The Standard Deviants - Learn Advanced Spanish - Verbs
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In Theaters : 2000
DVD Release : 18 June, 2002 |
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Too much rote instruction, not enough practice
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I learned Spanish for the first time when I was 14 (I'm much older now), and so perhaps may not be the customer for this title. I memorized, learned, and drilled the verb conjugations repeatedly throughout my courses. This is what the DVD attempts to do. I guess I was expecting a little more practice and illustration of use of the conjugations in real like settings (e.g., banks, stores, sports conversations, employment interactions) instead of in obscure settings like the jungle and gardening (which the DVD does: how many people use the verb "plow" in their daily conversations?). I was also really disappointed and quite surprised that none of the actors has mastered a Spanish accent. Indeed, through impersonation I acquired my Spanish accent (as well as a Chinese accent, a Portuguese accent and a Greek accent). Certainly, actors of all people know more about impersonation than the general public; and you don't need to know the language very well to acquire the accent. The actors even misplace many orthographic accents on words (e.g., the command pongan is pronounced with the accent on the gan). In some instances, you can get an entirely different word with misplacement.
Students will get rote instruction in formal courses. DVD courses should make up for the dearth of practical conversation experience in classroom settings by providing illustrations of when and how the language is used in these settings. I have yet to purchase a video that does this, but I really want one. |
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