Comments on: Yearn to Learn Spanish, then maybe traditionl education isn’t for you.

By: mick

mick — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 12:34:25 +0000

Hi there Marcus thanks so much for all the free material you have given me free of charge l am at the moment unable to work (and bored to tears) l have a trapped nerve so l look forward to your e-mail support. The good news is that when l resume work my spanish will be so much better.
Your teaching is so much easier and pleasurable than others l have tried. In 1989 l bought a readers digest course which consists of a plastic case with 16 cassette tapes number 1 starts on a plane and is basic leading up to progresivly more difficulty listen and repeat listen and reapeat. The problem with the likes of this is l know mucho palabaras en espanola perro no entendo el idioma(l learned that bit from you hope l got it right ) )))) your lessons have taught me more in such a short time when work resumes l’ll be joining your courses and l can’t wait. keep your eye on e-bay one READERS DIGEST for sale, todos mi gracias otra vez (?) mick

By: Carolynn Anderson

Carolynn Anderson — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:56:25 +0000

Muchas gracias Marcus, for this kind offer. I am a homeschooling mom of six children. My fourth child is graduating high school this year. It was 2 1/2 years ago that I sat in on his first Spanish I co-op class in order to help him achieve the highest grade possible and positively fell in love with Spanish language.

I like the feeling that knowing another language gives me. This enables me to be able to understand a whole different culture(s) who speak this language. I love people, love to smile, laugh and cry with them; get to know them deeply and be known deeply by them. I love to talk about their joys and hurts and share the most important Person in my life Who has made my life complete and that One is Jesus Christ – JesuCristo.

I don’t know where the knowledge of knowing Spanish fluently will take me. Perhaps I will stay in NE Tennessee and be a help to the Hispanic people here or it could be that I travel to Mexico, Central or South America to be of help there. God alone knows and I’ll trust in His timing and direction. God’s blessings to you and yours, Marcus. Sincerely, Carolynn

By: admin

admin — Tue, 05 May 2009 00:02:29 +0000

Hi Julietta

Great to hear my lessons are breaking down the barriers for you and your friends.

Of course, if you are only getting my free lessons you can’t expect to put all the pieces of the Spanish jigsaw together. Here are two things you can do will help you keep up with the rapid pace of spoken Spanish.

1) Read everyday.

When I was learning I used to read for about an hour a day. I like reading and I would read what I liked. For example, I like sport, so I started reading the sport and entertainment section of the newspaper.

After 1 year, my improvements where amazing. I learned so many Spanish words and so many structures it crossed over and improved my listening skills out of sight.

You could do the same, and there’s almost no cost.

2) Check out my Spanish Ear Training site, and sign up for information.
http://www.spanisheartraining.com/
It’s my program specifically designed to improve listening skills.

saludos

Marcus

By: Juliette Robb

Juliette Robb — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:52:06 +0000

Hello Marcus, likewise with some of your responses, I am unable financially to go for the whole series, although I would like to very much. Being on my own in the “campo” in Spain, it has been difficult to intergrate with Spanish people, although that sounds very odd, so in the main, it is Englihs speaking people Im with, however, in an effort to meet people I started a support group called “getting To Know You” , mostly of people over 50 and we meet every Friday at a local restaurant called Aguamania and discuss the weeks “happenings” and Ive been passing on what Im learning through your free lessons. Some of the people have had real learning difficulties in that they feel they cannot “absorb and retain” and have given up but in this instance, because we are all in the same boat, we feel less intimated. Your lessons have certainly made them grasp much better and I thank you for that, not only for that, but for me too. Its been good and after listening to the first audio I was delighted that I could understand and retain very quickly, which, going down the “grammar” road was not only daunting but tedious and boring which made me lose interest because I failed to grasp it as well as others appeared to be. (Only to learn afterwards that they felt the same!!!).

We all feel that the amin problem in learning is that we get “boggled” when we have rehearsed our little speeches to go and speak Spanish to which the responses are so rapid that we just stand open mouthed, dumfounded as we cant understand what is being said, even though we ask the Spanish to speak more slowly, We can practise what we want to learn over and over but we cant practise their responses!! That is on the whole, what is the most difficult to understand. I have watched an accomplished student learn spanish, listened to them and then when they speak to a spanish person, they get the “gist” but are still unsure of what has actually been said! Once, on occasion, I met one of the teachers I went to and asked her to interpret what a man was trying to say to me. You can imagine my feelings when, after the speech, she hadnt a clue what he had said and was unable to help, whereby, I even managed to pick up on a couple of words but felt it was not enough to justify complete understanding. That is our main problem in learning spanish. (1) Getting the opportunity to really hold a conversation with a spanish person, and (2), then understanding what they are saying.
I thank you for your time, kind regards, Juliette

By: judith mosessohn

judith mosessohn — Sun, 03 May 2009 05:57:01 +0000

HOLA MARCUS, AS I ALREADY TYOLD YOU I ENJOY TREMEMNDOUSLY YOUR LESSONS, .MY PROBLEMIS FINANACIAL ANDAT THE MOMENT CAHHOT AFFORD TO BUY YOUR LESSONS, SOI HAVE TO BE CONTENT WITH WHAY I GET FROM YOU . FREE. HOPE THINGS WILL CHANGE. YOU ASKED WHY I WANT TOLEARN SPANISH , I WANT TO GET NEARER AND I=UNDERSTAND BETTER MY ADOPTED DON WHOIS FROM THE DOMONICAN REPUBLIC , AND TALKING TO HIM IN HIS NATIVE LASNGUAGE CERTASINLY WILL GET ME NEARER AND UNDERSTAND HIOM BETTER,I MEAN HIS MENTASLITY AND CULTURE THAST ARE VERY DIFFERENT OF MINE, A LAST REQUEST CAN YOU AD A NEWSPAPER FROM THE DOMONICAN REPUBLIC? MUCHAS GRACIAS JUDITH

By: sheri-ann

sheri-ann — Fri, 01 May 2009 01:45:46 +0000

Marcus thanks again.
Im sorry that im not able to sign up for the course being offered at this time. Im preparing though to be a part of the next one. I started the lessons out of curiousity and just wanted to challenge myself, but now it has moved beyond that. I am an ardent student and I have seen where I have made remarkable progress of which I am proud.
Thanks for making these lessons of such a high quality and yet free. Thats the most amazing part. I have always been a little skeptical about Products and services that are free.

By: Mounir

Mounir — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:52:56 +0000

I learn and under stood so fast and easy way.

By: Mounir

Mounir — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:51:57 +0000

Griacias it’s very interesent audio lesson I am very appriate in your system how to teach the language to learn fast.

All the wishes for all in the future.

Mounir Chahrour

By: ellenbrowne

ellenbrowne — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:29:11 +0000

thankyou so much MARCUS I have enjoyed each and every one of your spanish lessons and my argantinian daughter in law is very impressed ,please keep them coming ,each one is a new challenge for me . Once again thanks a million ELLEN.

By: Sandy Monks

Sandy Monks — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:06:07 +0000

Many thanks for all the courses that you have sent me. After having a break from learning I am now back and eager to learn more. I found the Bola de Nieve introduction very good, it has explained so much to me. My confidence in speaking to my Spanish neighbours is growing more and more thanks to your hard work in producing the courses.

Thank You.