Spanish - Culture and Travel

Learning more about the culture and the places you can use your new language skills is all part of your learning adventure. If you’re looking for some extra cultural tips or you have an experience to share, welcome! You can browse the topics, do a search in the top right corner of this page, or start a new conversation. Don’t be shy!

CANARIES VS ESPANA AND ACCENT DIFFERENCES

HOLA MI AMIGAS, IS THERE A RIVALRY OR POLITICAL ISSUES BETWEEN THE CANARIES AND SPAIN,BY THAT I MEAN,DO THE CANARIES WANT TO BE SEEN AS A COUNTRY OR COUNTRIES IN THEIR OWN RIGHT,NOT ATTACHED TO SPAIN,I SUPPOSE,IN MUCH THE SAME WAY AS SCOTLAND{WHERE I AM...

3 replies - Last post by chaz - July 18, 2010

Flowers

Hola todos! I have a friend in Guadalajara, Mexico, and I want to send her flowers for her birthday. While I know she likes roses, I do remember her saying that she had a favorite flower. I did not write it down right away but I remember it being somet...

2 replies - Last post by JasonNFlorida - July 8, 2010

lesson 1.2 learning the "d" sound

hi im still new to this and i had trouble with getting this sound right in lesson 1.2 i think it is? when maricio says "de dondre eres?" and "encantado" the d sounds either like a "th" sound or a "v" sound? can any...

4 replies - Last post by nohablo - June 27, 2010

Nicaragua

I'm studying spanish because I intend to travel to Nicaragua next year.\n\nIs anyone planning to be there in March 2011?\n\nLet me know. Por Favor\n\nMy e mail address is [redacted]

0 replies - Last post by Supreme1 - May 26, 2010

Suggested websites

Yo estoy aprendendo rapido, y gusto mucho los lecciones. (Pero es possivel que necessito uno o dos mas lecciones....) 1.Hay en Rocket Espanol uno diccionario para a interpretar las idiomas y palavras? 2. Puedes recomendar algunos sitios web a donde pue...

2 replies - Last post by RPrimeau - May 13, 2010

Rocket Spanish Platinum

Hola, I recently purchased Rocket Spanish Platinum but am unable to print the conversation transcripts or coallate them into a word document for printing. Does anyone know if there is a plan to put them in to PDF format so they can be downloaded and take...

1 reply - Last post by Antonio - April 26, 2010

Plus + Platinum

Hola :) I have recently purchased Rocket Spanish Premium, and I was just wondering if there is any chance that premium members can get a trial of the Plus package or the Platinum package before purchasing them? Also, I am a little too nervous to spend t...

1 reply - Last post by Mauricio - April 19, 2010

Listeneing to Rocket Spanish on iPhone

You put the Interactive Audio Lessons on QuickTime so they will play on the iPhone if I select the alternate player. Will you not put the Language and Culture clips on QuickTime also? I don’t have the time to sit in front of my desktop computer to learn...

7 replies - Last post by nohablo - April 7, 2010

cursos en espanol

?Hay lugares en Mexico que se puede tomar cursos en espanol?

1 reply - Last post by Mauricio - March 29, 2010

MegaSpanish vocab game?

Hola!! I was just doing the MegaSpanish vocab game. Its says "choose the correct *Italian* word". As I said I'm doing Spanish so why does it say the Italian word? I reconize most of the words as Spanish, but am just wondering what's going on??...

1 reply - Last post by Antonio - February 26, 2010

Spanish schools Lake Atitlan, Guatemala

I'm going to the Lake Atitlan region in Guatemala to study Spanish this Feb thru March. Has anyone attended any of the schools in the Lake Atitlan region? I'm trying to decide between schools in San Marcos and San Pedro. Any suggestions? Thanks John

1 reply - Last post by pedropedro - January 14, 2010

Guatemala

I'm planning to go to Guatemala in Jan. I hope to stay entre 2.5-3months. I have been studying spanish for little less than 9 months, and I feel as though I'm started to "speed up" at this point so I'm hoping by Jan. I will be capable, although certainl...

4 replies - Last post by Bellboa - January 11, 2010

information not being saved

I am using the Premium download version and my information is not being saved. For example, on the "Your Course" page, it is not showing the sections that I have completed. The "Your Account" section does not seem to update properly ...

2 replies - Last post by liza1 - December 19, 2009

Speaking Spanish "on the road"....

Just got back from a trip to Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama. I had a great time and I used my Spanish as much as possible. I would say that I had varying degrees of success communicating with the locals in Spanish. There were times when I never needed to r...

7 replies - Last post by Emli - November 3, 2009

Ecuador

We are going to Ecuador soon. We will be starting in Quito and traveling south ending in San Clamente on the ocean. Any words of wisdom . Thanks Wayne K

0 replies - Last post by knocke - October 11, 2009

Where do I get/find the learner's manuals, mega cards, etc

Help please! I'm new to Rocket Spanish and when I purchased the first level it just gave me the link to my account online here. When I go to my course all I find are the audio lessons and quizes. Can anyone tell me where to find the books, meaga cards, ...

3 replies - Last post by KingsDaughter - September 18, 2009

Argentine Voseo

I was planning to go to Argentina and Uruguay and found out they speak a different form of Spanish called [url=http://www.voseospanish.com/:2bop1g5n]Voseo[/url:2bop1g5n]. Does anyone know if Rocket Spanish has software to learn that dialect? I...

4 replies - Last post by nohablo - August 30, 2009

Project on Argentina

Hola :D I am currently doing a project for my Travel and Tourism class and since I'm interested in Spanish, I chose a Spanish counrty =P We have to plan a trip to our chosen counrty and have 2-3 excursions during that trip and then we present our ...

1 reply - Last post by ronellevan - August 30, 2009

Going to South America

Hi, I'm traveling to Argentina towards the end of the year and I was wondering If you could recommend some spots I could visit. I'm going to be staying in Buenos Aires so not too far from that spot. Cheers guys.

7 replies - Last post by ronellevan - August 30, 2009

What happened to MegaCards?

I notice that there's been an update to the audio lessons -- instead of bars for the conversation in Spanish, the conversation in English, and Notes, there's a tabbed interface, and there's a better player interface. That looks good. In that change, how...

3 replies - Last post by wmm - August 25, 2009

Newsletters where

I bought the interactive course in 2007, but now that I want to review it, I cannot find the newsletters 1-5. I have no.s 6-10 (no. 6 is "how to tell time in Spanish", newsmem/0675 - for an example). I think these written instructions are very g...

0 replies - Last post by preben - July 17, 2009

Mega Games will not run

Everytime I try to use the Mega games, the program crashes saying "Macromedia projector has encountered a problem and needs to close" I have tried updating flash and quicktime, and running in compatability mode, but to no avail. Has anyone else ...

3 replies - Last post by Antonio - June 23, 2009

Is there anyone else here from the UK?

Hello Everyone I've joined this forum today and have been studying spanish for a little while, I've just downloaded Rocket Spanish and look forward to enjoying the course I'd love to chat to other students on the phone for encouragement every now and...

6 replies - Last post by leeallen - May 15, 2009

Help with Downloaded Files

I downloaded all of lesson 1 and 2 yesterday 5/09 and now my computer tells me those files have been deleted or moved from my download file when I try to open them, but everything I downloaded today I can still open.....where did they go???

0 replies - Last post by monkat79 - May 10, 2009

Mastering What You Learn

I think the biggest mistake people make when learning a foreign language is that they want to move too quickly - in other words, they want to move to lesson 2 before they've mastered lesson 1. I learned Arabic as a second language and remember all too we...

5 replies - Last post by nohablo - April 10, 2009

Burning Audio to CD

When i purchased this course it had stated that I would be able to download onto an mp3 to take with me, but I am attempting to burn the lessons to CD. Does anyone know if this is possible. Once the CD is finished and I try to play it it does not work. ...

3 replies - Last post by nohablo - April 10, 2009

Crazy Question

... but why does it say "Rocket Chinese" at the top of our forum? I thought I was truly losing my mind at first...

2 replies - Last post by Loriann - April 6, 2009

Download frustration

Help! Help! Help! I am so frustrated, can anyone assist me? I purchased the "downloadable" course on Sunday and have yet to be successful in accessing any of the material permanently. Parameters: Dial Up connection, both MSN and Internet Expl...

6 replies - Last post by Antonio - March 23, 2009

Study In Spain

Hi, my name is Darren. I am a 39yo Australian and I have recently decided to take a year of work and do some travel and learn Spanish. I have been looking at doing this through the don Quijote organisation in Spain. Has anybody already had experience with...

3 replies - Last post by mark-english - January 26, 2009

Newbee Question re: Navigating Thru Site

A few days ago, I purchased the downloaded version of Level I and II, and am copying the various sections. I also just ordered the $29.99 2-disc set and something funny happened after I received my acknowledgement "e-mail"--it jumped to Level I...

1 reply - Last post by Antonio - January 15, 2009

Audio Download Question

Kind of PC stupid, When I download the audio since it is in MP3 format and burn them to a CD, I need to have an MP3 player? I don't guess I can just pop it into the car CD player and it work? Thanks

7 replies - Last post by DaveG - January 9, 2009

Problem Running Mac OS X version of Games

Downloaded everything and un-Stuffed the OS X version of the games. When I attempt to launch the software by double clicking Rocket Spanish.osx, I get an Applescript error about "unable to read the dictionary of this application because it is not scr...

7 replies - Last post by theYiffer - December 16, 2008

Teaching English in Mexico

Hi, I downloaded Rocket Spanish a couple of weeks ago and have surprised myself with how much I am retaining (as opposed to a classroom course I did many years ago). I plan to visit Mexico on vacation AND business within the next year or 2. I would also...

1 reply - Last post by Antonio - November 30, 2008

Mega Cards ?

Are the mega cards that are pdf the same as the Mega spanish games? I just did not want to download them and print them out if so....Thanks in advance :D

1 reply - Last post by Barbara1 - October 20, 2008

How to use the Course Components

I purchased Rocket Spanish I and II about 2 weeks ago. I printed out all the materials and am getting ready to "dive in" next week But, I'm not sure how/what sequence to use all the course components. Do I start by listening to the Beginner Au...

1 reply - Last post by Antonio - October 11, 2008

Lesson 5.2 Error?

On page 83, it says "reunión familiar." Is this right, or should it be familia? Thanks, Greg

1 reply - Last post by Barbara1 - September 15, 2008

Audio lessons printed out

Hola, Como estas? I just purchased Rocket Spanish this weekend and have been totally enjoying learning Spanish using the audio lessons. Tonight, I hope to begin incorporating more visual studying and bookwork into my studies along with the audio lesso...

1 reply - Last post by Antonio - August 5, 2008

beg. book lesson 1.4 and newsletter #3

I do not understand how to do exercise 1 in the newsletter #3. Also, in the example for exercise 2 it says "usted" is "You (polite, plural). I thought "usted" would be "You (polite, singular)?

1 reply - Last post by nohablo - August 4, 2008

Accent marks

I have just started the lessons and I am wondering about the accent marks. This seems very important, but I haven't seen anything on here about how to produce them. I have found that certain ALT key/number pad combinations will produce them so I have ...

2 replies - Last post by Mauricio - July 21, 2008

Learn Spanish in Mexico

If you are serious about learning Spanish. The Spanish Institute of Puebla is a highly regarded Spanish Language School in Mexico. Just received the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) - Education 2007 award of Edu...

0 replies - Last post by spanish11 - June 11, 2008

RS y VISTA

I rue the day I ever got Vista. A lot of programs don't work with it. RS installed and works fine, but a lot of the books use Adobe Acrobat, which doesn't work so fine. Has anyone come up with a solution for this? Ha! Thank you Rocket Spanish. Y...

0 replies - Last post by Bubba - May 31, 2008

hasta la vista

I don't know about the rest of you, but I really want to put "baby" on the end of this one :D

1 reply - Last post by Bubba - May 31, 2008

Hello: New to RS and a quick question....

Just wanted to say Hola to everyone out there. We are taking Spanish together as a family. Someone told me that to speed up the process we should only speak Spanish at home. In other words, if we know how to say something in Spanish, say it in Spanish....

3 replies - Last post by Bubba - May 31, 2008

Studying Spanish in Antigua, Guatemala

Hi there, I am wondering if someone could recommend the 3 best Spanish Language schools in Antigua, Guatemala. Is anyone familiar with the BridgeAbroad Program in Antigua, Guatemala? Thanks Ita

6 replies - Last post by neckstrom - May 20, 2008

Speech Therapy

Well, I've been practicing trilling my "rr's" and I've had completely no success. I've tried zillions of different methods with nothing to be proud of. Every time I try practicing trilling my "rr's", I end up feeling more frustrated and eventually I get a...

4 replies - Last post by nohablo - May 15, 2008

Spanish Speaking DVDs

where can i find American made movies that are in Spanish? if anybody knows, list some websites or stores here. Cheers

5 replies - Last post by nohablo - May 15, 2008

Downloading the Rocket Spanish Games

I can't figure out how to access/download the games. Can somebody help? Thanks.

3 replies - Last post by ritakj - May 4, 2008

Level 2 of Rocket Spanish course

Does anyone know if a Pdf. book came with the level 2 of the Rocket Spanish course? I know one came with the first one but not sure if there's one with the second level or not. muchos gracias todas

0 replies - Last post by (deleted) - April 29, 2008

Medical Spanish

Anyone have any good resources to expand RocketSpanish to practicing medical Spanish?

1 reply - Last post by nohablo - April 27, 2008

Spanish Course Hard Drive Backup

What is the best way to back up the Spanish Course I have downloaded to my hard drive?

1 reply - Last post by nohablo - April 23, 2008

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