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Summary: MUSICAL SPANISH IS FANTASTIC
Review: Musical Spanish is pure genius! Exactly what I have been searching for! I had been meaning to improve my waning Spanish speaking skills so that I could better communicate with family friends who are staying with us and who are originally from Mexico City. The textbooks I checked out however, looked too much like that - boring dusty textbooks. I just couldn't get interested in opening them. And then a truly mortifying moment happened recently that jumpstarted me into finding something that would help. My friend's brother called from Mexico to speak to him and I was the only one home. He spoke only Spanish and I realized after babbling in broken English/Spanish that he had no idea what I was saying and I couldn't understand a word he was saying. After four or five incredibly uncomfortable and SILENT moments when we were both waiting for one of us to say SOMETHING he got me to understand that he would call back in 20 minutes. I wasn't sure how that was going to help since I was still the only one home but I was relieved to get off the phone. I emailed one of my best friends who speaks fluent Spanish and told her what happened and she recommended Musical Spanish. It has been a godsend. Not only has my vocabulary improved but my pronunciation keeps getting better and better! And what's more, it's fun! As for my friend's brother, he still teases me about that day but now when he does, I can respond...in Spanish!!!!
Rating:
Summary: MUSICAL SPANISH IS FANTASTIC
Review: Musical Spanish is pure genius! Exactly what I have been searching for! I had been meaning to improve my waning Spanish speaking skills so that I could better communicate with family friends who are staying with us and who are originally from Mexico City. The textbooks I checked out however, looked too much like that - boring dusty textbooks. I just couldn't get interested in opening them. And then a truly mortifying moment happened recently that jumpstarted me into finding something that would help. My friend's brother called from Mexico to speak to him and I was the only one home. He spoke only Spanish and I realized after babbling in broken English/Spanish that he had no idea what I was saying and I couldn't understand a word he was saying. After four or five incredibly uncomfortable and SILENT moments when we were both waiting for one of us to say SOMETHING he got me to understand that he would call back in 20 minutes. I wasn't sure how that was going to help since I was still the only one home but I was relieved to get off the phone. I emailed one of my best friends who speaks fluent Spanish and told her what happened and she recommended Musical Spanish. It has been a godsend. Not only has my vocabulary improved but my pronunciation keeps getting better and better! And what's more, it's fun! As for my friend's brother, he still teases me about that day but now when he does, I can respond...in Spanish!!!!
Rating: 
Summary: It was okay
Review: This language series is good if you want to learn basic grammar concepts. It's cool to sing along with the songs that are included as apart of the learning process. However, it wasn't for me. I like tools like Pimsluer's Spanish Program which teaches conversational tools. For me it's difficult to learn Spanish without it being in the context of a conversation. Musical Spanish is a great review if you have Spanish skills OR if you are already profecient in another romance language, Musical Spanish will give you a great foundation on which to build. I think that this is a great supplement to Spanish learning. I've donated my copy to the local public library.
Rating:
Summary: It was okay
Review: This language series is good if you want to learn basic grammar concepts. It's cool to sing along with the songs that are included as apart of the learning process. However, it wasn't for me. I like tools like Pimsluer's Spanish Program which teaches conversational tools. For me it's difficult to learn Spanish without it being in the context of a conversation. Musical Spanish is a great review if you have Spanish skills OR if you are already profecient in another romance language, Musical Spanish will give you a great foundation on which to build. I think that this is a great supplement to Spanish learning. I've donated my copy to the local public library.
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Summary: Musical Spanish
Review: Why didn't someone write this books years ago? We paid for a tutor to help our 16-yr. old son, who was struggling with Spanish. She did help him conjugate verbs, but her pronunciation was terrible. Musical Spanish has helped our son sound like a native, and it has helped him to love learning the language. In fact, we all sing La Bamba around our house since we bought this book and cd rom. We highly recommend it to all parents who want to help their children enjoy language learning.
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