Michel Thomas Foundation Course: Spanish (Michel Thomas) - Michel Thomas

This is a standard, become-fluent-in-Spanish-in-a-day course like any other, with one crucial difference: it works. Michel Thomas was a genius, and he has revolutionised language learning with a simplicity, accessibility and plain elegance that literally astounds. As advertised on the CD box (which is unfortunately rather cumbersome: the size of two DVD boxes stuck together), this course demands no writing, no books, and indeed no homework (not even any mental homework.) Everything takes place while listening to the eight CDs (each an hour in length), and this is learning the way it should be: ... more

From having no interest in learning languages in the past, largely due to the method of teaching in the school systems, I have recently discovered a passion for languages. I have previously tried to learn Spanish by myself using alternative CD courses but have found that most courses aim to teach you "survival Spanish" by teaching set phrases such as "Can you tell me where the bank is?" Unless you literally need to have the bare basics, I do not find this method particularly useful. Michel Thomas's method is completely different. The course is formatted as if you are the third student in his ... more

Great method of teaching and great format with the two students and one teacher. Very enjoyable to learn a language this way. But ..... there is a number of mistakes in the material. My girlfriend is Spanish and it was great to show off my newly learned phrases when talking to her on the phone or writing them in an e-mail or sms. However it was quite disheartening to hear that some of what I had learned was incorrect. For example, 'reservation' is not 'reservacion' but 'reserva' And the imperative for 'tu' is simply taught wrongly. And the present perfect for 'escribir' is not 'escribido' but ... more