Reviews
Reviews of selected Latin American Spanish learning resources — books, courses, recordings, apps, and tutoring services — and what they actually deliver.
Review: italki
One of three products on my Recommendations page for serious learners of Latin American Spanish. An online marketplace connecting language learners with native-speaker tutors from around the world for one-on-one video lessons, with the distinguishing feature that learners can choose tutors by country of origin.
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Review: Rocket Spanish
One of three products on my Recommendations page for serious learners of Latin American Spanish. A structured audio course built around twenty-to-thirty-minute lessons, with voice recognition for pronunciation and role-play exercises for simulated conversation practice.
I have included Rocket Spanish among the three products I actively recommend to serious learners
Review: Spanish Uncovered
One of three products on my Recommendations page for serious learners of Latin American Spanish. A story-based course that builds reading and listening comprehension through extended narratives, with native-speaker audio in both Latin American and Castilian Spanish.
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Review: Spanish Voices 1 & 2
There is a moment in every Spanish learner's progress when the coursebook audio stops being useful — when the textbook voice, slow and clear, has given everything it can. Lingualism's two-volume Spanish Voices arrives for exactly that moment. On the books that take the next step seriously.
Review: The Story of Spanish
Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow's The Story of Spanish attempts a comprehensive biography of the Spanish language — from its prehistoric origins on the Iberian Peninsula to its current global presence. A review of what the book delivers, what it misses, and who should read it.