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Summary: I love this CD!!
Review: This audio demonstrates a "nuts and bolts' philosophy to spanish verbs. It is based on repetition, to the most common verbs - (the "back bone" of any language) However, it may be disappointing for one who wants more dialogue and examples of sentence structure, but for one who is looking to strengthen their verb skill - this is an awesome CD!!
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Summary: I love this CD!!
Review: This is a great CD for those who want to memorize verb tenses. The CD is a little boring, as it is simply one woman who conjugates verbs, and then gives an english translation for each one. Each tense is done in order, then starting with the -ar verbs, then -er verbs then -ir verbs. It is the verbal equivelent of reading the 501 Spanish verbs book outloud! Note: the third person plural form, or the vos form, is not given. This form is mainly used in Spain. Ex: Hablo - I throw
Hablas - You throw
Habla - He/She/You throw
Hablamos - We throw
Habla - They throw They go alphabetically from there. This covers the present, preterite, imperfect, future perfect, and present progressive (I think). There are no phrases, sentences nor context given, only cojugated verbs. This is much better than writing verbs over and over again, and good for learning some new verbs, but take it for what it is. A little maddening to listen to, but a good review if you need some intensive memorization. Better for the more advanced student, who is learning tenses past the present tense.
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Summary: Effective - but boring
Review: This is a great CD for those who want to memorize verb tenses. The CD is a little boring, as it is simply one woman who conjugates verbs, and then gives an english translation for each one. Each tense is done in order, then starting with the -ar verbs, then -er verbs then -ir verbs. It is the verbal equivelent of reading the 501 Spanish verbs book outloud! Note: the third person plural form, or the vos form, is not given. This form is mainly used in Spain. Ex: Hablo - I throw
Hablas - You throw
Habla - He/She/You throw
Hablamos - We throw
Habla - They throw They go alphabetically from there. This covers the present, preterite, imperfect, future perfect, and present progressive (I think). There are no phrases, sentences nor context given, only cojugated verbs. This is much better than writing verbs over and over again, and good for learning some new verbs, but take it for what it is. A little maddening to listen to, but a good review if you need some intensive memorization. Better for the more advanced student, who is learning tenses past the present tense.
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Summary: No help at all
Review: When I saw this CD, I was very excited. I've always been very happy with Penton Overseas products, and I really needed an all audio verb training program. Boy, was I disappointed.
I've been listening to language learning tapes on a daily basis for years. This CD had most of the qualities that I find most irritating in an audio language learning program. Too much idle english chatter, tasteless humor, and most of all, poor formatting.
The quality of the recordings is superb. But frankly, I'd rather have badly recorded lessons of high value than a bunch of well recorded useless banter.
Penton overseas does produce some very good materials. This is not one of those.
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