SpanishwithpaulReviews of spanishwithpaul.com

The pace seemed haphazard and redundant. I kept having to repeat the lessons while ignoring errors in the screen text. At times, the lessons seemed to go around in circles... I tried to put in a set amount of time each day, but some of the classes were too short, while others seemed to go on and on, and I had to bail out. Finding my way back to where I stopped was another frustration. I got halfway through the $99 course when it "expired," and I was expected to pay another $199 to continue. NOT A CHANCE! There were times when I couldn't log in. I never even got a chance to OPEN the upsell $49 "bonus" course that was pushed when I was buying. In all, it was a disappointment. The free YouTube classes are much more organized than the paid course. I wish I had seen the ratings before wasting my money.

Overall this is a good course with lots of content. I'd give it 3.5 * I've recently took this course for a second time, with a two year break, as I understood it to be updated - well, it's more or less the same, aside from a Spanish speaker rattling off some questions at the end each of the modules, which didn't overly impress me too much. Nevertheless, Paul is a good teacher and he's very easy to understand. and certainly knows his subject - All obvious pluses and the course when on offer is cheap. The drills can be overly long and tedious. and just looking at writing on a white screen for hours on end is quite boring too. The course greatly lacks colour, variety and a bit of humour wouldn't go a miss as Paul is very dead pan, though he certainly has a great teaching voice. With a bit more thought on the visual side this course could have easily been be a 4* rating. Doing this course WILL NOT make you Spanish Fluent. Spanish children study English at school from 6 - 16 and longer if they want to. It takes a long time to master a language and you have to build up a lot of vocab.' You don't learn too much in terms of reading or writing skills on this course but the vocabulary learning paragraphs are above intermediary level and quite stretching. But, I would still say do it, as it gives you a good foundation in your overall learning process. Quite why he spends nearly all of module 9 on the various Subjunctive tenses is not only totally over the top but rather self indulgent I would say? And frankly not required in its entirety. I consider myself to be an intermediary and I whipped through this course in about 4 weeks - though I only did the basic Subjunctive and ignored the rest - Like I'm ever going to need that? So , I would say that overall, this is set at an 'intermediary' level and then it's up to you to improve on that over time. I've been learning Spanish, on and off for 4 years now and I'm still not very fluent and still can't understand what Spanish people are saying back to me in their longer sentences . as it's just too quick for my ear! So... it all takes a while! I think that this course is a good starting point for anyone.

The content is there but it is mind numbingly boring. It's very expensive too and you can't download it to listen to offline. The promised direct access to Paul, access to native Spanish speakers and an ultra modern members area are pure bs, they don't exist. Also you constantly receive emails trying to sell more content. There are way better, cheaper options out there.

Zero response, there is no personal attention from Paul. The price is reasonable for what you get but you will receive plenty of offers for additional content. I supplemented with the free you tube content and the comprehension course. I did not complete all nine lessons in the year even with daily practice. I have learned a lot and I would consider myself almost an intermediate speaker now, but when it comes to conversation I'm not even close to confident.

After trying to teach myself Spanish for 25 years and only succeeding to learn a lot of vocabulary, I decided to invest money and time to Spanish with Paul. Admittedly, I have learned a great deal as I do enjoy his method of delivery. He does a good job of presenting a "building block" method of learning the basics of conjugation, agreement, etc. but do not expect to learn conversational skills, as there are no modules where you interact conversationally. Another heads up is that when he presents drills or questions as to how to translate a word or phrase, be ready to hit pause as he does not give you much time to think it through. I believe this would be very annoying if you choose to only listen to the course while driving and listening to cds. My BIGGEST COMPLAINT concerning Paul is that in all of his promotional materials for any and all of his courses, he claims that he will be personally available to answer questions or concerns. This is a blatant lie according to my experience as I sent emails with questions that I would normally ask in a regular classroom setting and have never received a single response from him. Be assured that you will receive regular promotional emails for other courses of his so apparently the email lines do reach Playa del Carmen.