When to start using Premium

Hola Alex. Bienvenido al foro. I'm a little confused by what you mean by "Premium." Right now, in the Member Area, there are three levels of Rocket Spanish: Premium, Premium Plus, and Platinum. If you've already done 40 lessons, it sounds as if you're working on what is now called Premium Plus. Could you have meant "Platinum" when you said you had just bought "Premium"? Can you describe the contents of lesson 40? That might help clarify things.

Wow, thanks very much, Alex, for the helpful link. I wasn't familiar with the newsletters. They seem to provide a lot of information, and especially a lot of vocabulary. From a quick glance, I'd say that if you've gone through 40 newsletters, you're more than ready for Premium, which is the first of the three levels of the Rocket Spanish program. Indeed, my concern would be that you may already know some of the material there, though probably not most of it.

To give you an idea of what the Premium level contains, I've copied the chapter titles from two of the ten sections of Premium. Here's the first section (most sections are divided into two parts; the "Language and Culture" part covers more grammar and cultural info):
1.1 Introductions
1.2 Introductions Expanded
1.3 The Perfect Coffee
1.4 Taking a Photo
1.5 What Do you do for a Living?
1.6 Family Status
1.7 Traveling on Schedule

Language and Culture
1.8 How to Pronounce Spanish Words
1.9 People, Places, and Things
1.10 Using "The" and "A"
1.11 Talking about You, He, and We
1.12 "To Be" Part 1: The Verb SER
1.13 Numbers
1.14 Telling the Time

And here are the chapter titles from section 6:
6.1 Speak Like an Expert
6.2 Pastimes
6.3 End of Vacation

Language and Culture
6.4 Talking about What You Know: SABER and CONOCER
6.5 Talking about What You Like, Love, and Lack
6.6 Actions You Perform on Yourself: Reflexive Verbs

I'm sure you're ready for Premium. If you feel you already know even the material in section 6, you may want to consult with Mauricio about whether you're ready for Rocket Spanish's second level, Premium Plus. My guess is that you'd benefit from starting with Premium, even if some of it reviews material you already know.

I hope this helps.

What is included in the Platinum level?

Cathyanne, here is the table of contents from the Platinum level:

# 18. Parties in Latin America

Interactive Audio Course
18.1 Latin Partying
18.2 The Piñata / La Piñata
18.3 Happy Birthday / Feliz Cumpleaños
18.4 Mariachis
18.5 Carnival/Carnaval

Language and Culture
18.6 The Uncertain & Hypothetical Mood
18.7 Expressing Desires
18.8 Voicing Your Doubts
18.9 Expressing How You Feel
18.10 Talking about Past Feelings

# 19. Latin Culture

Interactive Audio Course
19.1 Fast Food / Comida Rápida
19.2 Shopping and Bargaining / Compras y Regateo
19.3 Football / Fútbol
19.4 Day of the Dead / El Día de Muertos

Language and Culture
19.5 Passive Voice / La Voz Pasiva
19.6 'SE': Most Versatile of Spanish words
19.7 Telling Someone to Do Something
19.8 Telling Someone what Someone Else Should Do

# 20. Bachelor´s Life

Interactive Audio Course
20.1 Just Friends / Solo Amigos
20.2 First Date / La Primera Cita
20.3 The Marriage Proposal / La Propuesta de Matrimonio
20.4 Bachelor party / Despedida de soltero

Language and Culture
20.5 Describing the Non-Existent and In-Definite
20.6 Describing an Action Conditional upon Another
20.7 Doing Something Yourself with Reflexives
20.8 Interacting with One-Another and Each-Other

21. The Adventurer - Trip to the Amazon

Interactive Audio Course
21.1 Planning the trip / Planear el viaje
21.2 On the plane / En el avión Mar
21.3 Welcome to the Tropics / Bienvenidos al Trópico
21.4 The Amazonian Jungle / La Selva Amazónica

Language and Culture
21.5 The 'WOULD; COULD; SHOULD' tense
21.6 Talking about what HAS happened
21.7 Talking about what HAD happened
21.8 Talking about what WILL HAVE happened

22. Talking Business

Interactive Audio Course
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22.1 The Work Interview / La Entrevista de Trabajo
22.2 A day at the office / Un día en la oficina
22.3 Business Meeting / Reunión de trabajo.
22.4 Filming of the Commercial / Grabación del Anuncio publicitario.

Language and Culture
22.5 Making it Negative with little beginnings
22.6 Affectionate Diminutives
22.7 Emphasizing with Augmentatives
22.8 Grasping Relative Pronouns

# 23. Places

Interactive Audio Course
23.1 Colombia
23.2 Machu Picchu
23.3 Buenos Aires
23.4 Paraguay

Language and Culture
23.5 What MAY HAVE happened
23.6 Speculating about Past Possibilities
23.7 Making Excuses with Conditional Compuesto
23.8 Speaking Hypothetically with 'SI'

# 24. Socializing

Interactive Audio Course
24.1 The Family Reunion
24.2 Neighbors
24.3 America

Language and Culture
24.4 The Indicative Mood - Certainty and Objectivity
24.5 The Perfect Tenses - Completed and Finished
24.6 The Subjunctive Mood - Uncertainty and Subjectivity

# 25. In Review

Rocket Spanish Platinum Survival Kit: Bonus Lessons

Pasatiempos al aire libre/ Outdoor Activities
Las Civilizaciones en las Américas / Civilizations in the Americas
Eventos Actuales / Current Events
Navidad / Christmas
Emociones / Feelings
Humor / Humor
Religión / Religion
Socializar / Socialize
Vocabulary Supplement A-LL
Vocabulary Supplement M-Z