Dicho y hecho, Workbook: Beginning Spanish [Paperback]

Laila M. Dawson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2004 | ISBN-10: 0471272531 | ISBN-13: 978-0471272533 | Edition: 7

* Easy To Understand. Dicho y hecho's award-winning design features crisp, clean, and uncluttered pages. The design highlights key grammatical structures and important information, making the text an easy study guide.
* Flexible. Dicho y hecho focuses on the essentials that students need to study while leaving the text flexible and adaptable for any kind of course in the curriculum.
* Easy to Use. Whether you supplement with transparencies or technology, Dicho y hecho's clean, streamlined approach to the basics doesn't get in the way of a clear course solidly grounded in the basics.
* Practical, Contextualized Active Vocabulary. Thematic vocabulary is presented visually and contextually, and then becomes active through multiple and progressive phases of application... Dicho y hecho offers the most thorough and varied practice and application of vocabulary of any text available today.
* Web-Extended Panoramas Culturales. Each country has its own unique home page, with a mix of, maps,graphics, and web-based discussion and research activities, with numerous links that offer virtual experiences in any land and culture.
* Exemplary Step-by-Step Presentation Of Grammar A clear, uncomplicated, classroom-tested presentation of structures allows students to study easily on their own, with Internet support.
* Ample Varied Opportunities For Structured, Guided, and Open-Ended Practice. Dicho y hecho presents a broader variety of time-tested exercises/activities than any text of its kind.

Editorial Reviews

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Instructor's Manual, Workbook/Laboratory Manual, Laboratory Tape Program, Test Bank, Video, CD-ROM, Intensive Exercises Booklet, Computerized Test Bank and Transparency Acetates available. -- The publisher, John Wiley & Sons --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Language Notes

Text: Spanish, English --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 7 edition (January 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471272531
• ISBN-13: 978-0471272533
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #236,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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42 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars After 6 editions, give it up., April 11, 2002

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D. L. Paulson (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dicho y Hecho: Beginning Spanish, 6th Edition (Hardcover)

I watched this book grow from drill and kill in earlier editions to its present, bloated 6th edition. I have taught out of the 5th and 6th editions of this book for 4 years. The students absolutely hate it. It is cluttered and confusing. The order in which grammar and vocabulary are presented defy logic and all current research in second language acquisition. This book has been torn down and put back together so many times, that it is a hellish mess. Language methodology has changed and evolved over the nearly 25 years this book has been in use, and now this book doesn't know what it is or wants to be. The exercises in the book are worthless. All the instructions are in Spanish from chapter 1 on, and the students cannot interpret them, which renders the activities useless. Dicho has had a good, long run. It's time to shelve it and move on. The only reason I still use it is because I have no choice in textbook selection where I teach.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Very Easy to Use Book and Accessories, January 22, 2000

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genevieve (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Audio Program on CD to Accompany Dicho Y Hecho : CD: Beginning Spanish (CD-ROM)

This book is very straight forward and easy to use. Students can follow easily the progressive path of the chapters through the series of exercises. Students have found the sofware very entertaining and helpful to remember the important points of the lessons. I find the software a very good reinforcement of every lesson because it follows the book closely. Small variations can be found in books from the same edition but they don't interfere much with the goal to be achieved. Generally, it is a good standard book to use for beginners and intermediate students. Pictures are clear, modern, and reflects life as it is today. Chapters are progressive and deal with what most book would present to beginner and intermediate students. Most of the exercises are well chosen and the stories are written in a very easy to understand way. They are well spaced in each chapter to emphacise the important points. Grammar is well explained and visually easy to remember. Tests already prepared for the teacher are good and simple enough to facilitate the teacher's job. Students like to use the software and should be part of the book package rather than the audio disk.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Progressive Instructional Spanish Text, September 6, 2000

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"dalsteph_1" (Diego Martin, Trinidad, West Indies) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dicho y hecho Beginning Spanish Fifth Edition and Student Cassette to Accompany Dicho y hecho Beginning Spanish Fifth Edition and Workbook to Accompany Dicho y hecho Fifth Edition Textbook (Paperback)

Dicho y Hecho is clearly one of, if not the best, Spanish Text books on the market. It is skillfully structured to capture the attention from beginner level and gradually progresses in difficulty from chapter to chapter to the advanced stage. The book is easy to follow, with illustrations that are timely, pertinent and colourful, masterfully using visual recognition to further cement the new vocabulary at the center of successive chapters. This is a must buy for any one wishing to learn Spanish and its grammar and is also a good place for persons with an advanced aptitude but little practice to rebuild their skills. The accompanying workbook and cassette further augment listening and comprehension skills.

Never have I encountered a text that embodies the Spanish world and experience like this one. Es un libro de pura calidad!!