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Shortcut To Spanish Review
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Overview
The Shortcut-to-Spanish course will have you communicating in Spanish in about 1 month with separate 15 – 25 minute lessons by learning shortcuts that you can immediately use in daily life. Real world Spanish that you can use right away as opposed to text book grammar based Spanish is the thrust of this course.
By learning 31 easy patterns you will have access to thousands of Spanish words that have the same Latin roots as their English cousins. This shortcut gives you an instant Spanish vocabulary which the course then teaches you how to pronounce properly as well as use correctly in sentences.
Marcus next uses a great learning technique called mnemonics to expand your vocabulary. By using your imagination (a right brain function) a mental picture of the Spanish word is linked to the English word. The new Spanish word becomes internalized into your brain easily using this technique.
Finally, the most useful frequently used Spanish words are taught and focused on. Just knowing a handful of Spanish words (about 100) gives you a huge leg up since these words are repeated over and over in about 50% of communication.
The course is presented in 3 sections. The first is a guide to learning Spanish fast which introduces the 31 categories of instant Spanish words and then 132 mnemonics of the most used Spanish words. The next section is composed of audio lessons to help you interact with the language. Finally, Marcus makes himself available as your personal Spanish coach via email support if you have questions or need extra help.
The course is delivered either digitally by instant download or is mailed to you at home.
Pros
- Uses several styles of learning to integrate the language.
- Mnemonics is a very powerful learning tool which integrates Spanish in your mind by using imagination techniques (right brain) vs. the rote memory (left brain) techniques we all learned in school.
Cons
- A basic conversational course to get you going. Look elsewhere for a more complete intermediate to advanced Spanish course.
Conclusion
Marcus Santamaria is an accomplished language instructor who uses a range of standard and innovative techniques to help you learn and conquer Spanish. Shortcut to Spanish is his first online Spanish course and is very good. However, he has refined even further his outstanding teaching and learning techniques into a more effective, simpler course called Synergy Spanish.
Spanish Course University recommends Synergy Spanish as the better of the 2 courses. Please see our Synergy Spanish review and visit both of Marcus’ websites:
Acual user comments
With your lessons I have started to communicate with my Hispanic friends within 2 weeks. ~Excerpt from a user at Tomisimo.org forum.
…I’m a real basic beginner for Spanish. Your lessons really do allow me to learn a lot faster than my books. ~Excerpt from a user at Spanish.About.com
