| When deciding to learn Spanish, there are several | | | | One advantage is that you can listen to your |
| online options available, one of which is Rocket | | | | lessons in the car or even download them to your |
| Spanish. The main question is if it is any good, and | | | | Ipod. With Rosetta Stone, you must use it on |
| how does it compare with other options. In order | | | | your computer. Both programs are great, it just |
| to answer that, you must sit down and evaluate | | | | depends on how you work best. |
| what your language learning goals actually are. | | | | One advantage to Rocket Spanish is the price. It |
| If you think that you will be able to speak Spanish | | | | runs about one hundred dollars, which is a far cry |
| is a week just buy buying a computer program, | | | | to the two hundred to five hundred dollar price |
| well that may not be very realistic. You can | | | | tag of Rosetta Stone. Because of this, it is a very |
| however achieve a decent conversational level | | | | good entry level product that should get you |
| fairly quickly, at least enough to order out in a | | | | speaking Spanish fairly quickly. |
| restaurant or basic friendly conversation. | | | | Some of the things that you will learn are how to |
| One factor to keep in mind with this is how much | | | | introduce yourself, ordering in restaurants, and |
| do you want to spend, or with some programs, | | | | generally getting around on your vacation to Spain |
| invest in your Spanish education. Programs can | | | | or Mexico. |
| run up to several hundred dollars, with private | | | | One other thing about this program, and this is |
| classes running into the thousands. The thing to | | | | very important, is that it is fun to use. There is |
| realize is that just because a program may be | | | | nothing worse than working with a program that |
| expensive, it does not mean that it will be the | | | | is more boring than watching the grass grow. |
| right program for you. | | | | Unfortunately, there are lots of those out there. |
| A good example of this is Rocket Spanish. This | | | | Of course, the only way you will learn Spanish is |
| program is geared toward those of you who are | | | | by using these programs and working hard. the |
| more audio orientated. Rosetta Stone is more | | | | program can not learn for you. As stated earlier, |
| visual in nature. With Rocket Spanish, you will be | | | | the trick is to use something that will keep you |
| working with audio files which are either | | | | interested over the long period so you can learn. |
| downloaded to your computer, or listened to | | | | Rocket Spanish will fit that bill nicely, and will not |
| through their website. There are also volumes of | | | | break the bank. That is a great combination. |
| written material that comes along with these files. | | | | |