We are a Group of 6 or so members, all of whom are reasonably proficient in at least one other European language, but because we all started Spanish at 'mature age', it just doesn't sink in as well as the other languages did!

Our Coordinator generally acts as host but we do not have a specific leader for our 'lessons', with all members contributing in principle, although inevitably the onus falls on some more than others.

We have two different course books with complementary CDs that we find we can 'revisit' again and again to great benefit, as well as a selection of material from various other classroom courses and access to a website.

Recently, we have started using an 8-CD Linguaphone Course sponsored by the Daily Mail. As the cover opposite shows it promises to teach us Spanish in a week, which our members don't believe, but they are happy about 'No reading, no writing, no effort'. 

The course is designed for individuals on their own but we find that listening (and reacting) to the CDs together is more fun (and more motivating). The only paperwork is transcripts of glossaries to go with each disk originally printed in the Mail. The great advantage of this course is that nobody has to do any preparation, and anybody missing a meeting has the opportunity to catch up privately. It is likely that this course will form the basis of our activities for several months.