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Spanish for beginners cdrom: samples
Samples from lessons and games:
Sample 31
Discovering how to say which thing we like. In this lesson you learn to say and ask what things people like. The little man on the purple bar tells you which screen you're on. To find out how many screen a lesson has, simply point at him.
Sample 32
Dragging game, to practice asking and saying what people like. Click on the Spanish sentences to hear them. If you have any queries as to how to play this game, click on the left button underneath the task and you'll get to the 'Dragging game' Instructions in no time. See sample 75 for more details.
Sample 33
Discovering how to ask people where they live. In this lesson you get to learn saying where people live. Also, you get to practice understanding people asking you where you live. At any point, you can launch the tape recorder and record your questions and answers.
Sample 34
Speaking game. As you learn more, the sentences you get in the speaking games increase in both length and difficulty.
Sample 35
Dragging game. Like with all other games, as you learn more vocabulary and sentences, the Spanish text gets longer and more complex. Every time you play a game, the questions you get are different, so you can practice what you've learned so far really well.
Sample 36
Learning more numbers. In every Stage you learn at least 10 new numbers. Then you get other lessons like: telling the time, dates, prices, etc., where you get to practice the numbers you've learned. Plus there are dozens of games to practice saying and understanding numbers.
Sample 37
Discovering how to describe 'el' words. When you finish this lesson you'll be able to say that things are cheap, expensive, nice, ugly, big, small, old, etc. Later on you'll learn even more describing words. These words are very useful when buying things in the local market or shops in Spain.
Sample 38
Discovering how to use the word 'no'. Now that you can say things like who you are, what time it is, your age, what things look like and what things you like, adding 'no' to your sentences dramatically increases the number of messages you can put across in Spanish.
Sample 39
Choosing game. Here you practice listening to and understanding sentences like 'I talk to him', 'she talks to the nurse', 'Who are you talking to?', etc.
Sample 40
learning the names of 12 food places. Get familiar with words like bakery, butcher's and ice-cream parlour so you can go wherever you want next time you're in Spain.
Did you know?
Texas broke away from Mexico in 1836.
Its population were mainly emigrants from the US.
