Excelerate SPANISH (A REVIEW)

We live in a city where Spanish speakers are a really big portion of the population. In fact, our local elementary schools even have Spanish immersion programs starting in Kindergarten, so for my kids to have even a little understanding of basic Spanish words would be a big plus. I have learned that online and videos are definitely the way to go when learning a foreign language, so I was excited to see what Excelerate SPANISH was all about when offered the opportunity to review it. We received a one-year streaming membership with access to level 1 and level 2.

Homepage for Excelerate SPANISH

With our Excelerate SPANISH Streaming subscription, we can log-in from any computer or device that has an internet connection fast enough to stream videos. With 2 levels of Spanish videos, there are 24 video lessons in total to watch. The videos are about 30-50 minutes in length depending on the lesson and are recorded with a live class that the teacher interacts with as she is speaking in pretty much all Spanish words.

My log-in page to Excelerate SPANISH

As the teacher speaks in spanish she is introducing a whole lot of new vocabulary, and writing it up on the whiteboard, teaching the students what each thing means, and giving each word or phrase some sort of hand or body movement. After all the vocabulary is introduced she uses real-life situations to sort of tell a story or create a scene. She has children come up and act out or help demonstrate parts of the story she is saying, emphasizing all the new vocabulary and reviewing the past as well.

A lesson from Level 1

The students in the videos seem to really be enjoying the acting scenes. They don't really talk, just mostly emphasized movements. While this was fun to watch for a bit, it was hard not to wish we could be a part of the action. We were wishing it was more interactive for us too. Maybe if we had the books that accompany the program it might be much more interactive, but we didn't have those for this review. But, even without the books or the interaction, there is still a ton of great Spanish to learn in these videos. I really like all the new vocabulary and phrases, and how they are introduced together with a common theme or story.

A lesson from Level 2

I would mostly recommend this for older kids. Probably middle school and above. It looks like there are younger kids possibly in the video, and they could definitely do it if they have the focus to keep paying attention to the video. It does move kind of fast (the talking in Spanish part), and there is a lot of new stuff introduced each video, so a student can get lost quickly if not paying attention for even a short bit.

These videos can be a great introduction to Spanish, for sure! If you'd like to see what other crew members have to say about this Spanish program, you can click on the image below1