Homeschool
Spanish Curriculum

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Why Use Visual Link™ Homeschool Spanish Curriculum

Visual Link™ Spanish allows homeschool students to:

• Learn by doing interactive lessons on the computer
• Concentrate on sentence building and communication instead of only memorizing grammar rules and vocabulary
• Listen to audio CDs or MP3 in the car or with a portable MP3 player for review.
• Take quizzes and tests for better retention
• Mark progress with the lesson plan study guide
• Learn conversational Spanish with 30-60 minutes of study per day
• Use supplemental resources for extra practice (see below)

Parents who don't speak Spanish themselves, but still want to teach Spanish as part of their curriculum, especially enjoy using Visual Link Spanish™. With the Free Lesson Plans for Spanish and the Instructor Training Kit, or complete course teaching Spanish is made simple. The course itself is easy for students to use and has a built-in instructor who guides them through each step of the homeschool Spanish program . The instructor also gives studying hints and grammar tips in each lesson to help students with the small details of learning the language.

Knowing Spanish will place your homeschool students the extra step ahead as they graduate and enter the workforce. Bilingual individuals earn 10% to 25% more money then individuals who only speak one language. We as teachers need to perpare our students the best we can for the workforce - teaching our students Spanish is a simple task with HUGE rewards.

Other Useful Resources for Homeschool

To make it even easier for you to use Visual Link™ as your homeschool Spanish curriculum, we have included below these FREE resources to help you teach and best utilize the course. We've even made a free interactive tutorial to help you get started.


Tools Available for Homeschool Moms/Teachers:

Free Lesson Plans - You can download Free Lessons Plans for Spanish or you can purchase paper-back version of the Lesson Plans for only $8.95 .

Free Weekly Newsletter - Includes Spanish words of the week, a culture section, and weekly grammar lessons. Click here to see a sample weekly newsletter .

Enhanced Newsletter - Contains extra words of the week from the course, a current Latin news paragraph in Spanish that is translated to English, and a culture section. The culture section contains English and Spanish words in context with a 30-40 word glossary to help students learn more vocabulary and see how words are used in sentences! To view a sample enhanced newsletter, click here .

Instructor Training Kit - Provides teacher training to provide optimal results, teacher licensing, and teaching concepts for teachers using the Visual Link Spanish™ method. The Instructor Training Kit includes: Lessons Plans, a complete set of course materials, Training Manual, PowerPoints/Overheads, and Learning Background Music

Classroom Workbook -These workbooks include everything in the mini manual in large form, a variety of fun activities and practice exercises, and a pronunciation guide teaching correct pronunciation skills.  The workbook works perfectly for additional home study or for in-class exercises.  The workbook contains just under 100 pages.

Mini-Manual - The entire course in text format. The mini-manual is the size of a man's wallet and is perfect for on-the-go study material for each student

Overhead Transparencies or PowerPoint Presentation - The overheads/PowerPoints contain every word and all the graphics from our Software. It is proven to be a sure-fire combination for success.

Online Exam Tracking and Certificate Program ($19.95) - Let us do the grading! After completing each of the 13 sections in the course, log on and take an online exam. We will grade and score the exams. If the student finishes with an average score of above 80%, the Institute will send them a certificate certifying them in conversational Spanish. Click here to purchase .

The Complete Visual Link Spanish™ Course - Discount pricing available for schools

High School Credit - The North Atlantic Regional High School now offers up to 2 years of High School Spanish credit for the Visual Link Spanish™ Course. Click here for enrollment information . Please contact NARHS before starting the course to ensure full credit is received.




"Most Spanish courses teach a lot of vocabulary and grammar rules but when you're done, you can't actually speak Spanish… Visual Link Spanish™ teaches you to build sentences, ask and answer questions, and truly communicate."
--David S. Clark - Director of U.S. Institute of Languages®