Innovations:
Real listening skills
Traditional Spanish textbooks include audio programs with pattern drills and listening texts read by professional speakers. This makes the Spanish relatively easy to understand, but does not train students to function in the real world.
Ritmos uses authentic, unscripted narratives that are aimed at non-native speakers. These listening tasks are conducted in the software component, which also provides vocabulary and other support to help students understand. While challenging at first, this approach develops excellent listening comprehension skills.
It also vastly improves pronunciation because students are constantly exposed to the natural cadences and pronunciation of Spanish and attempt to imitate it in their own speaking and writing.
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