Know it

In the my level area of each course ,i will like to know if its recommended to do the ("know it") right after the the ("hear it and say it" ) i first bought the course in 2011 and finish the Spanish Premium ,at that time there was not a ( "know it") function so in the premium section nothing is rated partly finish the premium plus with out rating the ("know it ") now i am just starting the Platinum stage . i am just wondering if it's a good idea to do the (know it) right after the (hear it say it) in my level sections to me the know it section is tough a i feels it slow me down but it might be beneficial (in put please.)

I usually don't move from one lesson to the next until after I complete both the "hear it say it" and "know it" exercises. I don't like progressing to the next stage till after I master the prior stages. I have to sometimes deal with not understanding everything though since we learn some phrases in our exercises before we understand how they work (e.g. Gustar conjugated to "gustaria," which is in a tense not covered till well after phrase is introduced). I am trying to change the way I learn because with languages sometimes we just need to learn without overthinking it. However, the know it exercise is probably good to do before moving on to the next lesson because it expands your vocabulary and ensures you at least know how to use the new phrases.

My biggest downfall is still comprehension. So I do the "know it" section pretty much right after the audio lesson. Then, a few days later, I will come back to the "hear it say it" section to see if I still understand what I am hearing.

I'm sorta the same way, while I "think" that know it, I find that it helps a lot to come back several days later just to make sure. I have found myself rushing thru a lesson to get it complete, only to find that I missed quite a few things. Now that I'm in the Rocket Platinum course the speak a lot faster, and use quite a few new words. Now I really need to slow down and learn, but then again I am always reviewing, often all the way back to things covered in the Rocket Premium course.

I will be starting Premium Plus tomorrow, but have already purchased the Platinum course. Premium is a little too easy for me, so I am looking forward to Plus. But I will continue to so the same thing... come back a few days later to review.

I think that the courses get better, and more enjoyable, as you go along. Premium Plus has some nice story lines which continue throughout the course, and you also start to REALLY learn some things that I found much more challenging. I really enjoyed the Premium Plus course. Platinum continues along the same lines, covering many new areas, along with the interesting stories. As I mentioned, they speak faster and really challenge your thinking in this portion of the course. Of course, at the moment the Subjunctive mood is kicking my butt. I felt that once I was into the Premium Plus course I could actually "feel" myself learning more. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

I hope I start to "feel" that I am learning more soon. I am on one of those plateaus where you feel like you are in a lull. You will know you are getting a hang of the subjunctive when you can instantly tell that certain phrases sound horribly wrong. Like: Me alegro de que estás aquí. Llámame cuando llegas a casa. And should be: Me alegro de que estés aquí. Llámame cuando llegues a casa.

I guess I need more work to reach that level :) My problem is that I hear it being used, and I can't really understand why. I need to watch more telenovelas and listen to more Spanish I guess. I am finally learning more about it being a "mood" instead of a tense, so I'm just starting to understand (just a little bit) how it's used in normal conversation.

It will come! No te preocupes!! I hope my ears will start to work better soon... knowing the grammar isn't much if you can't understand what is being said to you.

Greetings you Hispanophiles with stars, Recently, I have been reviewing the subjunctive and it appears that negative informal commands for tú and vosotros are the same as the present subjunctive. Poco a poco I recognize more!

I was in a hotel in England last week and was very jealous of a young English waiter who was not only speaking fluently to a a Spanish family from Andulucia (Spain), but was using the vosotros form when addressing them as a group. eg Como os Llamáis? I complemented him on his ability, and he informed me he was studying Post Graduate Spanish and French at a University in London, and was going to be a translator in Brussels. Horses for courses as they say!

I would have been jealous, too! But I guess a Post Graduate is a little more advanced than some of us!

Hola !!