Conversational Spanish in 7 Days

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Summary: The tapes and book were great!!
Review: Learn the basic words necessary to communicate when traveling Tapes provide correct pronunciation and are easy to listen too when driving. Each Lesson can be mastered in one day if one is diligent, however, it may take others 10-12 days!! Give it a try, you have nothing to loose

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Summary: Not a bad book but not a quick course
Review: The idea that anyone can satisfactorily learn a language in seven days is ludicrous but, I took the bait and bought the book. Given the fact that it is popularly priced, I didn't waste any money. The seven days are actually seven lessons. Each lesson might be mastered in a week, not a day. The premise of the book is that a family takes a trip to Spain and each lesson represents a day in their week's journey. Each day presents different situations. The characters in the book are in Spain for seven days but the lessons cannot be mastered that quickly. If you accept the fact that you should use the book over several weeks, it's not a bad book but I am relying on other sources to learn Spanish .. most notably, Berlitz's fine cassette course "Basic Spanish"