@bowman: "I suppose it could be survival related...  Has anyone ever used the Rocket
Spanish language course? Google comes up with a load of glowing reviews,
too many glowing reviews for my taste. They are all different URLs, but
I've got the impression it might be a marketing ploy by someone good at
gaming Google. I can't find any that says it sucks, and in my experience,
any product is going to have unhappy customers.
I'd ask in a language newsgroup, but there might be a band of cheerleaders
lurking around those, too."
    @nospam: ""robert bowman" <email_address> wrote in message 
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It is survival related.  i cant help you with the lession plans  selection. 
, But i bought a set of language videos to learn  Chinese.  . Problem for me 
was if i dont use it , i forget it.   But certainly its suvival related . 
Knowing the language of possible threats could change the outcome. "
    @cayoung61spamblock: "I have no experience with the course you mentioned. My 
opinion is that immigrants should learn to speak American, 
and that no publicly funded anything should be offered in 
any other language. That said, the Nation's Leaders have 
chosen to maintain a population of Mexican speakers who will 
probably never learn the native language of USA.
It could be useful to be able to understand some of what the 
people are saying, as they pry open your back door.
Christopher A. Young
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"robert bowman" <email_address> wrote in message 
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I suppose it could be survival related...  Has anyone ever 
used the Rocket
Spanish language course? Google comes up with a load of 
glowing reviews,
too many glowing reviews for my taste. They are all 
different URLs, but
I've got the impression it might be a marketing ploy by 
someone good at
gaming Google. I can't find any that says it sucks, and in 
my experience,
any product is going to have unhappy customers.
I'd ask in a language newsgroup, but there might be a band 
of cheerleaders
lurking around those, too."
    @frankperiodlogullo: "<quote>
I'm always suspicious of something that is offered free but heavily 
advertised.  There has to be a catch there."
    @bowman: "<quote>
That was in the back of my mind. People can piss and moan all they want, but
in parts of the US a rudimentary knowledge of Spanish can be very handy. I
took Latin and German in high school and more German in college. The theory
was German was used in scientific literature. About the only use I've found
for it has been eavesdropping on German tourists in national parks.
Business kids took Spanish and typing, two valuable skills in the 21st
century.
I've taken a couple of lackadaisical passes at Spanish before, but the
variety of teaching programs has multiplied since the last time I looked.
I've been playing with a Pimsleur package, but even with my limited skills
I'm pretty sure they're teaching a very formal, old fashioned Spanish with
a Castillian accent. "Prithee, sir, wouldst thou fetch me a goblet of
malted beverage?". Not quite that bad as bad as the old Foreign Service
stuff, but not Spokane Spanish.
'Learning Spanish Like Crazy' and 'Rocket Spanish' get a lot of mention on
the net, and are a lot less expensive ($100 if you download) than many.
LCLC gets some good reviews, some lukewarm, and some unenthusiastic, while
Rocket gets raves. I'm just trying to figure out if it really is that good,
if it's a sophisticated marketing ploy, or if it is good and the guy is
just a little over the top with his marketing. 'Rosetta Stone' certainly
does a lot of marketing, but there are plenty of reviews saying it's way
too much money for too little progress, although it's a lot of fun."
    @someone: "<quote>
Plus, I guess he's another one of those people who thinks that anyone
who speaks Spanish is a Mexican since his other language choice is
"Mexican".  Hell, the probably thinks that Brazil is Mexican too."
    @cayoung61spamblock: "Some of my ancestors were English, but mostly German. So, I 
guess they had to learn American as they came over.
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
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"robert bowman" <email_address> wrote in message 
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While I agree, and most of my ancestors had to learn 
English, what is, is. "
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