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Hi! Welcome to Spanish for the Busy Housewife! I have developed this course to teach you
practical Spanish for the household in the shortest time possible. I know that you're
taking time out of a busy schedule to learn Spanish and I applaud you! Within five hours,
you will learn and remember enough Spanish to communicate effectively with your help.
And your learning experience will be challenging and enjoyable! You will not memorize phrases;
you will learn how to speak Spanish! Better yet, you will build a good foundation for
expanding your vocabulary further. What makes this Spanish program different?
First of all it is targeted to your needs. You'll learn relevant words and sentences
that you can put to use immediately. This will not only make it more useful to you,
but it will allow you to reinforce what you've learned thru practice and motivate you to
complete the course. Second of all, this course only takes about five hours to complete. Many
people buy expensive Spanish learning software and never find the time to complete the course.
But you should be able to find five hours. Even if you only study for half an hour each
day, you'll be done in a little more than a week. Third of all, because this course
is a pure audio program, you can listen and learn whenever you sit in the car or have
a few free minutes. There is no need for a computer and you don't need to sit at a
desk and write anything. You may have attempted to learn Spanish before
with little success. However, based on my experience teaching this course, everybody
can learn rapidly using this method. As a matter of fact, you may find yourself learning
more practical Spanish in the next five hours than many people learn in four years of high
school! I once interviewed a student from Harvard
for a job. The resume stated that the student had won a prize for German Scholarship. I
speak German fluently, so I attempted to break the ice by asking a simple question in German:
"Warum haben Sie Deutsch studiert?" -- "Why have you studied German?" To my great surprise,
the student answered: "Yes". I realized that the student had not understood the question!
I was dumbfounded! It seems that one can win a scholarship in German without knowing how
to answer a basic question! In this course, we are not studying towards any scholarships.
Rather, you will gain practical knowledge that you can actually use!
How is it possible to learn a new language in such a short time? Firstly, we will not
learn all or even most of the Spanish language. Most people use less than a thousand words
on a regular basis in any language! Due to the many similarities between Spanish and
English, I will show you a number of tricks that put hundreds of words at your disposal.
And by learning some basic rules, you'll be able to use these words in many different
contexts. Lastly, we will not cover words that are not relevant to you as a homemaker.
Of course, you will not be a fluent Spanish speaker after just five hours, but you will
learn how to communicate effectively without memorizing thousands of words.
At the beginning of this course, you'll learn how construct sentences, ask questions
and give instructions in Spanish. Then, you'll learn how to discuss the various parts of
the house and various housekeeping chores. Following that, you'll learn how to greet
and get to know someone in Spanish. Subsequently, you'll learn how to talk about the past.
Then, you'll learn how to discuss times and payment and how to count. Finally, you'll
learn how to give commands, and days of the week. This way, you'll to learn the most
relevant concepts first and immediately start communicating in Spanish.
To make the most of this course, please answer each question loud and clear and then listen
to me repeat it. If you feel that you need more time to answer a question, you can pause
the recording at any time. Of course, you can also repeat any part of the course if
you'd like to. And you can do as many or as few chapters as you'd like at any one
time. However, you may find it most effective if you do about a half an hour each day on
consecutive days. Please don't worry about getting the accent
right; just try to say the words as you learn them.
And now for the most important request: The course requires concentration, but it's
also meant to be fun. You'll be guessing how to say things in Spanish and when you
get it right, you can justly be proud of yourself! However, it's perfectly normal to make mistakes
along the way. Nobody gets all the questions right the first time around! You'll have
many opportunities throughout the course to practice each concept and become fluent. So,
just go with the flow and have fun!