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Summary: Multiple Tracks at Last!!
Review: The content gets the stars, the presentation loses them. To have to hear on the second side of the 8th CD the presenter say for the n-teenth time "listener, please remember to stop the tape and repeat..." It gets painful to hear the instructions over and over and over and over and over (get it) again. Also, trying to rewind the CD while driving doesn't work. CD should have been divided into many more tracks than 2 per CD. I got through all 8, used it to break up Pimsleur Spanish I and II, every time I finished a Pimsleur CD I popped one of these in and worked on a side for a while, then went back to Pimsleur. At >55 am learning that learning a language isn't for the instant gratification folks...
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Summary: Looking Forward to Level 2 Sequel
Review: These CD's are similar to Conversational Spanish. Same great method and product. However, if you already have Behind the Wheel Spanish 1 I would recommend you wait for the sequel or Level 2 course before investing again in a different yet similar product. Both courses are great by themselves, but to purchase two similar Level One products from the same company may not be wise. Just buy one or the other and wait for the Level 2. I think Hugo's Advanced Spanish is a good one to use while waiting.
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Summary: Good... but Behind the Wheel?
Review: This is a pretty good course. I've learned some Spanish and I am just on CD 2. But, the book does not match the cd's very well. Some of the words taught on the tape are not the same words (are they synonyms?) in the book. I think it was originally just a book and tapes, not meant really for learning behind the wheel and they just copied the tapes to CD (see Conversational Spanish in Nothing Flat).
There are 2 tracks on each cd, each about 30 min long (the front and back of each tape) and if you want to repeat a section of audio ('repetition is the key to learning' the instructor tells us), you have to >> or << the cd player - not the easiest or safest thing to do while driving. And if you are not careful, you are back at the beginning of a track. Not much fun when you are 15 minutes into a 30 minute track and the only way to get back is to hold down the >> key...If they had taken just a little time and divided each tape into about twenty 3 minute tracks so that the driver could review more easily, it would be so much better.
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Summary: Great For Behind the Wheel
Review: This is an amazingly helpful car Spanish course. I've learned a ton of Spanish already and I am only on CD 2. Fortunately, the book matches the cd's perfectly for home review and there is even a word for word tapescript and and answer keys (and English translations - what a Godsend) on the same page as the exercises..
I received the multi-track version of this set but I feel that with the built in review that the single track version would work just fine in the car as well. I rarely if ever use the multi-tracks because the course is designed to be 'real time' which means you don't have to artificially speed it up or slow it down. Just keep playing the CDs and you'll learn to speak Spanish.
My set has 6 tracks per CD and they are beautifully produced.
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Summary: Repetitive and Rambling
Review: Very disappointing. They are tapes --I can play them again! Tape 4 contains about 2 minutes of new material and is a re-hash of tapes 1-3, which are all pretty much the same. The entire 8-hour series could go on one cassette.
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