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"FUNCTIONAL
POLICE SPANISH" ONLINE COURSE
* Learn Spanish on
your timetable with full support from a live instructor
* Created and taught
by a fulltime law enforcement officer
* Taken by officers
across North America
PRICE PER STUDENT
$30.00
per student - 12 months access to all of the online lessons. You can ask
questions to the instructor via the forum.
READ STUDENT REVIEWS
 This is an online Spanish
program designed specifically for police personnel with limited or no
previous Spanish training.
You can register and
begin the course at anytime. You can take up to 12 months to complete
all the lessons and work at your own pace.
This is not your typical Spanish course. This one was created to make
you "functional" quickly through grammatical short-cuts and simple
interview techniques. Unlike many police Spanish courses, this is not a
collection of long lists of Spanish phrases. Those courses are rarely
successful because they require a student to have an exceptional memory
in order to retain so much material. This course teaches you a basic
structure of the language that allows you to create your own sentences.
TOPICS: Basic
Spanish structure and grammar; search and seizure; conducting basic
investigations; traffic operations; searching for suspects and items;
gang investigations; slang; officer safety;
arson investigations; persons crimes investigations; property crimes
investigations; traffic crash investigations; and phrases for
correctional officers.
METHOD OF INSTRUCTION
Online classes, also called e-learning, are
used by accredited universities around the world and now many people
obtain college degrees without ever having to go to a classroom. SPE utilizes
the same software that the major universities use to teach their
programs.
One
of the major benefits to using our software is that it does not
require you to download and install any special software on your end.
The program runs in a standard Internet browser that is already
installed in all computers. The program does run best in Mozilla Firefox
(this browser is available free from the manufacturer’s website)
Instructor Interaction-
Unlike standard
software, all students have access to an instructor. The students can
also interact with the instructor and other students via the online
bulletin board. Any questions posted are promptly answered by an
instructor.
MP3 Sound Files
- One of the most difficult parts about learning a
language is pronunciation. In a traditional classroom, you only have a
short time with the instructor and may only hear the particular word
spoken a few times. In our courses, the lessons contain embedded sound
files so you can hear every sentence pronounced in Spanish. You can also
listen to the sound files over and over until you master the
pronunciation. The repetition will also help you train your ear to
understand spoken Spanish.
Flash Video and
Sound Files-
We utilize video and audio flash files to teach
certain aspects of the lessons. Via this method, you will learn the
communication techniques that will propel your Spanish.
Lesson Format-
The course is structured into 85 Spanish
lessons that are designed to be completed in 20-30 minutes a day. That’s
right, in just 20-30 minutes a day you can reach your goal of becoming
functional in Spanish. The lessons contain grammatical short cuts,
communication techniques, and vocabulary.
Free Flashcard
Software and Modules -All
students will have the option to download a flashcard program authored
by a third party. Each week's vocabulary will be included in a flashcard
module that can be downloaded and simply plugged into the software. This
is a great way to practice the new vocabulary.
Certificate-
All students who successfully complete the
course will be issued a certificate of completion for their file.
Accessibility-
The best part about our courses is that they are accessible 24 hours a
day from anywhere with an Internet connection. Our courses work with any
schedule and the student has the freedom to do the coursework at his or
her own pace. You can never use “time” as an excuse not to take one of
these courses.
So what are you waiting for? You are only a click
away from learning how to speak Spanish.
WHY DOES IT
WORK SO WELL?
The course is perfectly geared toward adult
learners who need to become “functional” in Spanish very quickly.
This course teaches Spanish by comparing it to the one language that the
student already knows: English. The truth is
that English and Spanish share common roots. As a result, approximately
35-40% of the vocabulary is similar between the two languages. We
capitalize on the similarities and teach the student a few “conversion”
techniques to change their English into Spanish. These techniques allow students to gain an impressive
vocabulary of over 1000 Spanish words without having to memorize
them all individually.
We then teach the
student several grammatical shortcuts and “plug-in” phrases so they can
start communicating right away. Since the student will still have a
limited vocabulary, we have incorporated interview techniques and
phrases that teach students how to communicate effectively with less
Spanish.
Although the
accelerated learning techniques were developed by a non-native speaker,
native Spanish speakers were consulted throughout the process and they
were also used to do 99% of the audio files.
This course was
created specifically for cops and has been proven in the field. Many of
our students have tried other programs; however, they have consistently
reported that this is the most effective Spanish course that they have
ever taken. Don’t take my word for it, lets look at some of the
reviews we have received from our students:
CLICK HERE
THE
INSTRUCTOR
Paul is the
creator and primary instructor of this course. Paul is a lieutenant with a large law enforcement
agency in Florida. Paul has spent over 17 years working in an area with
a large Spanish-speaking population (over 85,000 Latinos in the
jurisdiction) and he is required to translate on a daily basis. The
Spanish-speaking population in his area is made up primarily of
Mexicans; however, there are residents from all of Latin America. Due to
this diversity, Paul has to be familiar with the changes in word meaning
and idioms among the various dialects. This is essential to reduce the
chances of a mistranslation or misunderstanding.
Paul has conducted thousands of translations; has translated written
documents for mass printings; has served at as the agency's
representative at Spanish language events; has been interviewed on
Spanish language television; and has been teaching Spanish to others for
over a decade. In spite of having conducted more than 3000 work-related
translations, his translations have
never been successfully challenged in court. You may be surprised to learn that Paul did not speak any Spanish when
he became a law enforcement officer and had to learn out of necessity.
In 1996 he took the Spanish CLEP Exam and received full college credit
for his knowledge of the language.
Since Paul
learned Spanish as an adult (like you may be trying to do now), he has
the unique position of having been where you are now. He had to
consciously work on learning the language and he has countless tips to
help you work through the tough areas of the language.
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