# Recommendations for Language Instruction Software **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 21, 2004, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-language-instruction-software/275954 "2004-11-21T16:37:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-language-instruction-software/275954/1 "2004-11-21T16:37:10Z")
I’m taking a Spanish class this year, and I’m doing pretty well; however, I’d like to be able to practice with a wider variety of material than my Spanish text offers. Does anyone have any experience with the instructional software available on the market? Is any of it worth the money? Which ones would you recommend specifically? If you don’t have experience with the Spanish versions of these, feel free to comment on any of the other languages’ versions; quality in one is probably an indicator of quality in the others. ---
**Author:** ![qubed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f07891/32.png) [@qubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qubed)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-language-instruction-software/275954/2 "2004-11-21T18:04:26Z")
I have heard that the Pimsleur language instruction series is good (albeit expensive). But I have no first hand experience with it. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-language-instruction-software/275954/3 "2004-11-23T17:09:56Z")
Bumping this to (hopefully) catch the weekday crowd.