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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Spanish, 4E

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I recently wanted to brush up and improve on the conversational Spanish I learned in junior high school (way back in the Dark Ages of the 1960's.) This is a really easy and interesting way to do that, even if you've never had any Spanish instruction before. You can download the entire text (complete with audio) from the CD that comes with the book and follow along through each lesson as it's read to you by native speakers. The interactive format allows you to highlight passages, bookmark your location for the next time, easily page through the text, and have the audio on or off at your choosing.

I've found that following along with the text as it's being read to me helps me stay focused, since I tend to be a "skimmer" sometimes. Hearing the speakers correctly pronounce the Spanish words is a major plus also. And there is always the book itself to refer to when you can't be on the computer. All in all a good approach to learning a foreign language. Mr. Fernandez would be proud.....

I bought this books in the hope of learning spanish - a language I am fascinated with. It is a good book as a guidance, to take you step by step through the language BUT it definitely needs extras. Don't rely just on this book, you will be lost. you need to buy a dictionary and a few other grammar and pronoun etch books to accompany it. Once you do, it is a very good guide and helpful enough.

THIS IS A FANTASTIC BOOK. I THINK IT IS A GREAT BUY WITH BOTH THE LOW PRICE AND THE AV TOOL THAT COMES WITH IT. YOU CAN PLAY THE AUDIO ON YOUR MP3 PLAYER OR HAVE BOTH THE AUDIO AND VISUAL ON YOU COMPUTER. I HAVE JUST STARTED THE BOOK, BUT IT APPEARS AS IF THE BOOK IS BEING HIGHLIGHTED AS YOU GO ALONG AND AS IT IS READ TO YOU. THE CLAIMS ON THE FRONT ARE NOT EXAGGERATED.

Reall good book, the one thing i would recomend would be if the book had a separate workbook. Other then that i am very please with my purchase

I purchased this book because I needed to see Spanish verbs written in all of their tenses and persons. I had been using "verbal-only" instructions and wasn't sure I was making correct inferences about what I was hearing. Or saying! I'm satisfied with what this book provides.

I purchased this for my daughter who has been studying Spanish for years on her own. She was tired of returning library books! She loves this book and is learning lots.

This is a wonderful book for learners who are just starting to study Spanish. I wish I knew about this book four years ago when I became interested in learning spanish for the first time. I probably would have become fluent in Spanish by now!
What I enjoy most is the CD-ROM that comes with the book, except that it is a bit fast. It would have been good if the narrators spoke moderately slower than normal spanish conversational speed. It would also have been a good idea to include one dialogue in each chapter, first spoken in normal conversational speed, then repeated more slowly.
I am still enjoying the book!

I was failing spanish and then once i used this book, i got a 94 on my test.