Rocket Spanish or Bueno, Entonces ?
If you are looking for a fun way to learn Spanish, then there are two courses that you should definitely consider – Rocket Spanish and Bueno, Entonces.
Both are the same in the sense that they are interesting and entertaining, but when it boils down to the features and whatnot, these two can be very different.
Choosing can be quite a drag. So that is where this article comes in. Hopefully after you read it, you will be able to choose the one that suits you best. With the right program, you will be speaking Spanish in no time.
What do you get ?
Bueno, Entonces is one of the latest programs released to teach you conversational Spanish in just a few weeks time and was developed and created by General Linguistics.
You will have 30 classes. The length of the lessons vary from 30-40 minutes long each. You will have a total of 6 discs that actually leave you with 1000 minutes of run time.
But what is great about this is that it is perfect for your iPhone, iTouch, iPad, Blckaberry, or any other android phone.
Rocket Spanish is another product of Rocket Languages. They claim that you will be able to learn Spanish in a short period of time with the 32 downloadable interactive lessons that are provided as well as the 32 illustrated lessons.
What makes it fun at the same time educational?
Let’s start with Bueno, Entonces. This is fun basically because of the whole way it was made. You see, when you take Bueno, Entonces, it will feel like you are actually watching some sitcom that is both funny and educational.
The bilingual banter between the Argentinean Spanish teacher and the Brit boy from London will definitely keep boredom away. As you progress through the lesson, their storyline progresses too – that alone is one reason for you to keep on going.
Bueno Entonces Interface
No matter how entertaining it is, the main goal of this program is still for you to learn conversational Spanish. That is where the Pizzara Magica comes in. This is where you can learn grammar and vocabulary.
The words are color coded according to their word function – like dark green for verbs and purple for adjectives and adverbs.
Aside from that, you get to see both the English and the Spanish sentences- so you can actually see the difference between the two.
You will also have symbols and picture to help you out with the vocab and grammar.
The dialogue is in both English and Spanish. So that is how you get to practice your listening as well as your speaking.
The Magic Whiteboard
Now for Rocket Spanish. What makes Rocket Spanish fun has definitely got to be the three games that come with the entire package.
You have MegaVocab, MegaAudio, and MegaVerbs.
You actually learn while you play.
- With the MegaVocab, you have to match a pictue with the right Spanish word. This is supposed to help build up your Spanish vocabulary.
- You can enhance your listening and pronunciation with MegaAudio as you match the short audio file also with the correct picture.
- Quite obviously, you will learn grammar and conjugation through MegaVerbs.
According to Rocket Spanish, you will be able to retain what you have learned much more as you use both your eyes and your ears through picture and word association.
How do you learn?
Bueno, Entonces follows five principles that they claim are the stepping stones to speaking Spanish fluently.
- First, it has to be interesting and engaging.
- Second, you can see the words on the screen.
- Third is the color coding system,
- followed by the illustrations and symbols for the fourth.
- Fifth is simple repetition.
Rocket Spanish focuses on interaction as it lets you actually take part in the conversations that you hear. Aside from that, you follow up with ebooks that explain a lot about the Spanish language, you play games. You even have flash cards to help you retain what you have learned. But, just like Bueno, Entonces, repetition is also a key part of their method.
What do you learn?
Both language learning programs obviously are designed to teach you Spanish but if you want to focus only on the informal and casual side, then you should go for Bueno, Entonces. It isn’t called Spanish for the streets for nothing. Heck, you even get to learn words that you never would in any Spanish class.
But if you want to learn both casual and formal Spanish, then Rocket Spanish is your best bet.
