs, it seemed to come a lot easier. It wasnt always pretty lol but I got my message when I was speaking.

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