Inglés hecho fácil [Paperback]

Patrice J. Duncan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0385481861 | ISBN-13: 978-0385481861 | Edition: 1st

Con un acercamiento fácil de entender y un estilo amigable este nuevo ofrecimiento de las series Hecho Fácil, incluye direcciones y explicaciones que son completamente bilingües, haciendo que este libro sea de fácil uso y referencia para los que hablan español como primera lengua. Donde se presta para ello las lecciones han sido adaptadas para enseñar inglés en el contexto de la cultura americana.

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Language Notes

Text: Spanish, English

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press; 1st edition (December 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385481861
• ISBN-13: 978-0385481861
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 0.9 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #387,280 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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48 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most useful book for ESL both in the US and Latin America, September 27, 1999

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Ginger Johnson - See all my reviews

This review is from: Inglés hecho fácil (Paperback)

I bought my first copy of Englis Hecho Facil because I work with Latinos, and each of them found it so fascinating I gave them the book and went out and bought another. This happened about six times, until I finally told them where they could buy their own copy. They have made great progress with their English and continue to ask me questions. This book comes highly recommended by Latinos. I visit Guatemala for 2 months each year and take my book with me.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good in some respects, difficult to use in others...., July 10, 2001

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bethlovesbooks (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Inglés hecho fácil (Paperback)

Based on previous reviews, I expected a very easy to use resource that would work well for individual tutoring. Perhaps it's just me, but I have been using this book for one-on-one tutoring for several months now and find it somewhat difficult to navigate.

First, the book is written primarily for a Spanish speaker and although I can figure most of the explanations out as I go along, it still can make it difficult for an English speaker to teach using this text. It would be nice to find a book that would work equally well for a Spanish or English speaker.

Second, each sections starts with some type of theme story that presents several sentences in Spanish and English. My concern is that my student seems overwhelmed by so many new words and sentences. I know that this may help teach more conversational English, but I feel the vocabulary could be made more relevant to a new English speaker and the sentences presented after some new vocabulary had first been introduced.

Perhaps my biggest problem is that there isn't a clear index or table of contents that helps me figure out what skills are being taught in each section. It is not a very user friendly type book--it goes through the theme sections and presents concepts as it seems fit, but doesn't lend itself to finding a particular concept or jumping around within chapters.

I think this may very well be a fascinating book for Latinos and quite helpful in learning the English language, but I personally would not recommend it as the best way to go if you are tutoring someone. The material is not indexed particulary well and the sequencing and amount of information presented in each chapter does not lend itself to an effective one-on-one approach.

So please don't vote my review as unhelpful if you don't agree with my comments. I am just trying to offer my honest perspective from my personal experience...your mileage may vary!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's the best there is! (El mejor!), July 27, 2005

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R. Salmon "Bob121346" (NYC Metro) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Inglés hecho fácil (Paperback)

In my opinion this is the best book available for Hispanics who want to learn English. I myself speak both English and Spanish and have taught English to Hispanics for 5-1/2 years. I am also a professional librarian. I have looked through large library ESL and Spanish/English language collections and have spent many hours at big-name bookstores looking for materials for my students. Nothing I saw is comparable to Inglés Hecho Fácil.

Naturally it's hard for me to say how helpful this book might be for a tutor who doesn't know Spanish, but I think it would be worthwhile trying to use it, if all your students are Spanish-speakers. It's in an entirely different class from all the other Spanish/English instructional materials I've ever seen. In fact, as far as I can tell, it's the only real Spanish/English text available in the US. (If you know of another, I'd love to hear about it!)

I understand the difficulty of the reviewer who criticized the indexing, and I grant that it's not easy to pick things out at a glance, but in fact, the Table of Contents does give a pretty thorough view of what is being presented. You just have to comb through it. For myself, after going through the book for so many years, I appreciate more and more the skill with which the material is developed. I also want to add that I agree with all of the positive points enumerated by an earlier reviewer, H.Zheng.

Qué lo aprovechen bien, amigos!