Spanish Step by Step

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Summary: SPANISH MADE EASY
Review: After having formal Spanish in high school which was totally useless Spanish Step by Step was directed at people needing conversational spanish and not formal Spanish which noone speaks anyway. Great book for people needing to do a quick study for trips not to far in the future. Also for people needing to deal with Spanish speaking people in the job market or a business enviroment this book is a must!

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Summary: Excellent book for pronunciation
Review: I have used this book to learn Spanish and I returned to my new Spanish home and my native speaking friends saw clearly I had improved. I have shared Paso a Paso Ingles to help them learn English. The pronuciation help is the best and for a beginner it literally spells it all out. You learn what speaking really means and the distinction between reading, writing, understanding and then speaking. The book is only effective if it is read outloud. I drove my family crazy!! I have read it outloud again and again because it really is a good system to get your mouth moving around the words the way they do!! I speak very well now and I owe most of it to Mr. Berlitz!!!

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Summary: Not for Spanish class but to learn conversational Spanish
Review: This is a great book for learning conversational Spanish. It gives minimal information on formal Spanish but instead concentrates or getting the reader up to speed listening to, reading and speaking Spanish. Think of it being like when you were a child and learned to speak English or whatever your native tongue. You did not know all the rules for conjugating verbs or anything like that, but you did know what was the right word in a given situation. That is more the focus of this book and it's method. If you don't need to know technically precise Spanish but want to be able to get around on a trip to a Spanish speaking country or be able to understand basic signs and conversations then I would highly recommend it.