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This section will describe how an audio sub-lesson works. So the first sub-lesson of “Socializing” is called “Birthday Party”. The audio lasts for around 27 minutes give or take a few seconds.

The format of the audio involves the English speaking narrator (Amy) telling Mauricio about a birthday party she is planning. He asks her about who it’s for, who will be coming, when it is happening . She ends up by asking him if he would like to come to the party too. He says sure.

This might seem like a pretty short conversation to put into 27 minutes but the conversation is repeated a few times and Amy often explains what everything means. She describes the new verbs, how they are used in the sentence and the infinitive of the verb.

The conversation is slowed down to one sentence at a time and the student listening to the audio, is encouraged to say the words or sentences after each person on the audio has spoken it.

The audio lesson ends with the narrator asking the listener some questions about the lesson and their birthdays. There is a pause, giving the student enough time to speak the answer out loud. Then Mauricio will give the likely answer to the question. This allows the student to interact with the audio and also get answers to the questions that are asked.

By listening to Mauricio speak, you can hear an authentic accent too which will help with your own pronunciation.

This teaching method is stressed in the very first audio lesson of the course. Amy stresses that you have to speak the words and sentences out loud, when you are given the opportunity to do so. It might seem odd at first but this is the best way to engage in the lessons and get used to speaking the words.

Pronunciation is one of the hardest parts of learning a language, only by practicing it can it be perfected. Watching people lips and mouth as they say a word can also help with your pronunciation but you can’t do this with this course.

There are 4 extra tabs that can be clicked on during the audio. These are conversation in Spanish, Conversation in English, Quiz and Notes.

The conversation tabs show you how the audio is written in Spanish and English which may help you follow along with the conversation if needs be.

The quiz tab is a multiple choice quiz on the lesson.

Notes is a section for you to add your own notes on the lesson.

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