SpanishPod101 Review: Good content, annoying marketing!

Learn Spanish Online with SpanishPod101

SpanishPod101 Review Table of Contents

• The Audio Lessons
• The Lesson Player
• Video lessons
• Flashcards
• Mobile Apps
• Prices and Memberships
• Final Verdict

The SpanishPod101 Main Lessons

1. Dialogue at normal speed
2. Dialogue slowed down
3. Dialogue with Spanish translations
4. Vocabulary discussion
5. Grammar discussion
6. Cultural pointers

The Online Audio Lesson Player

The lesson extras:

• Lesson Notes - including bonus examples and explanations not in the lesson itself.
• Transcripts
• Checklists

How many lessons do you get access to?

Video lessons

Flashcards

• They are the same vocabulary you hear in the main lessons, so you get to hear them being used in practice and you get more exposure to them.
• The main word bank features 2000 words with pronunciation and example sentences for all entries. If you know 2000 words you're quite fluent in a language, usually. Once you've mastered the 2000 words on SpanishPod101 you can "graduate" to getting your vocabulary from native material such as books, newspapers and television.
• The interface works fine. It's not as good as Memrise, but I can live with it.

Mobile Apps

1. You can download ALL episodes in DRM-free mp3 format and simply transfer them to your mobile device.
2. You can download the Innovative Languages app from the app store and stream any lesson.

Memberships and Prices

• Basic: Grants you access to all the lessons for a few bucks per month. You get no access to full transcripts and the many tools they have, but in terms of value for money this is incredible.
• Premium: Gets you access to all the lessons, including everything from comprehensible transcripts to a vast array of tools you can use to make your learning more fun. The recommended level.
• Premium+ is like Premium, but you also get access to a teacher from SpanishPod101. If you are super motivated and have the money this is a luxury option.
• Premium: Starting at $18.75 per month (with the 'ACTUALFLUENCY' coupon)

SpanishPod101 Coupon Code

SpanishPod101 Review Verdict

• Advantages Value for money: Over 500 lessons to help you learn Spanish online fast Great lesson structure with just enough grammar explanations Portable and DRM-free: Download all lessons to any mobile device Continually updated
• Negatives They switch the hosts several times during the 125 main lessons and some of them are better than others. Lesson difficulty is not always a gentle increase The main lessons spend a lot of time explaining and teaching instead of actually exposing you to the target language. This is good and bad, but make sure you don't get SpanishPod101 just for the immersion.