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45 of 56 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bravo!,
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This review is from: The Everything Learning Spanish Book: Speak, Write, and Understand Basic Spanish in No Time (Everything (Language & Writing)) (Paperback)
This is an excellent overview to learning Spanish and is one of the best books on the market. The author is passionate about his subject and understands how to make learning a new language fun.The Everything series is well done and presents the information in a very accessible format.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
From a teacher's perspective, not bad!,
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This review is from: The Everything Learning Spanish Book: Speak, Write, and Understand Basic Spanish in No Time (Everything (Language & Writing)) (Paperback)
If you are a beginner, this book is a bit overwhelming. If you are intermediate, it's a little insulting - it begins with telling you how to study, and when to study, and how not to study, but to be sure you're enjoying yourself. This is all good advice, but I think most people know all this before purchasing the book.
Pros - the books includes SOME phonetic spelling, and is nicely laid out as far as which chapters come first, then next, etc. Another huge pro, is there is a TON of info, and I didn't see any errors in the several times I have perused the book, or read passages for students asking for help. Cons - the page layout has a LOT of words on each page. The basic idea behind learning a language is that a language is made up of words. This book presents many phrases, which for a beginner, is too much to memorize or make sense out of. For an intermediate learner, they know to break phrases down, but the grammar that goes with the phrase is not immediately available (though it is covered in the book, how does a learner know where to look?) So... this book is PERFECT for a reviewing student. Maybe you studied in high school and need to brush up for a placement exam. Perhaps you remember some from college but need a crash course before your trip to Mexico, I would highly recommend this book - you know enough to work your way through this book effectively. For all other learners, there are better books out there Spanish Now! Level 1 with CDs (Spanish Now) which comes with CD's, or other readers, etc, that are less overwhelming. If it had a CD, I think the effect might be a lot better, but as is, it's just TOO much for a beginner. Start with something else first, then perhaps graduate to this. It IS a good reference as well. Sra. Gose Spanish Teacher, and Author of Flip Flop Spanish: Ages 3-5: Level 1 & Flip Flop Spanish: Ages 3-5: Level 2
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent for beginners,
This review is from: The Everything Learning Spanish Book: Speak, Write, and Understand Basic Spanish in No Time (Everything (Language & Writing)) (Paperback)
I have been looking for a book to help get me over that little hump in learning spanish, and I finally found it. My wife speaks fluently, and has been doing her best to help me learn, but this has bridged the gap between repeating and actually learning. I highly recommend it for anyone looking to either build a base for spanish, or like me, to help get over the hump of just knowing basic phrases.
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