Customer Reviews

Berlitz Spanish in 30 Days (Berlitz in 30 Days) (Spanish Edition) (English and Spanish Edition)

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I can see no way for a beginner to pick up this book and even understand what's going on. I have taken several years of Spanish, and I struggled through the entire second half of the book. This is an OK book if you are wanting to brush up on your Spanish verb tenses, but would be no help to someone who knows nothing yet about the Spanish language. I was also dissapointed about how the storyline was created. It was a bit inconsistant and also choppy.

This book is excellent, it creates a wonderful balance between oral conversation and written and grammatical skills. Excellent for beginners.

I bought this book new at roughly half price at a bookstore. They speak clearly on the CD, the print is good. I don't think that book is for beginner: after few first lessons, the speech become faster and faster. The only drawback is the BINDING: I can't open it easily.

I have this as an alternative learning resource for Spanish, and I recommend that you use it as such, not as a primary resource. It is a quality product and I like the information it presents, but the format is not quite conducive to learning like other books/CDs are. Don't get me wrong, I think it's worth adding to your collection if it is not your sole source for Spanish, but as it stands it is not complete. And don't expect to really communicate well in 30 days, unless you are a language savant.

This product is inferior. The CD is scratch up but loadable. There is no English on the CD at all. I would like to return it for refund.