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Rocket Spanish is an affordable language learning solution that combines all the best features in media-enhanced learning: dynamic audio lessons that you participate in, super fun software-based learning games, downloadable grammar lessons & exercises that are fully-illustrated and pain-free, and access to a thriving online Forum where a whole community of Spanish teachers and learners come together for a common cause - conversational fluency in Spanish in the shortest possible time!
With Rocket Spanish, you can take all the frustration and difficulty out of learning with a comprehensive multimedia course that is proven to work...
Rocket Languages... Who are they?
Rocket Languages is one of the leaders in downloadable language-learning products, with over 300,000 learners worldwide currently subscribing to our courses. Rocket Spanish is created and presented by:
- Mauricio Evlampieff, a Spanish instructor from Chile with boundless enthusiasm for sharing his knowledge of and passion for his language and culture,
- Amy Waterman, a Spanish language specialist with experience living and working in Ecuador,
- along with lots and lots of help from the team at Rocket Languages.
How Much is the Course?
Rocket Spanish as a 25-CD Package is available shipped to you virtually anywhere in the world for just $299.95 plus $49.95 shipping and handling. Because Rocket Spanish is a comprehensive course in itself, and promotes active learning through listening and speaking, reading and writing exercises, and interactive gameplay, you're getting a lot more than you would get with a course that offered only one of these learning channels AND you are getting it for less than what many of our competitors are asking.
But there is another reason why we are considered to be best value for money in the language learning market: we offer the full Rocket Spanish course as an INSTANT DOWNLOAD (PC or Mac). That means zero waiting time and zero shipping and handling cost. You could be listening to native Spanish and speaking it yourself in minutes! And because it costs us less to produce, it costs you less to own...
Rocket Spanish as an Instant Download normally costs $149.95, which more than cuts the price of the shipped version in half. But we are currently running a promotion across all language courses.
That means Rocket Spanish is now on special for just $99.95. This special offer is valid only until Friday, January 9th 2009 and, depending on sales, may not run again.
Order Rocket Spanish INSTANT DOWNLOAD
on Special for just $149.95 $99.95
(Valid Until Friday, January 9th 2009)
You'll have LIFETIME access to the Rocket Spanish Members Download Area, where you can listen to audio lessons online and/or download the complete package to your computer. If you don't want to waste download time or are short on space you can have the Rocket Spanish course mailed to you as MP3's in a two-CD set. This is a free option with your membership; however, we will charge $19.95 for S&H. You can run Rocket Spanish straight from the CDs or download to your iPod or burn to an audio CD. Learn Spanish in the car, at the gym, or absolutely anywhere!
Or...
Order Rocket Spanish
HARDCOPY 25-CD Pack
for $299.95 plus $49.95 S&H
If you choose this option, you will receive the complete Interactive Audio Course on CD, all set to play in your car stereo or portable CD player. You'll also receive the grammar guidebooks on CD and all of the MegaSpanish Learning Games. Enjoy the enhanced sound quality with this version, as the audio is uncompressed.
With Rocket Spanish...
Your Spanish-speaking Ability will Soar!
From: Mauricio Evlampieff
I know what it's like getting discouraged by the experience of trying to learn a second language in school. It happened to me (when I had to learn English as a second language) and it's happened to most of us when we took a foreign language in school. Rocket Languages recognized years ago that there's a better and easier way to learn a second language, and that's why I am proud to be introducing you to Rocket Spanish!!
If you've ever heard that you lose the ability to learn a second language easily after your school-age years, forget it. This is a common misconception. In fact, research has proven that the most difficult learning task for children and adults alike may be the attempt to acquire second language proficiency in school environments.
Even more distressing is research that shows that less than 5 percent of students studying a foreign language are able to endure the stressful nature of formal school training to continue studying the language for more than two years (Asher, James. 1982. Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition. New York: Pergamon Press, 9-32).
What better motivation for us to design and create a language learning environment that allows regular people, like you, to speak Spanish confidently and naturally in less than 2 months!
If you want to...
- feel more comfortable and confident around Spanish speaking people
- read books, magazines, and web sites written in Spanish
- watch and understand Spanish movies
- write to and email Spanish speaking people
- or you simply want to become exceptional at Spanish for any other reason...
Rocket Spanish will help you achieve your goals. I am certain that it will be a great investment in yourself and your future, and will be a creative and rewarding experience.
Yours sincerely,
Here's What You Will Receive in Your Rocket Spanish Package...
Component 1:
Learn to Speak Confidently, Naturally, and Fluently with your
31-lesson Interactive Audio Course
The Rocket Spanish Interactive Audio Course is the hugely popular conversational learning component of your Spanish package.
The 31 tracks in the Rocket Spanish Interactive Audio Course average 25 minutes in length - that's over 14 hours of audio lessons that you can listen to time and time again! They cover everything that you need to know to become part of a living, breathing Spanish community, from introducing yourself to getting around on public transportation, and a whole lot more in between. Spanish people just love it when tourists and travelers speak Spanish to them!
These lessons place an immediate emphasis on SPOKEN Spanish. You get to hear conversations that are spoken in real everyday situations in modern Spanish society. Even better, they are designed so that you can get in on the action!! You'll learn to pronounce words and phrases by repeating them in context, and then work your way right up to speaking entire sentences on cue.
Participating in realistic Spanish conversations is clearly the best way to learn Spanish, and Rocket Spanish has succeeded in bringing you the next best thing to being in a room with two Spanish speakers...
We're offering you a way to learn Spanish that is not only comfortable, but also convenient... that's right, with all of our audio materials available in MP3 format, Rocket Languages has truly opened up the door on portable learning!!
Not only do you get the 31 Audio Lessons, you get full transcripts of the conversations with English translation so that you can see this stuff written down!
Check Out a Sample Audio Lesson!
Listen to lesson 1.4, when Mauricio asks about taking a photo of Amy. If it seems too difficult, DON'T WORRY... the first few lessons are designed to help you take the very first steps toward understanding and speaking BASIC Spanish, and you'll be more than ready for this one by the time you arrive here.
Remember you'll get the MP3 version of the track to download and play on your MP3 Player and the transcript as below...
| Track 1.4 Rocket Spanish Interactive Audio Course |
To help you understand written Spanish we give you the written conversation in Spanish and its English translation with every track of the Interactive Audio Course! Remember that the conversation below is only the basic conversation we add in loads of extra words and phrases during the course of each track!
| Mauricio: | Disculpe, señorita. ¿Puedo sacar su foto? |
| Amy: | No, lo siento. |
| Mauricio: | Por favor. |
| Amy: | Bueno, no sé. |
| Mauricio: | Por favor. |
| Amy: | Ya, está bien. |
| Mauricio: | Gracias, señorita. Es muy amable. |
| Amy: | De nada. |
English Translation
| Mauricio: | Excuse me, miss. Can I take your photo? |
| Amy: | No, I'm sorry. |
| Mauricio: | Please. |
| Amy: | Well, I don't know. |
| Mauricio: | Please. |
| Amy: | OK, fine. |
| Mauricio: | Thank you, miss. You're very kind. |
| Amy: | You're welcome. |
In addition to the conversations themselves, you get extra vocabulary and cultural tips, plus the super helpful Rocket Reviews that conclude each new lesson!
What's the Audio Course About??
The Interactive Audio Course is organized into a narrative that moves from very basic interactions (greetings and survival phrases) to more advanced exchanges (booking a room, talking about sports, dinner conversation).
The lessons also get more challenging in terms of grammar and vocabulary. For example, we'll teach you how to use the basic "to be" verbs, ser and estar, to build simple sentences and enter the ever-changing world of Spanish articles and adjectives, then move on to express continuing action, more complex verb phrases, and much more..
In this introductory lesson, Amy and Mauricio take first things first. You learn how to greet someone and say hello at all different times of the day (and in both the formal and informal mode of address).
In this next lesson you find out how to ask how someone else is doing and reply in turn. You'll learn how to ask someone what their name is, where they are from, and some essential pleasantries by way of saying it was a pleasure to meet someone! In this lesson you also get some vital tips on Spanish pronunciation...
In this lesson, Mauricio and I will lead you through how to ask for what you want, need, or would like in Spanish. These words and phrases are incredibly important when you're traveling abroad, and you'll use them to order at a restaurant, to ask for help, and to express what you want to do.
We begin this lesson by practicing a few conversations to reinforce the vocabulary that we covered in the previous three lessons. Then you'll learn more about polite expressions, including how and when to use phrases such as "I'm sorry," "Excuse me," and "You're welcome."
In this lesson, you find out how to talk about what you do for a living, and ask other people what occupies them too! This is a fantastic ice-breaking topic for any new Spanish conversation.
This lesson will go the distance when it comes to talking about your family, including how to express different ages for people. Also, you'll get to find out how to swap phone numbers with people when the social situation calls for it!
Simply put: what you need to know about how to tell the time and date, and how to communicate them in conversations. If you're like Mauricio and always in danger of missing that flight, this lesson is one ride you'll be glad that you caught.
In this lesson, you're going to learn how to express what you'd like or prefer to do. You'll get to participate in a conversation where you want to do a tour with your family. You'll also learn more vocabulary associated with the family.
You'll learn and practice in conversation where you or someone else is going. The verb "to go" is one of the most useful in Spanish. You can use it to express everything including what you're going to do to, where you're going to, and how you're going to get there. And, like Amy in this case, you'll learn how to tag along when your friend is planning something fun!
In this lesson, you'll learn how to ask basic questions like, Who? What? When? Where? and How? in Spanish. And you'll also get to practice them in a variety of conversations, including the special event for this lesson. What would that be, you ask? Well, let's just say it involves a very famous singer named Mauricio and a band called the "Chilean Wolves."
In this lesson, you'll learn how to ask for directions, and understand them when you get them! Being able to ask for directions is so important when you're traveling. So in this lesson you'll also learn how to ask people to speak more slowly and repeat what they've just said.
This is the first lesson of several that will allow you to describe things, from how you are feeling to what the weather is up to. Here, you'll learn how to describe people. Is someone short or tall? Blond or brunette? Physical descriptions are always useful, and the more details you can provide, the better for your Spanish audience.
In this lesson, you're going to learn how to expand a bit further on your answer to that most common question, ¿Cómo estás? (How are you?). You'll learn how to say that you're happy, you're tired, you're busy, and more!
In this lesson, you're going to learn how to plan for the weather. You'll get to master a conversation in which we plan a trip to the beach, but we're not sure about the weather forecast. After this lesson, "sunburn" is one thing you will NOT have to talk about in Spanish.
This is where you learn how to talk about what is yours and what is mine! You already know several of these words: the words for "your" and "my" - but you also need to know how the vocabulary changes in formal and informal situations.
Time for some retail therapy! In this lesson, you're going to learn the basics of shopping: how to ask for what you want, how to ask how much it is, and how to pay for your new purchase!
In this lesson, you'll learn how to bargain, explain that something's too expensive, and explain that you're buying something for a friend. In many Andean countries, bargaining is a way of life, especially in the traditional open-air markets, so consider yourself warned!
If you're heading to a Spanish-speaking country or place, you better know how to get a room. You already know how to say, "How much does it cost?" and "I want to pay by cash or credit." In this lesson, you'll learn how to ask if a hotel offers free breakfast, if the rooms include ensuite bathrooms, and - the most important question in the universe - how to make sure that your room has hot water!
Discover how to order all sorts of food and drink in a restaurant. This includes asking for recommendations, asking your friend what they prefer and more. Just like the last lesson, this lesson will teach you practical, real-world phrases that you'll use over and over again.
It seems easy enough: you want this one, not that one. Bu in Spanish it's not as easy as you may think when you're flustered, and the word esto can get easily confused with eso. By the end of this lesson (esta lección), you'll be able to point to exactly the item you want and say, "I want that one!"
It's Amy's little brother's birthday, and she's inviting Mauricio along! In this lesson, you're going to learn about how to plan for a party!
In this lesson you'll discover how to set up a time for any kind of date or appointment. You're going to build on what you already know about dates and telling the time. You'll also learn how to figure out exactly how to help someone when they are asking for help. This is essential stuff!
You'll learn to ask what you should bring to a party and some common party games and prizes. And you'll find out how to ask for more information - and understand what you are likely to hear in response.
One of the most important parts of any birthday party is giving gifts. In this lesson, you'll fin dout how to ask what a person wants and offer suggestions about what to give them.
In this lesson you'll get to learn a lot of useful things to say when you or someone else is running late, such as how far away you are, if the other person is on their way, how to say you'll be there in 10 minutes, and to please wait for you!
In the next set of lessons, you'll learn how to strike up a conversation with a stranger. You already know some of the basic questions you'll hear when you're starting a conversation: What's your name? Where are you from? How old are you? Are you single or married? These questions exchange personal information but don't really get a conversation going. One of the best ways to get a conversation going is to find some common ground, like whether you have mutual acquaintances, whether you've been to the same places, or whether you like to do the same things. In this section of the course, you're going to learn how to ask all of those things.
In this lesson, Amy returns to the bar for her usual, and joins Mauricio to talk about their favorite hobbies. You already know one of her hobbies: bucear. What about Mauricio? You'll find out in this conversation, as you start to feel comfortable having more in-depth conversations yourself.
The bad news is that Amy and Mauricio's vacation has come to a close, but the good news is that in this lesson you learn how to use reflexive verbs! By the end of it, you'll be able to say things like "I'm sick," or "I'm having a shower," or "I'm sick so I am having a shower."
In the next few lessons, you're going to learn some of the basic conversational skills you'll need when you get to know people a bit better. Maybe you're living with a host family, or maybe one of your new Spanish friends has invited you home to meet their family. In this lesson, you're going to learn what to do when you're introduced to someone's family. You absolutely must master introductions if you want to make an excellent first impression!
Family life everywhere is full of... shall we say, debates about who has to do what and whose fault it is that something isn't done. In this lesson you'll practice a conversation involving one such debate over who has to do the chores.
In this lesson, you'll learn what Mauricio's greatest dream is, the problems with traveling alone, and how to talk about what always and never happens. Sounds like a lot, we know, but Mauricio likes to dream big!
In addition to your 31 lessons, we've assembled all of the conversations in the Rocket Spanish Interactive Audio Course into one audio track, so you can sit back, relax, and immerse yourself in spoken Spanish. Talk about making things easy...
Learn to listen to, speak, and understand modern Spanish with this super effective and ever-popular conversational learning tool!
Component 2:
Get Your Fill of Grammar and Culture with the Rocket Spanish
Grammar Guide books & Exercises
Rocket Spanish includes pain-free Grammar Guide books & Exercises, including:
1) the Primer Curso Grammar book for Beginners Grammar (which also comes as a full audio MP3 version),
2) the Segundo Curso Grammar book for Advanced Grammar,
3) the Conversation Coursebook - crammed with extra conversations, and
4) the Vocabulary Supplement book - (with exercises) to fill your craving for more words & phrases...
All in all, there's more than 550 pages featuring over 400 exercises of Spanish materials!
Check out this sample from the Spanish Vocabulary Supplement Guidebook, which gives you a short story about employment options in Spanish, followed by questions for comprehension:
(Click the page to enlarge & explore)
Component 3:
Remember Tons of Words with the MegaVocab Software Learning Game
Learn loads of Spanish Words with MegaVocab, the software-based Word Building Game...
Leave the schoolbooks behind and improve the number of Spanish words you know with this easy-to-use word recall game. MegaVocab has over 1000 words and 20 topics.
Another popular feature of MegaVocab is the MegaVocab Creator, which lets you add your own extra words and pictures. You can add dozens of words and pictures with ease...
Component 4:
Understand Spoken Spanish in a Breeze with the MegaAudio Software Learning Game
Recognize the Sound of Tons of Spanish Words with MegaAudio...
One of the hardest things about learning a language is understanding the spoken word. It's all well and good getting the mechanics sorted out but if you can't understand what an Spanish person is saying then what good is it to you?
Component 5:
Take the Mystery out of Verb Tenses with the MegaVerbs Software Learning Game
MegaVerbs has been specifically designed for students who are committed to getting on top of Spanish grammar...
Many students of Spanish struggle with the fact that Spanish verbs change so many ways depending on the tense and the context. But MegaVerbs introduces you to the world of Spanish verbs in a way that makes recognition and memorization not only easy, but also completely painless...
Component 6:
Spanish Learner's Forum and Rocket Languages Support
Have your own Spanish teacher, virtually "on call" 24 hours a day!
We will be with you every step of the way. With Rocket Spanish, you can either email us directly or post a message on our Members Only Spanish Learners' Forum, where our team of Spanish teachers and native speakers, along with fellow enthusiasts, will respond to your specific needs... before too long you may even be posting a few responses yourself!
(Click the image & Visit the Actual Forum as a Guest)
Even though Rocket Spanish has been proven to work, far better than traditional language programs, and even though we offer unlimited learning support, you may still be wondering...
"What if it doesn't work for me?" Well, that's why...
We offer an Unbeatable 100% Full Refund Guarantee...
Take up to 60 days to examine and use the information, tips, and techniques in Rocket Spanish. That's up to 60 days to put these valuable strategies to work on your conversational Spanish.
If for any reason you aren't satisfied with our language learning program, or it doesn't live up to your expectations, you won't be out at all. Just send us an email and we will refund the full purchase price. Right up to the final day of this 60 day guarantee. No hassle. No hard-feelings.
Rocket Languages is a verified merchant of the Fair Trade Authority. You can order from Rocket Languages with full confidence.
What do THEY say about Rocket Spanish??
We serve Spanish language learners from all over the world. This is what some of them have said about Rocket Spanish...
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What You'll Get Out of the Rocket Spanish Package...
Rocket Spanish will enable you to understand and speak Spanish in a comfortable way and on your own terms...
Rocket Languages recognizes that the best way to learn how to speak a new language is to actually speak it. Or, to paraphrase the legendary Barry Farber (1998, 5), it's not about learning the language before you use it - it's about using the language so you can learn it. For this reason, interactive audio lessons form the cornerstone of our learning program and are the first step on a recommended learning path through the course materials.
From there, your next step will be reinforcing the live language by using our vocabulary and grammar material, and Rocket Spanish offers you more than a generous helping of material in this regard: four different Spanish language Guidebooks that give you more than 550 pages and over 400 exercises in all. These guides are designed with the modern student in mind, giving you grammatical explanations in plain English. After all, we are determined to take all the mystery out of the Spanish Language, but none of the magic.
A third step would be digging right in to the software-based learning games, MegaSpanish, although you can play away at any time when you need to take a load off! Sheer breadth and flexibility give these games several advantages over other popular commercial platforms. For example, the MegaVocab game allows you to add your own words and pictures to the live database, so you can test yourself on what interests you most!
And don't forget about the Spanish Learners' Forum, which will satisfy the social networking learner in you! The Forum is fully moderated by our Spanish language experts, and are organized around several topics. There is a "Vocabulary reservoir" and "Grammar Q&A" that serve as an extension of the material offered in the other lessons, along with a conversational section in which all posts must be written in Spanish only!
To Sum it All Up...
You can now Download Rocket Spanish directly to Your Computer and...
Improve Your Spanish with a Course that is...
We've spent a lot of time designing a solution to learning Spanish that's easy to use, and produces results fast...
And that's why Rocket Languages is still leading the way in the field of online language learning products.
Order Rocket Spanish INSTANT DOWNLOAD
on Special for just $149.95 $99.95
(Valid Until Friday, January 9th 2009)
You'll have LIFETIME access to the Rocket Spanish Members Download Area, where you can listen to audio lessons online and/or download the complete package to your computer. If you don't want to waste download time or are short on space you can have the Rocket Spanish course mailed to you as MP3's in a two-CD set. This is a free option with your membership; however, we will charge $19.95 for S&H. You can run Rocket Spanish straight from the CDs or download to your iPod or burn to an audio CD. Learn Spanish in the car, at the gym, or absolutely anywhere!
Or...
Order Rocket Spanish
HARDCOPY 25-CD Pack
for $299.95 plus $49.95 S&H
If you choose this option, you will receive the complete Interactive Audio Course on CD, all set to play in your car stereo or portable CD player. You'll also receive the grammar guidebooks on CD and all of the MegaSpanish Learning Games. Enjoy the enhanced sound quality with this version, as the audio is uncompressed.
Common Question: What is the difference between the DOWNLOAD version and the CD-based version?
Answer: Both versions are identical in terms of content. The difference is in:
(1) how you will receive Rocket Spanish, and
(2) audio quality.
If you purchase the Download Version, you will receive instant access to the online Members Area, where you can download the complete Rocket Spanish package or individual components as needed.
If, on the other hand, you order the Hardcopy Version, we will mail Rocket Spanish to you as a 25-CD set within 10-15 working days. You will be able to pop any of the audio CDs into your regular CD player and listen to the Audio Course. Because the audio will be uncompressed, you'll receive enhanced sound quality compared to the compressed audio available in the Download Version. You'll also receive CDs containing all of the MegaSpanish software-based learning games.
We are really looking forward to getting an email from you, telling us about your experience with the course. Even though we get lots of email, we are always glad to get constructive feedback on Rocket Spanish so that we can make the learning experience even better for you!
Sincerely,
Mauricio Evlampieff and the Team at Rocket Spanish