Good BUT Has One Major Flaw

Overall the content here is quite good and covers a decent amount of phrases, tenses and vocabulary - all of which can be quite useful. There is an accompanying PDF document which gives you all the dialogue in printed form.

I feel this course is let down by one major flaw which could so EASILY have been avoided - NONE of the dialogue has been provided with any slow recorded versions - which is not ideal for beginners. I'm not a beginner so it was less of an issue, but nonetheless, the narrator speaks extraordinarily fast and I also could not make out what was being said at times - and would have to look at the PDF. They could at least have provided a slow version once, for each new phrase as it was introduced. Also in the Q & A sections, there is almost no time for one to provide one's answer. You could pause the recording but that is not ideal really - or if you are listening in the car for example.
if you are a total beginner and are completely reliant on the audio only without the PDF - the spoken speed might discourage you. This course might be a good compliment to another course if you have the basics already. It is also a good course if you have some knowledge and want to let the sound of the language wash over you to improve recognition, while at the same time picking out the words you understand.

I have deducted a star for the lack of slow recorded phrases- at least once. The normal speed versions are sometimes impossible to make out unless you have prior knowledge of the language - and even then it can be difficult.

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