In Synergy Spanish I tell you to be bold with your Spanish. It’s some of the best advice I can give you.
Mistakes aren’t usually a big deal. Everyone makes them. Mistakes help you learn.
On the other hand, I’ve seen people’s communication ability get killed as they try to be perfect.
They’re scared stiff to make a mistake and it effects how they communicate…in a bad way.
They constantly worry about the minor points of grammar.
This causes them to speak so slowly and with such hesitancy that nobody can stand to listen to them.
Synergy Spanish doesn’t get you bogged down with minor points of grammar. Instead you use major communication patterns so you have the tools to be bold and speak Spanish with confidence.
You can find out more about this on page 31 of the Synergy Spanish Action Guide.
The worst thing Spanish teachers do to you is make you be hesitant with your Spanish.
When you get out there in the real world and use Spanish, you will have to be bold. If you get bogged down in the minor stuff, you will lose the opportunity to communicate.
And communication is what this Synergy Spanish course is all about.
When it comes to speaking Spanish it is the major stuff you need to master.
What is the major stuff?
* Synergy Verbs
* Brick Verbs
* Mortar
* Pronunciation
Learn them deeply to express yourself instantly.
The Synergy Verbs, Brick Verbs and Mortar will give you the ability to communicate and be understood. Communication is what makes travel a joy.
It’s what makes better relationships with Spanish speakers and what counts in an emergency.
Make it your goal to communicate in Spanish and be understood. Get perfect later.
Having spent a number of years travelling to Spain, mainly for holidays of up to 7weeks long on
occassion, and not having progressed very much farther than reading a menu, I put myself in Marcus`s hands and I must admit for an old`un I have done remarkably well, I am just coming up to finish the last lessons of Bola de Nieve and am going to miss the daily challenge (not to mention the brain exercise) that I am given, and which has made my stays in Spain so much more enjoyable.
May I encourage any one thinking of subscribing not to hesitate, don`t waste time thinking about it as time waits for no man!
Such good advice Marcus. Even if you get stuck there must be some other way to express yuourself even if it is not as smooth as you would like. After all it is about making yourself understood!
I started to visit Spain about 15 years ago – just a two week holiday once a year with my family. I loved the country immediately and have grown to love it more as the years go by. Every year I told my wife that I was going to learn Spanish. Every year I did nothing about it beyond scanning through a tourist phrase book or two. After three years I could say ‘hola’, ‘gracias’ and ‘dos cervezas por favor’.
After one memorable holiday I really got the bug, came home and scoured the internet for Spanish courses. I don’t know why I picked Synergy Spanish. I was just drawn to it – Marcus just had a much more relaxed attitude about learning that struck a chord with me. Anyway, three years later I have completed all of his courses. (except one – Spanish Ear training). I am currently on Mod 3 of Advanced Intensives and am able to communicate pretty well. Not just ‘dos cervezas’ but making friends, laughing and joking – I even had an arguments in Spanish! I make mistakes all the time. Spanish speakers just don’t care – some of them laugh, some of them correct my Spanish or tell me better ways to say things. It’s all done with friendliness and good humour and it means that my annual holidays are so much richer and varied than ever before. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes – just dive in and have fun with it.
I still consider myself a learner – I’ll keep up these courses as long as Marcus keeps writing them.
The buzz I get from fully engaging with people from a different culture in their own language is really liberating. Go for it – start with Synergy Spanish – you’ll be speaking in proper sentences in 3 weeks without even thinking about it- I was and I was 53 when I started.
Hola Graeme
Thanks for the vote of confidence and thanks for sharing the attitude. “Just dive in and have fun with it” I couldn’t agree more.
Saludos
Marcus