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Attention audio and kinesthetic learners! Employing the Total Physical Response method, students are taught with videos, and use reactive body movements as they repeat and respond. Language is introduced in context of real-life scenarios, such as riding horseback, going to the movies, or cooking. English is used when needed for clarity. Each lesson has three parts: vocabulary, actions, and a comprehension check. No matter the level, you’ll need 4 items. In the Lesson DVDs, a teacher and her students model the lesson. The Lesson Book explains the methodology, provides video lesson script with step-by-step directions for presenting the 24 week-long lessons. Depending on your comfort level, you could use this book to present the lessons. If not, use this book to answer student questions about the video lessons. Each student needs a non-reproducible Workbook, which reinforces the audio/physical lessons and contains the extension activities for the lessons. Activities include a variety of puzzles, games, mini-books, scrambled stories, cloze passages, grammar practice, and definitions. Answer Keys include answers to both the Workbook and Lesson Book. All books are soft cover. No formal testing is included. Level 2 builds directly upon Level 1 with more creative situations. It is, however, possible to jump into Level 2 if students have had a first year of Spanish in another program. This is a user-friendly option to introduce students to Spanish (particularly for those who like to physically engage in learning).
Primary Subject
Foreign Language
Grade Start
4
Grade End
9
Format
Product Bundle
Brand Name
Excelerate Language
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I chose this because it is the TPR method. My daughter teaches & has learned another language & really recommends this method. I'm excited about using it for a younger daughter!
Marjorie O
on Aug 12, 2022
Recommend by another homeschool mom
Melissa G
on Jul 26, 2022
I chose this because it is the TPR method. My daughter teaches & has learned another language & really recommends this method. I'm excited about using it for a younger daughter!
Marjorie O
on Aug 12, 2022
I chose this curriculum for my four boys because of the DVD instruction option and the TPR (Total Physical Response) used to teach the language. We used this when I was employed to teach English to Chinese students, and the success in the students was very high since they could see and hear the language. I also needed something that was low parent involvement since I have 4 boys in one grade right after the other.
Tiffany H
on Aug 1, 2022
I chose this curriculum for my four boys because of the DVD instruction option and the TPR (Total Physical Response) used to teach the language. We used this when I was employed to teach English to Chinese students, and the success in the students was very high since they could see and hear the language. I also needed something that was low parent involvement since I have 4 boys in one grade right after the other.
Tiffany H
on Aug 1, 2022
I read multiple positive reviews
Samantha S
on Aug 14, 2021
Does this complete curriculum teach all levels of Spanish, or does it just teach easy Spanish? For example, in a public school they teach Spanish 1, 2, and 3. Is this all three levels?
BEST ANSWER: According to the Excelerate website and having the curriculum, this is the equivalence of Spanish I. They have a Spanish II available, which with both programs would meet requirements for most states with competency and language credits.
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- Yaser M on Sep 6, 2018
- Purchased on Aug 10, 2018
Can this program be used on an Apple?
BEST ANSWER: If your Mac will play DVDs, these videos should work.
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- Janice Staff on Aug 20, 2018
3.8 / 5.0
4 Reviews
Great follow up to introductory Spanish for young children
My first grader has been loving this curriculum. It is very engaging for her and she participates in the video lessons happily. She loves the silly stories and the actions. She has some prior Spanish knowledge, and I think it would be difficult to use without that. (We did Whistlefritz before this.) Since she is younger, we also don't do all the activities, many of which are writing.
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Maybe not work for everyone
Purchased due to the glowing reviews, however we do not share the share opinions.
1.) Low budget production DVD; very poor audio quality, extremely difficult to hear or understand what the speaker is saying. Especially when her back is turned.
2.) Neglected to even set a basic foundation for the sound of the alphabet/symbols of the language.
3.)Far too many words/phrases introduced at one time for a learner with no prior history in this language.
4.) The speaker spoke too fast to clearly he hear or understand the nonsense phrases a student was intended to repeat.
1.) Low budget production DVD; very poor audio quality, extremely difficult to hear or understand what the speaker is saying. Especially when her back is turned.
2.) Neglected to even set a basic foundation for the sound of the alphabet/symbols of the language.
3.)Far too many words/phrases introduced at one time for a learner with no prior history in this language.
4.) The speaker spoke too fast to clearly he hear or understand the nonsense phrases a student was intended to repeat.
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August 11, 2020
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Believe sticking a little better than traditional
Have an 11 year old son who pretty bright, loves math, science & literature, also plays piano. He has a great accent and dvd helps w/pronunciation. Not everyone is the same and gesticulations of words only frustrated my kid; having to learn sounds & vocab besides. So took them out & he is progressing further. I did add words to vocab. list that were mentioned in DVD like "con" "veces" and "otra vez." Ordered actually separately: DVD 1-6 with wrkbk, lessons, and answer booklet to see if a good fit and is plenty. Also, incorporated a lesson with interrogatives since introduced quickly as well as numbers which he learned rather quickly. So overall happy with curr. presented instead of the traditional way. Modifying to our child's needs seems to have worked for us; another ex. beside omitting the movements was put into effect in lesson 1 act. 2, I just told him to number from 1-10 instead since it made it easier for him to understand.
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April 27, 2020
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So happy to have found this!
Finally, the type of Spanish Curriculum that will work for us! The DVD lessons are invaluable, as for foreign language you really need someone who can speak well, which is certainly not me! The lessons are well done and work perfectly for multiple ages and really give a nice break to for homeschool teachers who aren't comfortable in the foreign language department - AND need a break from teaching everything:) I'm going through the course myself along with the kids to improve my Spanish, and though we're just getting into the program, I can already tell that it is sticking much better than more traditional programs, even Rosetta Stone (which we had been using before). Also it is much easier to have everyone have class at once instead of multiple sessions individually on the computer. The kids are engaged and enjoy it, and as someone who knows some spanish but is reluctant to speak, I'm finding it extremely helpful. My kids understand a lot of spanish as their father is a native speaker (though you wouldn't need that for the program) but they are reluctant to speak and are speaking in class much more readily than before. I'm so glad to find a program that doesn't just start with greetings and the names of food etc.; you really delve into full conversations from the get go, but in a completely do-able way. Excellent program also for kids who have some Spanish language exposure but need something more formal. They won't be bored or stuck going over things they already know, yet kids with no experience will be at no disadvantage. For the cost with the video lessons (love these!) it really is a great deal for a complete program.
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