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Summary: Very Good Refresher Course
Review: GREAT REFRESHER COURSE for former Spanish students.I studied Spanish for 9 years and was practically fluent. 14 years later I find myself struggling to remember basic vocabulary, verb conjugations and familiar phrases. With my experience in the language, I've been able to successfully complete the first 5 lessons in only a few sessions, with excellent retention. My email friends from Spain and Peru have already noticed an improvement in my Spanish. The CD's: "Learn at Home" are helpful if you need help with pronunciation. I enjoy learning from the "Learn on the Go" CD set because I am forced to recall the information without the aid of a textbook. I feel the pace of the conversation is good, and the CD format makes selecting a lesson easy. Why only 4 stars? Another reviewer made flashcards....I made an Excel spreadsheet. It would have been great to have all the vocabulary and phrases on a ready-to-use CD or disk. Here's how: One column for the English words/phrases, one column for the Spanish translation, and a third column for the exam. Simply hide the Spanish column and type your answers into the exam column. Unhide the Spanish column to check you answers. Mark wrong answers with red text. Format:The lessons are divided into functional topics like time, greetings, weather, health, food, phone calls...making it easy to learn and reference information. I find this format much more enjoyable than the traditional classroom & textbook method.
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Summary: Not a Good Book For Beginners
Review: I definitely do not recommended this book for someone who is trying to learn Spanish. I had 2 years of Spanish in High School and I was still confused going thru this book. The layout of the book is not conducive to learning spanish. It's skips over the basics and tries to engage you in conversations from the beginning.
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Summary: Good grammar textbook
Review: This book is helping me learn Spanish but it is by no means a feasible course on its own. It's mostly focussed on grammar, and even that is introduced at a very rapid pace. The lessons consist of a short dialog, some grammatical notes with at most 3 or 4 examples, and a list of vocabulary. I found the audio lessons to be pretty impossible given the rate of the course. One further complaint, I've detected a handful of errors in the answers to the chapter questions. All up, this is a good grammar textbook but I'm covering the basics with other materials such as an easy reader and Pimsleur audio CDs. I wouldn't recommend it as your sole means of study.
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