My First Spanish Class

When I first played the audio track, I was shocked by the speed of the speakers. Here is what I found:

• There seems to be different spelling and pronunciation for the same verbs when they’re being used with different subject pronouns.
• The pronunciation is just nightmare, esp. “r” and “j”
• However, the sentence structures seem to be simple and easy to understand.

I followed what is being said on the audio track and repeated where the narrator asked to repeat.

After that half hour here is what I can do: I play the audio track again and type what’s being said into English “ Excuse me, miss, do you understand English? No, Sir. I don’t understand. I speak a little Spanish Are you from North America? Yes, Miss.”  I played and paused each chunk then I typed what I heard in Spanish into English.

For my curiosity, I then go online to check some more pronunciation on translate.google.com where I can confirm some pronunciation matters and meanings of the words. I can also see spellings so that I analyze the sounds in my head.

I also do a bit of study on http://www.123teachme.com/ where I can see everyday conversation.