Visual Link Spanish(TM) Newsletter - Volume 6 Issue 33

Current # of Subscribers: 190,888

This issue:
1. NEW - Cultural Spanish Recipes
2. Testimonial
3. Weekly Spanish Lesson - “Survival Expressions”
4. Words of the Week
5. Ask Dave Section - “Telephone Answering”
6. Culture Lesson - “Think in Spanish - Change Your Identity”
7. Responses to Past Newsletters

========================
Complete Course on Sale
========================

> Learn Spanish at YOUR own pace <

Learn from the comfort of your home or your car at the pace that fits
you best.

- Click for Sale Info! -

-http://www.spanishprograms.com/complete_newsletter.htm

This offer includes the complete Visual Link Spanish(TM) Course with
free shipping and a free dictionary! Remember your 6-month Money-Back
Guarantee - you’ll learn Spanish Guaranteed or your money back!

* With 30-60 minutes a day, five times a week, you will become
conversational in 30 days or less guaranteed - or your money back.

===============================
NEW! - Cultural Spanish Recipes
===============================

We are excited to implement a cultural Spanish recipe section to our
newsletter. We welcome your tasty Spanish recipes including the
originating countries (if available), accompanying pictures where
possible without copyrights and any interesting notes or comments
about the recipe.

We appreciate this important cultural connection around the globe
celebrating the all-important food traditions of the Spanish-speaking
people.

Please email recipes and pictures to: mercedes@learnspanishtoday.com

=======================================
Visual Link Spanish(TM) Testimonial –
=======================================

Hi Dave,

I want to say a big thank you, I bought your course, about 18 months
ago, and study with this every day, tengo dos personas cuando
trabajo, con quien estudio cada dia, tambien, hablo con una mujer en
Peru, ella ayudame mucho.

Thank you, its been the best course I know of, and I have recommended
you to others.

Derek Stewart

ps, The DLC is fantastic, I am enjoying even more words (mas
palabras).

Gracias

============================================
Weekly Spanish Lesson—Survival Expressions
============================================

For this week’s lesson, click below to learn 12 basic Spanish
Survival expressions with audio. You’ll hear María from Mexico model
each.

To check it out, click here:
http://www.spanishprograms.com/learn/survival_expressions.htm

==================
Words of the Week
==================

Taken from our complete CD-ROM course —–

Monday / He want / El quiere
Tuesday / You want / Usted quiere
Wednesday / to revise / revisar
Thursday / to write / escribir
Friday / a message / un recado
Saturday / a message / un mensaje
Sunday / a letter / una carta

Click Here to login and access your free membership and lessons.
http://www.spanishprograms.com/login.phtml

=====================================
The Official “Ask Dave” Section —–
=====================================

Question

Hola Dave,

Last year I purchased the full course and l enjoyed it and excelled
with my spanish. This winter I purchased the Add-on verb course…

The question I have, is I spent a short period of time in Cuba this
winter and picked up that when they answer the telephone there, they
answer “dime” rather than bueno or alo, is this just a local custom
or is it used in other latin american countries as well.

Thank you

Eugene

P.S. I would be scared to tell you how much money I spent on spanish
courses before I stumbled on to yours on line. Again thank you.

Answer

Hola Eugene,

“Dime” is a fairly regional way to answer the phone. However people
from other countries use it in every-day conversation. It means “Tell
me” as in “What’s happening?” or “Tell me how things are going”. When
a friend approaches another friend in every-day life, sometimes thy
will simply say “Dime”.

For more on telephone vocabulary, go to section “11. Telephone” in
your complete Visual Link Spanish™ course. If you don’t have the
course, click here for the current sale!

Hopefully that helps to answer your questions.

Gracias,

Dave

=====================================================
Culture —– Think in Spanish - Change Your Identity
=====================================================

This newsletter topic is a very interesting one for me; it is one
that I will request your feedback and participation on so we can see
more data on the subject.

As I was learning Spanish, I went to a two-month intensive training
course, then went straight to Latin America and lived among native
speakers. It was quite a challenge to immediately communicate only in
Spanish after arriving, but it definitely helped my language
progression. After about two or three months of living in the
country, I found I was able to understand about 75-85% of what was
being said. Around that time, as I was becoming more fluent, I
decided I was going to try to think in Spanish. If any of you want to
get to that point, it can very intimidating unless you think of
Spanish as just different vocabulary words used to express the same
ideas.

In other words, it can overwhelm you to try and think in a different
language, however if you just try to think using different vocabulary
words (ones in Spanish), it becomes a lot easier. Anyway, I was
surprised that after a few weeks, I could actually do it and didn’t
slip back into thinking in English that much.

I found that when I hit the point where I was pretty good at thinking
in Spanish, my personality in Spanish changed. I tended to express
things with more emotion and pitch in my voice. I was able to joke
with people in ways I couldn’t in English. However, there were
certain things that were harder to express in Spanish and took a lot
of work to try and master. In other words, I became better at
expressing certain things and not as effective at expressing other
things.

I love to talk to Latino people and joke around with them. They’re
great people and fun to talk to. My theory is that we become a little
more uninhibited when we become fluent in another language. We’re
able to talk to others more freely because we know they don’t expect
us to speak their language perfectly since we’re foreigners. We also
start out with no mental blocks (socially) in the new language and
country.

I don’t have any hard evidence to support my theory, but I do have a
lot of empirical evidence (gained by observation and experience.) I
have talked to many people who have become fluent in a foreign
language and just about everyone I’ve talked to states the same
thing–that their personality changes when speaking in their second
language.

Now, not everyone becomes more uninhibited. I know of a few people
who have done just the opposite. For example, one of my friends that
came here to the U.S. from South America became more reserved and
serious after becoming fluent in English. In Spanish he was a
fun-loving, joking person with a lot of charisma. Now people see him
as more serious and less personable.

Please e-mail me and let me know what your experience has been in
learning another language and watching others do the same. I would
love to collect more data on the questions of “if” and “how”
personalities change and specifics about what changes when learning a
foreign language. ¡Gracias!

Moral of the Story: To me, learning a new language is almost a
magical kind of experience where you seem to enter a new world. I
believe that learning a new language helps you gain brain capacity
and also helps you think in a whole new way. A while ago, I read some
research where people had problems and by thinking through the
problems in different languages, they were able to come up with
different solutions they wouldn’t have thought of otherwise.

Sneak peek at next week: “The Truth about Latinos Learning English”

¡Hasta luego! (”Until later”)

David S. Clark — President / Director
Visual Link Spanish(TM)
Fun, Interactive Spanish Courses
http://www.spanishprograms.com
dave_c@spanishprograms.com

=============================
Responses to Past Newsletters
=============================

Response #1

My husband was suffering with a cold. Our wonderful Argentine
neighbor ordered a bowl with about 8 cm of water, matches, alcohol,
newspaper and a glass. I gathered the required items and then We we
tore the newspaper into squares of about 10 cm and folded them into
triangles and twisted the folded end. I held the bowl in 7 different
specific positions on his head and forehead. she dunked the newspaper
triangle into the alcohol and lit it and dropped it into the bowl and
had me immediately invert the glass over the burning paper. The fire
burnt the oxygen out of the air reducing the air pressure in the
glass and water surged into the glass because the air pressure
outside the glass was greater than the air pressure inside the glass.
The higher the water rose, the happier she was because it meant more
“heat” was leaving his head.

©2007 U.S. Institute of Languages
1893 East Skyline Drive Ste. 105
Ogden, UT 84403
1-866-977-2647

If you no longer wish to receive communication from us:
http://visuallinklanguages.net/app/r.asp?ID=1020733575&ARID=0&D=

To update your contact information:
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Visual Link Spanish(TM) Newsletter - Volume 6 Issue 33

Current # of Subscribers: 190,888

This issue:
1. NEW - Cultural Spanish Recipes
2. Testimonial
3. Weekly Spanish Lesson - “Survival Expressions”
4. Words of the Week
5. Ask Dave Section - “Telephone Answering”
6. Culture Lesson - “Think in Spanish - Change Your Identity”
7. Responses to Past Newsletters

========================
Complete Course on Sale
========================

> Learn Spanish at YOUR own pace <

Learn from the comfort of your home or your car at the pace that fits
you best.

- Click for Sale Info! -

-http://www.learnspanishtoday.com/complete_newsletter.htm

This offer includes the complete Visual Link Spanish(TM) Course with
free shipping and a free dictionary! Remember your 6-month Money-Back
Guarantee - you’ll learn Spanish Guaranteed or your money back!

* With 30-60 minutes a day, five times a week, you will become
conversational in 30 days or less guaranteed - or your money back.

===============================
NEW! - Cultural Spanish Recipes
===============================

We are excited to implement a cultural Spanish recipe section to our
newsletter. We welcome your tasty Spanish recipes including the
originating countries (if available), accompanying pictures where
possible without copyrights and any interesting notes or comments
about the recipe.

We appreciate this important cultural connection around the globe
celebrating the all-important food traditions of the Spanish-speaking
people.

Please email recipes and pictures to: mercedes@learnspanishtoday.com

=======================================
Visual Link Spanish(TM) Testimonial –
=======================================

Hi Dave,

I want to say a big thank you, I bought your course, about 18 months
ago, and study with this every day, tengo dos personas cuando
trabajo, con quien estudio cada dia, tambien, hablo con una mujer en
Peru, ella ayudame mucho.

Thank you, its been the best course I know of, and I have recommended
you to others.

Derek Stewart

ps, The DLC is fantastic, I am enjoying even more words (mas
palabras).

Gracias

============================================
Weekly Spanish Lesson—Survival Expressions
============================================

For this week’s lesson, click below to learn 12 basic Spanish
Survival expressions with audio. You’ll hear María from Mexico model
each.

To check it out, click here:
http://www.learnspanishtoday.com/learn/survival_expressions.htm

==================
Words of the Week
==================

Taken from our complete CD-ROM course —–

Monday / He want / El quiere
Tuesday / You want / Usted quiere
Wednesday / to revise / revisar
Thursday / to write / escribir
Friday / a message / un recado
Saturday / a message / un mensaje
Sunday / a letter / una carta

Click Here to login and access your free membership and lessons.
http://www.learnspanishtoday.com/login.phtml

=====================================
The Official “Ask Dave” Section —–
=====================================

Question

Hola Dave,

Last year I purchased the full course and l enjoyed it and excelled
with my spanish. This winter I purchased the Add-on verb course…

The question I have, is I spent a short period of time in Cuba this
winter and picked up that when they answer the telephone there, they
answer “dime” rather than bueno or alo, is this just a local custom
or is it used in other latin american countries as well.

Thank you

Eugene

P.S. I would be scared to tell you how much money I spent on spanish
courses before I stumbled on to yours on line. Again thank you.

Answer

Hola Eugene,

“Dime” is a fairly regional way to answer the phone. However people
from other countries use it in every-day conversation. It means “Tell
me” as in “What’s happening?” or “Tell me how things are going”. When
a friend approaches another friend in every-day life, sometimes thy
will simply say “Dime”.

For more on telephone vocabulary, go to section “11. Telephone” in
your complete Visual Link Spanish™ course. If you don’t have the
course, click here for the current sale!

Hopefully that helps to answer your questions.

Gracias,

Dave

=====================================================
Culture —– Think in Spanish - Change Your Identity
=====================================================

This newsletter topic is a very interesting one for me; it is one
that I will request your feedback and participation on so we can see
more data on the subject.

As I was learning Spanish, I went to a two-month intensive training
course, then went straight to Latin America and lived among native
speakers. It was quite a challenge to immediately communicate only in
Spanish after arriving, but it definitely helped my language
progression. After about two or three months of living in the
country, I found I was able to understand about 75-85% of what was
being said. Around that time, as I was becoming more fluent, I
decided I was going to try to think in Spanish. If any of you want to
get to that point, it can very intimidating unless you think of
Spanish as just different vocabulary words used to express the same
ideas.

In other words, it can overwhelm you to try and think in a different
language, however if you just try to think using different vocabulary
words (ones in Spanish), it becomes a lot easier. Anyway, I was
surprised that after a few weeks, I could actually do it and didn’t
slip back into thinking in English that much.

I found that when I hit the point where I was pretty good at thinking
in Spanish, my personality in Spanish changed. I tended to express
things with more emotion and pitch in my voice. I was able to joke
with people in ways I couldn’t in English. However, there were
certain things that were harder to express in Spanish and took a lot
of work to try and master. In other words, I became better at
expressing certain things and not as effective at expressing other
things.

I love to talk to Latino people and joke around with them. They’re
great people and fun to talk to. My theory is that we become a little
more uninhibited when we become fluent in another language. We’re
able to talk to others more freely because we know they don’t expect
us to speak their language perfectly since we’re foreigners. We also
start out with no mental blocks (socially) in the new language and
country.

I don’t have any hard evidence to support my theory, but I do have a
lot of empirical evidence (gained by observation and experience.) I
have talked to many people who have become fluent in a foreign
language and just about everyone I’ve talked to states the same
thing–that their personality changes when speaking in their second
language.

Now, not everyone becomes more uninhibited. I know of a few people
who have done just the opposite. For example, one of my friends that
came here to the U.S. from South America became more reserved and
serious after becoming fluent in English. In Spanish he was a
fun-loving, joking person with a lot of charisma. Now people see him
as more serious and less personable.

Please e-mail me and let me know what your experience has been in
learning another language and watching others do the same. I would
love to collect more data on the questions of “if” and “how”
personalities change and specifics about what changes when learning a
foreign language. ¡Gracias!

Moral of the Story: To me, learning a new language is almost a
magical kind of experience where you seem to enter a new world. I
believe that learning a new language helps you gain brain capacity
and also helps you think in a whole new way. A while ago, I read some
research where people had problems and by thinking through the
problems in different languages, they were able to come up with
different solutions they wouldn’t have thought of otherwise.

Sneak peek at next week: “The Truth about Latinos Learning English”

¡Hasta luego! (”Until later”)

David S. Clark — President / Director
Visual Link Spanish(TM)
Fun, Interactive Spanish Courses
http://www.learnspanishtoday.com
dave_c@learnspanishtoday.com

=============================
Responses to Past Newsletters
=============================

Response #1

My husband was suffering with a cold. Our wonderful Argentine
neighbor ordered a bowl with about 8 cm of water, matches, alcohol,
newspaper and a glass. I gathered the required items and then We we
tore the newspaper into squares of about 10 cm and folded them into
triangles and twisted the folded end. I held the bowl in 7 different
specific positions on his head and forehead. she dunked the newspaper
triangle into the alcohol and lit it and dropped it into the bowl and
had me immediately invert the glass over the burning paper. The fire
burnt the oxygen out of the air reducing the air pressure in the
glass and water surged into the glass because the air pressure
outside the glass was greater than the air pressure inside the glass.
The higher the water rose, the happier she was because it meant more
“heat” was leaving his head.

©2007 U.S. Institute of Languages
1893 East Skyline Drive Ste. 105
Ogden, UT 84403
1-866-977-2647

If you no longer wish to receive communication from us:
http://visuallinklanguages.net/app/r.asp?ID=1020733575&ARID=0&D=

To update your contact information:
http://visuallinklanguages.net/app/r.asp?c=1&ID=1020733575&D=

Hola Anna,

I’m writing again to remind all of you newsletter subscribers about
our newest free resource to help you learn Spanish. Many people took
advantage of this free offer last week, but I know there are some of
you that missed out with the Mother’s Day Weekend.

It’s our in-depth online Spanish-English dictionary. You can either
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As I mentioned last week - this free dictionary is a “thanks” to all
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With the dictionary, you can:

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I hope you enjoy this free resource. If you don’t install it on your
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Hasta luego!

Dave Clark — President / Director
Visual Link Spanish™
dave_c@ learnspanishtoday.com
http://www. learnspanishtoday.com
Order Toll Free at: 866-977-2647

1893 East Skyline Drive Ste. 105
Ogden, UT 84403
1-866-977-2647

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Hola !

Se me ha ca

Visual Link Spanish(TM) Newsletter - Volume 6 Issue 32

Current # of Subscribers: 189,540

This issue:
1. Testimonial
2. Weekly Spanish Lesson - “Greetings”
3. Words of the Week
4. Ask Dave Section - “Present, Past, and Perfect Tense”
5. Culture Lesson - “Air on your Neck at Night”
6. Responses to Past Newsletters

========================
Complete Course on Sale
========================

> Have Confidence When Speaking with a Native Speakers <

Learn all the phrases you need to carry on a complete conversation
with a native Spanish speaker. Build your confidence and really learn
the language with Visual Link Spanish™.

- Click for Sale Info! -

-http://www.spanishprograms.com/complete_newsletter.htm

This offer includes the complete Visual Link Spanish(TM) Course with
free shipping and a free dictionary! Remember your 6-month Money-Back
Guarantee - you’ll learn Spanish Guaranteed or your money back!

* With 30-60 minutes a day, five times a week, you will become
conversational in 30 days or less guaranteed - or your money back.

=======================================
Visual Link Spanish(TM) Testimonial –
=======================================

Dear David,

First of all, my compliments for an outstanding language teaching
system. Although I have only briefly seen the free stuff, I
recognized the effectiveness of the Visual Link system immediately.
Being a former personal development trainer (Anthony Robbins’
system), I know by heart what makes people adapt and become one with
the things they’ve learned.

I have tried several courses, but always found that the way Spanish
was teached, did not even look like the way a baby learns the
language. How many baby’s start learning grammer? Well, they actually
do, but not by learning useless rows of words. We all know that, but
it looks more like it, that most - if not all except one - of the
language teaching systems are more interested in making money then in
teaching a language. The only way the subconsious mind absorbes
information is by pictures (Visual), words (Auditory) and emotions
(Kinestetic) all together. The best way to learn a language is to
fall in love with a person who speaks it. Very true, and for most of
us something that can ruin an existing relationship.

Best regards,

Dirk

=================================
Weekly Spanish Lesson—Greetings
=================================

For the weekly lesson this week, click below to learn 7 basic Spanish
greetings with audio. You’ll hear María from Mexico model each.

To check it out, click here:
http://www.spanishprograms.com/learn/greetings.htm

==================
Words of the Week
==================

Taken from our complete CD-ROM course —–

Monday / I want / Yo quiero
Tuesday / She wants / Ella quiere
Wednesday / to use / usar
Thursday / the computer / la computadora
Friday / the fax / el fax
Saturday / the Internet / el internet
Sunday / the phone / el teléfono

Click Here to login and access your free membership and lessons.
http://www.spanishprograms.com/login.phtml

=====================================
The Official “Ask Dave” Section —–
=====================================

Question

Hi Dave

Can you give me a few tips on how to use the verb HABER.

Thanks.

D Tinnams

Answer

Hola D,

The word “haber” can be used in two ways. In the Complete Visual Link
Spanish™ Course, it is used as “hay” (”there is/there are”) or the
past tense “había” (”there was/there were”).

For more practice on using “haber” in this context, go to section “4.
Grammar” of the Complete Course.

The verb “haber” is also used to trigger past tense and literally
means “have”. Not “have” as in “I have something” but “have” as in “I
have gone”, “She has eaten” or “You have walked” (things that “have”
happened in the past).

Hopefully that helps to answer your questions.

Gracias,

Dave

=======================================
Culture —– Air on your Neck at Night
=======================================

While in Latin America, I lived very close to the equator in some
very hot areas. I mainly lived in lower-income pueblos that had
streets made of sand or dirt. It was extremely hot during the day and
still very warm at night; none of the areas I lived in had air
conditioning. As I would walk through the streets of certain cities,
the sand and/or dirt was so hot it would almost burn my feet.

At night, it was so hot that I could hardly sleep. There were usually
fans in the apartments I lived in so, of course, I would turn on the
fans at night in attempt to take the edge off the heat.

As I did that, the native Latin Americans I stayed with would get
very upset and tell me how bad it was for my health. They explained
that if I slept with air blowing on me at night and it hit my neck, I
was sure to wake up with a pain or a kink in my neck.

I thought they were kidding and I made a joke about it, but they were
dead serious. Since I was a missionary there, I always had a native
companion with me. Usually he would never let me turn on the fan at
night so we wouldn’t wake up with neck aches in the morning. As a
result, I almost learned to sleep in very hot temperatures at night!

The funniest part was when I got my way and had the fan on at night,
every once in a while I would wake up with a kink in my neck (which
is normal for me with or without a fan going.) The native people I
was staying with, when they noticed I had neck pain, would always
accusingly ask if I’d slept with the fan on. When I’d tell them I
had, they would all gang up on me and say ah ha - we told you so!!!
Then they’d give me a bad time for sleeping “with a fan on.” I
actually had a great time light-heartedly arguing back and forth with
them trying to prove that the cause of my neck pain was from how I
slept on my pillow. I explained that many Americans regularly sleep
with fans on (ceiling fans or AC) and don’t get neck pain from them.

I absolutely loved getting to know the Latino people and conversing
with them and learning about their culture and different ideas they
have. They are great people!

Moral of the Story: All of us have ideas about what causes ailments
or pain in our lives, and many of us have our own remedies that we
swear by - chicken noodle soup, tonic, cod-liver oil and so forth.
The interesting thing is that whole cultures can have completely
different ideas about ailments, causes and cures. Science has proven
many things, but there are still a lot of unanswered questions that
we can all speculate about.

Now to our international audience, what ailments and interesting
cures do you have in your countries? We’d all love to hear about
them!

Sneak peek at next week: “Think in Spanish - Change Your Identity!”

¡Hasta luego! (”Until later”)

David S. Clark — President / Director
Visual Link Spanish(TM)
Fun, Interactive Spanish Courses
http://www.spanishprograms.com
dave_c@spanishprograms.com

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Hola Amigos

Once you start making friends with people who speak
Spanish, you’ll want to get beyond making requests
and simple questions, like these;

I need a room

is there a hospital?

how much does it cost?

would you like to eat?

They are all very handy. However, as you start using
your Spanish and connecting with more people, you’ll
want to make more conversational questions, for example;

Have you visited Spain before today?

What have you bought?

Where did you go on vacation?

Have you had breakfast?

How long have you worked here?

Today, I have an audio lesson for you. It covers
these topics and more, all in a conversational
Spanish style.

It is from my second level course, Shortcut to
Informal Spanish Conversations, Level 2. The
complete informal series is not available yet,
it should be ready next month.

In the meantime, you can download the first
lesson from
http://www.spanish-is-easy.com/conversational-spanish.html

You can also get lessons from
Shortcut to Spanish, Level 2, here
http://www.spanish-is-easy.com/shortcuttospanishlevel2.html

Muchos saludos

Marcus Santamaria
Spanish communication coach
http://www.SynergySpanish.com
http://www.shortcuttospanish.com
marcus@synergyspanish.com

Marcus Santamaria
PMB 680, 482 W. San Ysidro Blvd
San Ysidro
California 92173
United States
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Hola Anna,

Through Wednesday, May 14th, you can get the Free Spanish Language
CD-ROM from Visual Link Spanish(TM) for only $1.95 S/H for both U.S.
and International orders! This saves you $6.00 off the regular
Shipping/Handling Fee!

Getting this CD will allow you to test drive the course and try it
out before you purchase the Complete Visual Link Spanish(TM) Course.
There are 19 full interactive computer Spanish lessons on the CD.
You will learn sentence structure and conversational skills that will
help you speak in Spanish.

We realize we lose money by offering the CD at this price, but we
know that once you see how easy and fast you can learn Spanish, you
will come back for more. Remember, the complete course also contains
10 audio CDs, 200+ interactive computer lessons and a conversation
manual.

This is NOT a subscription or a club. You will only receive this one
CD and you will not be billed for anything other than what you order.

Click the link below for both US and International orders and get the
Spanish CD for only $1.95:

http://www.spanishprograms.com/order/freeCD.htm

Best regards,

David S. Clark — President / Director
Fun, Interactive Spanish Courses
dave_c@spanishprograms.com
http://www.spanishprograms.com

1893 East Skyline Drive Ste. 105
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Hola Anna,

Through Wednesday, May 14th, you can get the Free Spanish Language
CD-ROM from Visual Link Spanish(TM) for only $1.95 S/H for both U.S.
and International orders! This saves you $6.00 off the regular
Shipping/Handling Fee!

Getting this CD will allow you to test drive the course and try it
out before you purchase the Complete Visual Link Spanish(TM) Course.
There are 19 full interactive computer Spanish lessons on the CD.
You will learn sentence structure and conversational skills that will
help you speak in Spanish.

We realize we lose money by offering the CD at this price, but we
know that once you see how easy and fast you can learn Spanish, you
will come back for more. Remember, the complete course also contains
10 audio CDs, 200+ interactive computer lessons and a conversation
manual.

This is NOT a subscription or a club. You will only receive this one
CD and you will not be billed for anything other than what you order.

Click the link below for both US and International orders and get the
Spanish CD for only $1.95:

http://www.learnspanishtoday.com/order/freeCD.htm

Best regards,

David S. Clark — President / Director
Fun, Interactive Spanish Courses
dave_c@learnspanishtoday.com
http://www.learnspanishtoday.com

1893 East Skyline Drive Ste. 105
Ogden, UT 84403
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Hola Anna,

I’m excited to tell you about our newest free resource to help you
learn Spanish.

It’s an in-depth online Spanish-English dictionary. You can either
use it online or install it on your website. To try it out, go to:

http://www.learnspanishtoday.com/free_spanish_dictionary.html

As a thanks to all the people who have purchased our course or who
will purchase it in the future, we have created this free Visual Link
Spanish(TM) dictionary to help you to learn Spanish even better.

With the dictionary, you can:

- Upload it to your personal website so you’ll have it whenever you
need it.

- Install it on your company website so anyone can conveniently get
the words they need in Spanish while on the job.

Or

- Install it on your blog. If you need more information about what a
blog is, go to http://www.blogger.com - in a nutshell, a blog is sort
of like your own personal journal where you can let relatives and
friends know what you’ve been up to. It’s really easy to upload
things to a blog and many people are doing them. Note: The blog above
is free.

Remember, to try out the free dictionary, go to:

http://www.learnspanishtoday.com/free_spanish_dictionary.html

I hope you enjoy this free resource.

Hasta luego!

Dave Clark — President / Director
Visual Link Spanish™
dave_c@learnspanishtoday.com
http://www.learnspanishtoday.com
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