TeLL me More Spanish Premium - Complete Beginner, Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced | 
 enlarge | From: Auralog
Category: Software
List Price: $295.00
Buy New: $209.99
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 868
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Windows
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Windows
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 9.5 x 1.7
MPN: 7-005-1234
Model: 7-005-1234
ISBN: 2749010993
UPC: 893416001750
EAN: 9782749010991
ASIN: 2749010993
Release Date: June 2, 2006
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| Features:
| • | Covers reading, writing, listening, speaking, vocabulary, grammar, and culture | | • | The most powerful speech recognition technology available, allowing you to improve your pronunciation | | • | Most extensive offer on the market with 950 hours of Spanish learning | | • | 4 levels included: Complete Beginner, Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced. | | • | Learn Spanish in an interactive and engaging way with more than 5,000 exercises and 37 types of activities |
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Amazon.com
For over twenty years TELL ME MORE has been an innovative force in the field of language learning, in fact we were the first to incorporate speech recognition into language learning! TELL ME MORE offers the most comprehensive language learning solution; covering all of the essential areas of language acquisition: reading, writing, speaking, listening, grammar, vocabulary and culture. Regardless your skill level, TELL ME MORE adapts to your needs and supports your progress from Complete beginner through Advanced. An internationally renowned solution - Currently supporting more than 5 million learners worldwide
- Used by more than 10,000 schools worldwide
- Chosen by thousands of international organizations, such as Toyota, ExxonMobil, the U.S. Government...
Unsurpassed Content to Learn Spanish - Only language software that truly covers all the skills to learn Spanish: not only speaking and listening, reading and writing, but also grammar, vocabulary and culture.
- 950 hours of dynamic learning
Improve your Spanish skills through 5,000 exercises that make learning interactive and effective.
- 4 different levels to reach fluency in Spanish
4 LEVELS
| Years Spent Studying The Language
| | Complete Beginner | 0-1 | | Beginner | 1-2 | | Intermediate | 2-4 | | Advanced | 4 + | Advanced Technology - Speech Recognition
Leveraging the latest in speech recognition technology, TELL ME MORE assesses your pronunciation and provides animated "how-to" demonstrations to help you make rapid progress in Spanish. Interactive dialogues with the computer will also improve your conversational skills and make learning fun. - Learn on the go with TELL ME MORE !
One audio CD is included to continue your Spanish learning whenever and wherever. The Spanish software allows you to extract TELL ME MORE audio recordings (dialogues, dictations, etc.) and burn them to audio CDs or convert them to use on your iPod or MP3 player. "TELL ME MORE is the best software option available. [It] is a superior package that will inspire you to improve your skills, no matter what your starting level. With the finest speech recognition tools, goal-setting abilities, and support--TELL ME MORE is clearly the leader in language learning."
--Top Ten Reviews, 2007
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 Nice July 9, 2008
Sultan Ramza
We are beginners and it is a family affair with 4 kids ranging from ages 2-10. So far so good. We are just following the set plan and teaching them the same way they learned their first language. My wife and I learn the lesson first and then teach our children. I highly recommend it.
 Tech support? What tech support? February 13, 2008
A. Brandes (Colorado Springs, CO USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
After reading shining reviews about Tell Me More Spanish, it seemed like a good learning program. It offered all features found in other systems and was cheaper. In fact, even their tech support was touted as great.
Unfortunately, I didn't experience that. Our system (well above the minimum standards) was unable to run the program, despite it being almost entirely done in Flash. The documentation is almost non-existent, the online help is trivial at best, and the tech support team consists (apparently) of one person.
After leaving several messages unreturned and writing an e-mail, we eventually gave up and returned the software.
I can't say the actual program is bad, as it actually seemed like it was going to be a good learning experience, but the inability to get it to work combined with the non-existent documentation simply left a sour taste towards TMM.
Eventually, we did get an e-mail response with a simple fix to the problem (apparently our sound card was incompatible, though I can't figure out why), but it came too late.
Hopefully, Tell Me More will work for most people, but good luck if you have a problem getting the software to run.
 Useful program January 27, 2008
A. Cohen (United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I learned beginner Spanish in a month with 3-4 hours a day with this program, it saved me a semester of school.
Completely forgets one thing January 23, 2008
luke
1 out of 17 found this review helpful
How hard would it be to make it work on linux? Not that hard at all actually. It's not even mac compatible.
Bizarre, just... really bizarre. Useless junk, totally overpriced. December 25, 2007
Clayton B. Thomas III (Salt Lake City, UT USA)
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
First, a little background. I studied Spanish in high school as well as college. While my formal education left me with a thorough understanding of Spanish grammar, I found that my vocabulary was sorely lacking and so I began exploring the various options for improving my skills on my own.
I read rave reviews of the Auralog software, so I decided to give it a try. Boy... at least I was lucky enough to have purchased a second-hand copy for $50. This software is really, really weird, and certainly not worth $250.
There is absolutely no introduction, no explanation of the exercises, how they're organized, or anything else. The program just throws out a bunch of vocabulary, most of which is completely without translation. You can override the guided activities if you want to look at the section's vocab list first, but even then it doesn't include all the words.
There is also no explanation of grammar. And while this wasn't a problem for me, it would be for those who are just beginning to learn the language. Again, you can override the guided mode to review the grammar, but it is sparsely explained. You'd do much better with a basic grammar book.
This stuff is really strange, and frankly, I have no idea why anyone would give it 5 stars (although frankly, I don't understand it with Rosetta Stone either). If you're looking for something user-friendly, try Transparent Language's software, or the discontinued (but excellent, and now very cheap) programs made by the Learning Company.
Bottom line: Just because something costs $250 doesn't mean it isn't total junk. There are far better programs out there for a fraction of the price.
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