During the London Language Show we ran a competition for a fr*ee CD. The successful entrant was Annette Stevens of London. Congratulations.

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2. SPANISH TIP: Make hundreds of words and thousands of verb conjugations by knowing the VERB ENDINGS PATTERNS...
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Here's a great little tip for Spanish learners, that will give you access to over two hundred nouns, 200 verbs and 1,200 conjugations in a couple of minutes.

1. Take most nouns ending in -TION in English, change it to -CIÓN and you have the equivalent noun in Spanish.
There you have over 200 nouns. They are all feminine.
So operation becomes la operación
preparation becomes la preparación
determination becomes la determinación
declaration becomes la declaración
concentration becomes la concentración

2. Now, if you know your standard PATTERNS of verb endings you can quickly convert these to verbs.

Here's how...

Take off the -ACIÓN, and to PREPAR- add the verb endings in accordance with this pattern. Add o-as-a-amos-áis-an.

I prepare - add 'o' - yo preparo
you prepare (informal singular)- add 'as' - tú preparas
he prepares - él prepara
you prepare (formal singular) - usted prepara
we prepare - nosotros preparamos
you prepare (informal plural) - vosotros preparáis
they prepare - ellos preparan
you prepare (formal plural) - ustedes preparan

So we also get yo opero, determino, declaro, concentro.
tú operas, determinas, declaras, concentras.
él opera, determina, determina, concentra...etc, etc, etc

So if you know the pattern of endings - these six endings for the present tense, you now can conjugate 200 verbs in the 8 personal pronouns (I, you (formal and informal, singular and plural), he, she, it, we, they), you can manage 200 verbs x 8 pronouns = 1,600 conjugations.

POWERFUL.

Now you can do these with several other tenses. Try the past tense....

Click here for more on the Rapid Conjugation of Spanish verbs in the past tense, thousands more conjugations....

We can do the same for several other phrases like 'I was preparing', 'I am preparing', 'I had prepared', 'I had been preparing', 'I have been preparing'. Just learn the ENDINGS PATTERNS, and snap them onto the STEM like in these examples.

This is part of the Excelerated Spanish Verbs Course which is under development, and due for release in early 2007. Yup, it's nearly 2007.

We are also developing our Spanish and French Turbobooster Courses that cover the 30-odd families of words that convert from English to Spanish (and French) in an instant, giving your language learning a superblast.... but...but...but

but... as always there is a 'catch'.... and that is why you need our course!

Because there are always exceptions to the rules, and the exceptions need also to be taught. Yes, we teach the rules, but for the exceptions you will get a Memory Trigger cartoon, Gender Trigger, native voices voicing it and the ability to test yourself.

Click here for more on the Rapid Conjugation of Spanish verbs in the past tense, thousands more conjugations...

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3. SPANISH TIP: Why is the girl MUNCHING on her shirt?
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Why is the girl MUNCHING on her stained shirt? Check out our picture of this silly cartoon, which will help you remember the word for 'stain' in Spanish. And you will also remember its gender. The girl MUNCHER will remind you of the word's gender.

Check out the cartoon to learn the Spanish for stain.

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4. FRENCH TIP: Why is the Vampire being TOWED by a BAT?
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Check out the cartoon of the Vampire sitting in his BOAT getting TOWED about by his BAT. He's a male vampire - Count Dracula - or should that be Count Dragula seeing as he is getting dragged about?? Forget that - he is under TOW. He is under BAT TOW in his BOAT. The French for boat is bateau, and the word is masculine, so we have a male main character - Dracula - in the picture to remind you of this.

Click for the pic. Remember the French for boat with this picture of a BAT towing a BOAT.

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5. GERMAN TIP: Why are ducks smoking in the WET WEATHER?
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Click on the link to the Memory Trigger pic to see this cartoon for remembering the word for WEATHER in German. Why are ducks smoking in the rain, in the WET WEATHER, and their cigarettes are getting WETTER and WETTER.

German Tip - the German for WEATHER. And there is a bunch of related words that you will find useful.

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6. The FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE COURSES - Trained tens of thousands of US Foreign Service Workers and Diplomats over the years
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Don't forget that we now have available the Foreign Service Institute courses on CD-Rom. They are very thorough, with over 400 pages of text, hundreds of examples and drills, and indepth traditional learning methods. You can get them at no cost in fact, through one of our special bundles that I have extended until the end of December, if you click on these links and scroll to the bottom of the pages. Elsewhere they are $200 plus per course.

Spanish Bundle (click and scroll to bottom of the page)
French Bundle (click and scroll to bottom of the page)
German Bundle (click and scroll to bottom of the page)

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6. Demo Videos available
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Now you can see how our courses work with our short 6 minute DEMO VIDEOS. These give a great overview of their workings with actual screenshots. They are available as downloads, at zero cost...zippo, zilch, nada. You can also download written reports of the same from the same page.

Check them out. I have used examples from our Spanish 200 Words a Day course for the Demo, but the principles are much the same for French, German, Welsh.

If you think I should do specific videos for each language let me know.

Here is a list of the Demo Videos, and reports that you can download.

1. The 3 Keys to Memorisation in Language Learning - 200 Words a Day Course Demo Video.

2. Superlearning and the Optimum Learning State - Alpha State.

3. How do you prove how many words-a-day you are learning?.

4. Improved Breathing and Learning - 5 things you should know.

5. What is the Optimum Period for Reviewing Material and how do you Track it?

6. What is your Learning Style?

7. How do you Sledgehammer your Worst Words?

Just click on the appropriate link:

Click for the 200 Words a Day! Demonstration Videos and reports....


Kind regards,


Kevin Crocombe
www.200words-a-day.com


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7. 200 Words a Day CD-Rom or e-Book to give away each month
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The w*inner of the monthly draw can select a CD-Rom or e-Book from our range which is listed below. The lucky person this month has his/her name below.

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SPANISH
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200 Words a Day! LEARN SPANISH Course #1 CD-Rom - 1000+ words and common phrases.
200 Words a Day! LEARN Spanish Course #1 e-Book.
- - to accompany the Learn Spanish 200 Words a Day Course #1 CD-Rom or be used on its own. Over 150 pages of color, and with all the color pictures in the Spanish 200 Words a Day! Course #1 CD-Rom. Read it on the bus, train, plane or in the park on your lunch break. Use it as a learning consolidator or the sole source!
200 Words a Day! LEARN SPANISH Course #2 - 1000+ words and common phrases.
UNDERSTANDING POR and PARA - Spanish Grammar Course.
LEARN SPANISH Grammar Course:- - 600+ words and common phrases using POR and PARA. Lots of easy ways to REMEMBER when to use these tricky little words. Word-association cartoon pics will remind you of hundreds of real-life examples. Hundreds of sample sentences, using all the main tenses... so you get to simultaneously practice your verbs in the present, past, future, conditional, subjunctives, you name it. All voiced by native Spanish speakers (of course). A super-consolidation course with new learning, reinforcement of 'already-learned' material and superlearning pics.
UNDERSTANDING SER and ESTAR in Spanish - Grammar Course.
LEARN SPANISH Grammar Course:- - 600+ words and common phrases using SER and ESTAR. Lots of easy ways to REMEMBER when to use these tricky little verbs that cause no end of long-term grief for Spanish learners. Word-association cartoon pics will remind you of hundreds of real-life examples. Hundreds of practice sentences, using all the main verb tenses... so you get to simultaneously practice your ser and estar verbs in the present, past, future, conditional, subjunctives, you name it. All voiced by native Spanish speakers (of course). A super-consolidation course with new learning, reinforcement of 'already-learned' material and superlearning pics. An ESTAR Bunny reminds you of ESTAR concepts and a SER-pent reminds you of SER concepts. Come and meet SER-lock Holmes who will remind you of certain SER concepts.
LEARN 101 SPANISH PROVERBS - 101 Proverbs
All relate to the 200 Words a Day! courses, using the Memory Triggers for the main words, and allow you to put some of the vocab you have learned, into action. The pics in the 101 Spanish Proverbs Course all come from Course #1 or Course #2 Spanish, and if you click on them, they will take you to the ‘Memory Trigger’. A great tool for consolidation of your Spanish learning.
FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE SPANISH COURSE #1 VOLUME 1
Used to train thousands for US State Department diplomats, this is a traditional learning course aimed at providing a solid base in conversational Spanish. Elsewhere on the web for $250-$300 we list it at $47. But grab one at no charge with one of the SUPER BUNDLES currently available. Comes with 12 hours of mp3 audio and 610 pages of pdf manual. Extremely thorough and in-depth.

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FRENCH
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200 Words a Day! LEARN FRENCH Course #1 - 1000+ words and common phrases
200 Words a Day! LEARN FRENCH Course #2 - 1000+ words and common phrases
LEARN 101 FRENCH PROVERBS - 101 Proverbs
All proverbs have been selected to relate to the 200 Words a Day! French courses, using the Memory Triggers for the main words, and allow you to put some of the vocabulary you have learned, into action. The pictures in the 101 French Proverbs Course all come from Course #1 or Course #2 French, and if you click on the picture, you'll be taken to the original word's ‘Memory Trigger’. A great tool for consolidation of your French learning.
FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE FRENCH COURSE #1 VOLUME 1
Used to train thousands for US State Department diplomats, this is a traditional learning course aimed at providing a solid base in conversational French. Elsewhere on the web for $250-$300 we list it at $47. But grab one at no cost with one of the SUPER BUNDLES currently available. Comes with 12 hours of mp3 audio and 455 pages of pdf manual. Extremely thorough and in-depth.

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GERMAN
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200 Words a Day! LEARN GERMAN Course #1 - 1000+ words and common phrases
200 Words a Day! LEARN GERMAN Course #2 - 1000+ words and common phrases

LEARN 101 GERMAN PROVERBS - 101 Proverbs
All these German proverbs have been selected to relate to the 200 Words a Day! German courses, using the Memory Triggers for the main words in those courses, and allow you to put into action some of the vocabulary you have learned. The pictures in the 101 German Proverbs Course all come from Course #1 German, and if you click on the picture, you'll be taken to the original word's ‘Memory Trigger’. A great tool for consolidation of your German learning, and hearing German in action.
FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE GERMAN COURSE #1 VOLUME 1
Used to train thousands for US State Department diplomats, this is a traditional learning course aimed at providing a solid base in conversational German. Elsewhere on the web for $250-$300 we list it at $47. But grab one at no cost - gratis - with one of the SUPER BUNDLES currently available. Comes with 12 hours of mp3 audio and 455 pages of pdf manual. Extremely thorough and in-depth.

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WELSH
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200 Words a Day! LEARN WELSH Course #1 - 1000+ words and common phrases

This month our victorious entrant is Ashvin Patel of an address in the e-Universe. If your name is one of those please contact us by email within the next 30 days. Make sure you have whitelisted our email address, so that our emails are not being filtered out by your filters.

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8. Entering the Monthly CD-Rom or e-Book Draw
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To enter the monthly draw for a CD-Rom, or e-Book of your choice, click on the link Enter the Draw.
You'll need to answer some easy questions (we'll even give you the answers...!).

You can enter every month if you so wish!

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9. Plus some mini courses by email
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Don't forget to also enrol in our 7-part mini-courses. At present we have these available as mini-Spanish lessons, but we will have French 7-part mini-lessons also soon.
Spanish 7-part e-Courses

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10. Frequently Asked Questions and Tutorials
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Check out the Frequently Asked Questions online. It is on the 200words-a-day.com website marked FAQ on the Navbar (Navigation Bar) on the left side of the page.

If you have queries about anything, whether it be about the course or about postage you may find the answers on this page.

Common questions relate to the typing of the different foreign characters, e.g. upside-down question-marks, accents, apostrophes!

Sometimes users are not typing in a little accent or letter here or there, resulting in them dropping points in their tests.

Frequently Asked Questions about 200 Words a Day Accelerated Language Learning

There is also a great deal of help on the Tutorial Pages, which is of particular benefit to course users. If you have ordered the course and are awaiting its arrival in the post you can cover the Tutorials while you wait.

200 Words a Day! Excelerated Language Learning Tutorials - How to Use the Spanish, French, German and Welsh Language Courses

Don't forget there is also a Tutorial on the CD-Rom, which you really should do before starting the course!!

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11. Back Issues of these e-Zines
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All back issues of these ezines are available - gratis, non charge - at the link at the bottom of the newsletter.

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12. Contact Us
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Contact us at any time.

You might find the answers quicker on the FAQ or Tutorial pages as described above, but do feel free to hit us with any questions.

Contact Us

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