SPANISH say hello is a fast start for beginners and a superior way to brush up on Spanish. It's ideal for students, travelers, and business people. SPANISH say hello is an audiocassette program of basic Spanish for native speakers of English. It includes a pronunciation guide, word lists, dialogs and narratives for communication. Study and review tests, essential grammar, and glossary are in the reusable and correlated workbook. WordMate's proven and patented learning system requires the use of stereo headphones which are not included with the program. The program comes in a dust-proof vinyl album. Both sides of the brain are used to speed up learning. SPANISH Say Hello gives you what to say in everyday situations. You'll make yourself understood, make friends, explain what you want when shopping for food, clothing, and lodging. You'll find your way about and easily arrange for entertainment, transportation, medical, and other needs. Your visits to Spanish-speaking countries will be easier, more pleasant, and more enriching. Here's some comments: I'm sending a second order for the Spanish tapes ... I really do love the program congratulations. Sr. Maria Burke, Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, Techny, Illinois You don't have to concentrate as much. In other words, half the work is done by the tape. That's the beauty of it...it works. Hiroki Kato, PhD, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois Real benefit ... in reinforcing the vocabulary in an easy and relaxed manner. Kath Courtney, Christian Home Educators' Curriculum Manual The most efficient system of learning a new language. Professor Bernab Tierno, Madrid, Spain The WordMate method yielded significant superior learning. Proceedings of the 22nd International Congress of Applied Psychology, Kyoto, Japan Here's How It Works -- Use Stereo Headphones The Spanish word is presented to the right ear and the English word to the left ear about the same time. Next, the Spanish word goes to both ears. Your brain pays conscious attention to the Spanish word but links both words together in your memory. Because your right and left ears are more strongly connected to the opposite brain hemispheres, each side of the brain is activated for specialized language processing -- analytic on the left and wholistic on the right. "Words are finite organs of the infinite mind." Ralph Waldo Emerson SPANISH Say Hello (ages12 - adult) has more than 1,000 most frequently used words and expressions -- over 95% of the words used in everyday conversation. Brief lessons take about 30 minutes each day. You get 4 hours of recordings for words and phrases in conversations with native pronunciation plus basic grammar. ON THE INVENTOR OF WORDMATE Dr. Louis Aarons first studied the transfer of visual information between the cerebral hemispheres. Later, he found the learning of words were speeded up when they were presented separately but at the same time to the right and left ear. It created a link between the conscious and the unconscious processes of language in the brain. Dr. Aarons received the BS and MA degrees in psychology at the College of the City of New York and his PhD in psychology at the University of Chicago. He served on the faculties of the Northwestern University School of Medicine, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the University of Chicago. For more information visit my web page http://bookzone.com/bookzone/10000856.html and see a review at http://www.bookpage.com/webboard/nonfiction-messages/52.htm SPANISH SAY HELLO is $39.95, plus $4.00 shipping & handling, another program is JAPANESE SAY HELLO at $49.95, plus $4.00 S&H, IL residents add 8.75% tax. To order by credit card: Call Toll free: 1-888-967-3628 or 1-888-WordMate, Fax : 847-677-6186 E-mail: WordMate@aol.com or send check/money order to: Lou Aarons/ WordMate P.O. Box 992 Skokie, IL 60076-0992