All posts are moderated and will only appear in the group feed once approved by the admin/moderator.Įl Metodo is also on Youtube and Instagram, but I haven’t checked out the latter.
If you have questions, suggestions, resources to share, whatever, you are also free to post them. Peter regularly posts mini-challenges like this one below, and everyone is free to post their answers. It is quite an active and engaging group. I enjoy being part of the El Metodo Facebook group. I do not mind this at all, but I am aware that many learners prefer one form of Spanish over the other, and this is something to keep in mind when you do decide to learn with El Metodo. The course is done mainly in the Spain Spanish accent, but also touches on some differences between Spain Spanish and Latin American Spanish in terms of vocabulary and pronunciation. You are encouraged to speak aloud, imitating the pronunciation as best as you can. Native speakerĪnother good point about El Metodo is that you can actually hear a native speaker (Jessica), so you can imitate the pronunciation. You will not get this on an audio-only course like LT. Learning by videoīecause the lesson is on the Udemy platform, you learn via video, and this is particularly helpful because you can see and read the words, including accented letters. The learner also gets more practice sentences for every new concept taught. Because guys, repetition is the mother of mastery. Nearly all lessons begin with a short review of past lessons. More practice sentencesĮl Metodo progresses slower, and devotes a lot of time to going back to previous lessons. I believe that this is doable for any busy language learner. If you are used to the speed of LT, then you might feel that El Metodo could be a little boring.Įvery main lesson is 10 to 12 minutes in length, so you do not feel overwhelmed. LT is like learning Spanish on steroids, which can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on your experience with autodidactic language learning. I feel that this course is better for complete beginners, compared to Language Transfer.
Starting level 2, there are also time trials after every 2 lessons. At the end of each course, there is a short exercise of the topic/s discussed in the lesson. The student is expected to either repeat what the instructor is saying, or formulate an answer in Spanish.
What I loved about El MetodoĮach El Metodo lesson begins with a few new vocabulary words, plus a short review of past lessons. I will get back to Language Transfer when I finish El Metodo Beginners level 3-4 and Intermediate 1.
El Metodoĭon’t get me wrong I think very highly of Language Transfer, and I even signed up to be a supporter on Patreon. I felt it was like Language Transfer but slower, and I ended up loving it, so I decided to pause LT and study with El Metodo for the time being. I saw this one, and out of curiosity, I tried a few lessons. My company has a corporate Udemy account, and we can take many courses for free.
I initially wrote that I will work on the Language Transfer Complete Spanish course, but a couple of weeks after this decision, I found out about El Metodo by Peter Hanley on Udemy. That’s why I came up with a language learning plan during this period. That will come later during the quarantine, but my ultimate goal was to level up my language learning. OK, not that I needed to lose weight and inches, and I for sure needed the glow up. Some people decided to look for ways to “glow up” during quarantine and fitness bloggers on Youtube became the latest sensation – the biggest of them being Chloe Ting, as the #ChloeTingChallenge trended worldwide on social media. When the COVID-19 lockdown started, people began looking for ways to pass the time, as many of us cannot go to school or work. Note: The opinions expressed in this post are my own, and I did not receive any compensation for this review.