Answer Question
New Spanish Speaker in Upgrade
In the Spanish upgrade there is a female speaker who pronounces the double L sound like a hard J and is very difficult to understand. Instead of Llevar, the double L sounding like Y as in Yam, we get Jevar. Other examples are Jegar rather than Llegar, and ejos rather than ellos, and so on with each word with a double L. This makes it extremely difficult to understand her in the workouts that require the user to 'write the words/phrases you hear.' The worst is in the workout that starts out with one or two words then progresses into full sentences. There are 3 separate cases of this 'building' exercise within the workout. I have to look at the answer every time she uses a word containing the double L sound as she pronounces these words with a hard J instead of a ll (y) sound, not to mention running these words together. Maybe in the real world of Latin American Spanish this may happen (although my italki teacher pronounces the double L as a Y sound), but we are just learning here. I am in an elementary stage in the program where each word should be enunciated properly. It's not about the speed, it's about the pronunciation that should count here. I have begun to skip the previously mentioned workout completely because it is nearly impossible to understand what she is saying. These instances where this speaker uses a hard J sound rather than a ll (y) sound need to be re-recorded as it has created a great struggle where there was not one before the upgrade.