[WTB] Spanish Language Course...

[MoonShadow]

...for my homeschooled kids & myself.  Prefer something audio based (MP3, or CD that I can rip to MP3).  I've heard good things about "Pimsleur" based courses, but the examples of what I've seen online so far look like a 'book of the month club' scam.  Not opposed to buying your used CD set, as long as it's complete.  I'm looking for practical spoken communications, not a writing or grammer course like I had in high school.

[IamRichard]

The Rosetta stone courses are supposedly the best in the world..

http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/7061419/Rosetta_Stone_-_Spanish_(Latin_America)_-_Level_1__2__3__4__5

There you go

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If you'd like to donate anything

[SysRun]

Rosetta stone is a nice source as well. I. Not going to recommend copyright violation, even though it's commonly pirated through thepiratebay.se, so check out rosettastone.com. It's much more immersive than pimsleur. Not for driving time in the car like pimsleur though.

Good luck!

(edit, I blame all typographical errors on iPad)

[rastapool]

Rosetta is very, very, very bore. You will repeat the same words again and again and again and again. You will spend a lot of time. Around 40-50 hours/level: 200-250 hour hole curse. Yes, you will learn, but you can't learn something, if you spent 250 hours, at any course. And Rosetta needs you around computer: you can't walk and learn.
Pimsleur is really great courses. You need 15 hours at a level / 45 hours hole course (actually you will need more, you will need to repeat some lessons). And Pimsleur is interesting, you can walk and learn, and you will not boring. Pimsleur level 3 is worse than level 1 and 2. Level 3 is about business, meetings, companies, and all that business stuff. If you need that, great, if no, you can drop level 3. Level 1 and 2 really great. Probably after 30 hours of Pimsleur you will know a bit less than after 250 hours of Rosseta, but definitely not 10x times, not even 2x times. Rosetta is not worth it.
After two levels of Pimsleur you can try to find some spanish speakers at livemocha.com and talk with them.
And Pimsleur couses you also can find at TBP.
P. S. And I have not used Pimsleur or Rosetta to learn my English ;)

[MoonShadow]

Rosetta is very, very, very bore. You will repeat the same words again and again and again and again. You will spend a lot of time. Around 40-50 hours/level: 200-250 hour hole curse. Yes, you will learn, but you can't learn something, if you spent 250 hours, at any course. And Rosetta needs you around computer: you can't walk and learn.
Pimsleur is really great courses. You need 15 hours at a level / 45 hours hole course (actually you will need more, you will need to repeat some lessons). And Pimsleur is interesting, you can walk and learn, and you will not boring. Pimsleur level 3 is worse than level 1 and 2. Level 3 is about business, meetings, companies, and all that business stuff. If you need that, great, if no, you can drop level 3. Level 1 and 2 really great. Probably after 30 hours of Pimsleur you will know a bit less than after 250 hours of Rosseta, but definitely not 10x times, not even 2x times. Rosetta is not worth it.
After two levels of Pimsleur you can try to find some spanish speakers at livemocha.com and talk with them.
And Pimsleur couses you also can find at TBP.
P. S. And I have not used Pimsleur or Rosetta to learn my English

I agree.  I've demoed Rosetta & TellMeMore, which is similar.  I'm a big fan of computers and what they can accomplish, but we own multiple mp3 players and only one modern computer.  My kids have to do so much on this one machine already that I don't like the idea of another hour per day on an interactive foreign language program.