Learning Spanish Like Crazy Review This language program was created by Patrick Jackson and it is the third release of learning Spanish like crazy (LSLC) LSLC1 and LSLC2. It is a new and improved program as all its instructors are Spanish speakers. There are more Spanish speakers in this language program than were there before and the students will have access to vocabularies topics and related products which help in learning the Spanish language. This third program has more grammar topics it uses the most efficient way to learn and speak Spanish through conversations with real Latino American Spanish. LSLC is an audio based learning program that is available in 3 levels. The levels are beginner level, intermediate and professional. Each level …show more content…
The course is taught by native speaking Spanish people where there are two instructors. The instructors are male and female who teach the course. Through this program it lets you practise obscure verb tenses that aren’t used often. Like the subjunctive tense, future perfect and the conditional perfect. Additions of these tenses give the Spanish program a full circle effect of learning the language. When making this program Patrick went through every line and every lesson with a recording engineer in order to make the program perfect. He had to simulate the response that an intermediate level student would make. This ensures that the pauses in the lessons were long enough for the student to respond and give him time to think. He tried to use native speakers for this task but they would respond too quickly as they are already familiar with the language so he had to do it himself. A sample of what the LSLC course teaches is vocabulary that is for: going to a party; attending a university; going to the circus; household; eating; family members’ names; cleaning the home; health and medicine and sports. Through this course you will be able to benefit …show more content…
The complete package of LSLC is comprised of 24 Spanish lessons; four extra bonus materials which you will have access to via digital download. In addition if you need support for the program there is an excellent customer care service and they will answer your email. In some cases Patrick himself responds to you directly. The support system is mostly through email and website contact. How Much To Get Started? The language program costs $ 97 which is available for digital download. If you would prefer hardcopy CDs, you can buy them but it will cost more because of inclusion of postage fees. The CDs cost $197. Who is it for? This program has been created in such a way that anyone can use it. Beginners to experts can learn Spanish through this program. The material is presented in such a way that anyone can understand and it is a fun way to learn the language. If you are a student in high school or 40 year old professional by going through this program you will be able to speak Spanish in a few short weeks. Pros • It is easy to follow • The program is relatively affordable beings sold at $ 97 • There is an excellent customer support team who help with any problems that are
Since, Lupita has access to both languages. I understand that Lupita need to build up her English skills in particular reading and phonemic awareness; however, It all about comprehension. In other words, if Lupita does not understand a word in English then Spanish can be a helpful tool to grasp comprehension or vise-versa. I would make sure that Spanish words are used as a tool and not the primary language being learned. In addition, be certain that the use of Spanish is slowing faded away as time goes
Lavoie transforms a panel of primarily general education teachers, parents, and school faculty members into a room full of students with learning disabilities. He uses techniques such as fast-paced interrogation, anxiety-provoking activities, cognitive manipulation, and rhetorical questioning to create nearly impossible learning situations for any learner. As a typical learner, I had never
Students because they are being taught out the book they don’t get to learn different skills that will be useful when they leave high school. In the program students won’t be learning straight off the book they will be assigned a pen pal who they will be writing to not in English but in their chosen second language, and every so often they will talk on Skype this will show if they are understanding the language; with the interaction that the students will be doing they will develop communicative skills that will be
Learning a new language is most difficult things an individual can do but, if someone wants to a new language the best time to do so is at a young age. I was born in the United States but when I turned five years old I moved to Mexico. The only language I knew was Spanish. Spanish is one of the easiest
According with Jean Piaget whose theory on child development has been a great influence in education; language development is the most important phase during the Preoperational stage of cognitive development. During this stage children develop and build up their knowledge and vocabulary by asking questions and expressing ideas through words, images and drawings. This stage is considerate to happen from two years of to seven years of age (Kendra Cherry). Language development has direct implications in the intellectual development of a child, and it is one of the main tools to develop our thinking process. We use words to store and access memories or other information. For Latinos children and especially recent arrivals whose language is Spanish entering to school where their primary language (Mother tongue) has no validation neither use may be traumatic and even hinder their future opportunities to succeed in a school system that is complete foreign in concept and in language. In order to integrate and create opportunities for the Latino students to succeed the in the educational system we must create programs that address the specific needs of the Latino community such as bilingual education where students learn to speak, read and write in their mother tongue language first.
When reading the article, “Principles of instructed second Language” by Professor Rod Ellis (2008), he gives us a brief overview of eight principles that we can use to help ELL students. L2 (second language learners), must be able to adapt to the language of America. As educators we must find the correct road map to assist these students. SLA researchers are not so sure that we can help these students to achieve this goal. Professor Ellis does believe with some guidance that educators can have “provisional specification”.
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Spanish is one of the most popular languages in the world, and that is why I joined the Spanish club when I was in high school. Baseball manager, Dusty Baker, says “Study Spanish now and you will see how beneficial it was going to be later in your life”. I completely agree with him because joining the Spanish club in high school helped me become a perfect person for society. The Spanish club revealed a lot about me as an individual, and how my behavior changed over time. In order to be accepted into a Spanish club, I must fully learn its rule, its unique language, and the way members interact or communicate with one another. In this paper, I will prove that I learned Spanish by using logos, pathos and ethos appeals to master crucial knowledge of Spanish, to comprehend the lingo of other members of a community, and to establish credibility. To me obtaining logos, pathos, and ethos appeals are crucial because they will be the
It is known that many Latinos migrate to similar areas across the United States. Cities such as Los Angeles, New York City and Houston all have over one million Latino inhabitants within each city (New). Many of these Latinos are new immigrants to the United States and Spanish is their primary language. Because these Latinos live amongst many other Spanish speaking civilians, the need to learn the English languag...
Many people immigrate to the United States from different countries to begin a better life. Once in the American territory, the first step for success is to learn the English language. Richard Rodriguez, the writer of "Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood" describes the language decisions he faced as a child: "Outside the house was public society; inside the house was private" (16). The English language is the primary language in the United States, and it must be learned to be able to communicate with the public world. The language that we speak at home is considered to be private because it is only used in the presence of the people we feel comfortable with, our family. Families immigrate to the United States from Mexico to find and give their children a better opportunity to succeed. The children of immigrants who have been raised or born in the United States were able to adapt much faster to the English language. The Spanish language, in the case of Mexicans, is part of our origin that most of us inherit from our ancestors although in the United States many, including me, seem to add a new language, which gives us better opportunities.
Basic foreign language skills are important in communicating with people. With new technologies, we can communicate with people who do not speak English. In recent years, the number of people in the United States who do not speak English has also risen. Also, only ten percent of the world's population speaks English. Although one year of a foreign language will not allow students to...
Language is a matter that touches many American cultures. Cultures thrive on their languages and customs to define the people they are. However, second languages can divide not only people of a specific group but also members of a particular family. Several writers address the unvarying difficulty of learning a second language in America. Many rhetorical devices are used to sustain their assertions and to shape the reader. An Asian-American author speaks about multilingualism in American today. Tan (2002) uses rhetorical devices to support her claims about her frustrations with a mother who does not speak English very well. Throughout this paper, I will analyze Tan’s cause-and-effect structure, personal experiences, and pathos appeal. This essay will show how Tan supports her claim through these rhetorical elements.
Bilingual readers will understand the different types of languages as they may have experienced them in the huge cultural diversity in the twenty-first generation. Bilingual readers find out that they have spoken a language they thought was simple Spanish. With the Spanish words and phrases, Anzaldúa provides the reader’s variations of Spanish, which they realize, are broken Spanish in different
The lesson is designed to give implicit exposure of grammatical features to the students. In some sections of the lesson (e.g. warming up activity and transi...
Utilitarianism is most nearly connected with Jeremy Bentham. The hypothesis known as utilitarianism is just an advancement of basic explanation of Jeremy Bentham that nature has put humanity under the influence of two sovereign bosses torment also delight, it is for them to bring up what we should do, and in addition to focus what we should do. By the guideline of utility said Bentham, "is implied the standard which endorses or dislikes each activity at all, as per the propensity it seems to need to increase or decrease the bliss of the gathering whose investment is being referred to or what is the same, at the end of the day, to give or contradict that bliss." Utilitarianism is the moral principle by which the ethical worth