Comments on: An Excellant Spanish Instructor

By: sonny

sonny — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 04:51:02 +0000

Learning a language can be a different experience for each person. Some learn better one way, and others another way. Personally, as a language-learner myself, I find it’s more effective to have classes face-to-face, because, yes, it is very helpful to look at the teacher’s lips and also because phone lines, be it a landline, cell phone or VoIP and messenger programs like Skype, Yahoo, MSN and Gtalk, are not always crystal clear and when you’re a beginner or even intermediate language student, you’re not so familiar or comfortable with listening comprehension to be able to distinguish and recognize everything said. In my opinion, taking private classes via a program like Skype is best for advanced students who are very comfortable with their listening comprehension, and are simply looking to converse with native speakers. If you’re an advanced student, yet do not know any native Spanish speakers, let’s say, then it would definitely be a lot cheaper for you to pay a native speaker in a Spanish-speaking country for conversation practice/private lessons.

By: Rocket Spanish Review

Rocket Spanish Review — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:18:48 +0000

Language courses using skype are great because the phone costs are free but do you think that it is harder to get pronunciation right over the phone ? I find I look at peoples lips to get clues as to how to pronounce a word and this is lost over the phone. Still a good concept though for one on one tutorials.

By: David

David — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:40:23 +0000

I think Julio needs a website and can set up business giving online classes. Sounds like a lot of fun.

By: Rocket Spanish Fan

Rocket Spanish Fan — Tue, 22 May 2007 04:50:58 +0000

Thanks for letting us know about Julio, I like the idea of learning Spanish over skype.