Re: Re: Medical Spanish Courses

[Guest guest]

I took an immersion course many years ago at Instituto de in San de

de, north of Mexico City. San is a wonderful town and the

Instituto's courses are outstanding. I expect that San is quite a bit

safer than Houston.

GG

Re: Re: Medical Spanish Courses

That approximates my own experience with Rosetta Stone (Spanish & Arabic). The

one disappointment for me was the vocabulary progression. At the point where

Pimsleur is teaching you useful things, like how to order a beer or find the

bathroom, Rosetta Stone is teaching you how to say " elephant " and " horse " .

Great if you're a veterinary student. But, it seems that the vocabulary

progression could be a little better thought out. It definitely works though!

Mexico is a scary place these days, for sure. But the interior is at least as

safe as Houston. Language schools in Merida (near Cancun) and Cuernavaca (north

of Mexico City) are far from the border wars, and well established.

Rob

On Monday, December 20, 2010 13:53, " Brad Sattler " bradsattler@...> said:

> I used Rosetta Stone while willing the hours away at the BP Oil Spill. The

system

> uses pictures and word association, just like you were talking to a baby. It

was

> very intuitive and I feel it works well. It didn't come as quickly as I hoped,

but

> by repeating the lessons a few nights a week the words started coming to me,

and

> they're still up there after several weeks.

>

> It's very, very expensive, but I felt it was approximately worth the value of

the

> price.

[Guest guest]

As an aside, do not overlook the value of simply watching Spanish television.

If you spent an hour a day doing that, you'd be surprised how much you'd know in

a few months. My ex had to watch her Colombian soap operas, and I learned a lot

from them. Although, I don't think I ever learned anything by watching " futbol "

with my father in law. Not about the language or the game!

Anyhow, I know that most of my interpreters in Iraq and Central America all said

they learned their English simply by watching a lot of American television, so

it works!

Rob

[Guest guest]

As an aside, do not overlook the value of simply watching Spanish television.

If you spent an hour a day doing that, you'd be surprised how much you'd know in

a few months. My ex had to watch her Colombian soap operas, and I learned a lot

from them. Although, I don't think I ever learned anything by watching " futbol "

with my father in law. Not about the language or the game!

Anyhow, I know that most of my interpreters in Iraq and Central America all said

they learned their English simply by watching a lot of American television, so

it works!

Rob

[Guest guest]

Maybe Wikileaks will release Rosetta Stone to everyone for free. I know we had

it on SIPRnet!

Rob

[Guest guest]

On Monday, December 20, 2010 22:39, krin135@... said:

> the difference is that Rosetta Stone is Copyright protected....government

> documents aren't...

How funny would it be for Wikileaks to go down for copyright piracy, but nothing

else? That's almost Capone-esque!

[Guest guest]

I agree. I maintain my Espanol by watching the news on TV in Spanish and also

by watching comedies. If you can understand jokes in Spanish, you're a long way

toward being fluent.

Si viven, es porque La Virgin; si mueren, es porque el doctor.

GG

Re: Re: Medical Spanish Courses

As an aside, do not overlook the value of simply watching Spanish television.

If you spent an hour a day doing that, you'd be surprised how much you'd know in

a few months. My ex had to watch her Colombian soap operas, and I learned a lot

from them. Although, I don't think I ever learned anything by watching " futbol "

with my father in law. Not about the language or the game!

Anyhow, I know that most of my interpreters in Iraq and Central America all said

they learned their English simply by watching a lot of American television, so

it works!

Rob

[Guest guest]

In that case, I think this IS Rosetta Stone, sold under license by a different

company, and the license expired. I had to hook up a microphone because it has

voice recognition to make sure you enunciate properly. It uses pictures and

writing exercises, and even cultural videos.

Thanks for the info, thats what I was looking for to see if this was just a

cheap knock off or something. It appears to be genuine.

I'll keep my Guns, my Freedom and my MONEY,

You can keep the " CHANGE. "

> >

> > > Rosetta Stone is good idea, and several could

> pitch in together and share. Saving on cost and all

> learning. Just a tender idea!

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> > > Re: Medical Spanish

> Courses

> > >

> > > Give this site a try, we have their books, and

> they are very helpful.

> > > http://www.emergencylanguage.com/home.html

> > >

> > > McGee, EMT-P

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> > >

> > >>

> > >> Does anyone know of a particularly good

> medical Spanish course or have any recommendations?

> > >>

> > >> Thanks

> > >>

> > >> Alyssa Woods, NREMT-B

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[Guest guest]

Thank you all for the great links and suggestions!

If anyone is interested in the same topic, I actually found a podcast called

Medical Spanish Podcast by Molly , MD. It's not for someone who doesn't

know any spanish, and the " premium " subscription is $100 for a year. But it's

something.

Alyssa Woods, NREMT-B

CPR Instructor

>

>

> I took an immersion course many years ago at Instituto de in San

de de, north of Mexico City. San is a wonderful town and the

Instituto's courses are outstanding. I expect that San is quite a bit

safer than Houston.

>

> GG

>

> Re: Re: Medical Spanish Courses

>

> That approximates my own experience with Rosetta Stone (Spanish & Arabic). The

one disappointment for me was the vocabulary progression. At the point where

Pimsleur is teaching you useful things, like how to order a beer or find the

bathroom, Rosetta Stone is teaching you how to say " elephant " and " horse " .

Great if you're a veterinary student. But, it seems that the vocabulary

progression could be a little better thought out. It definitely works though!

>

> Mexico is a scary place these days, for sure. But the interior is at least as

safe as Houston. Language schools in Merida (near Cancun) and Cuernavaca (north

of Mexico City) are far from the border wars, and well established.

>

> Rob

>

> On Monday, December 20, 2010 13:53, " Brad Sattler " bradsattler@...>

said:

>

> > I used Rosetta Stone while willing the hours away at the BP Oil Spill. The

system

> > uses pictures and word association, just like you were talking to a baby. It

was

> > very intuitive and I feel it works well. It didn't come as quickly as I

hoped, but

> > by repeating the lessons a few nights a week the words started coming to me,

and

> > they're still up there after several weeks.

> >

> > It's very, very expensive, but I felt it was approximately worth the value

of the

> > price.

>

>