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McGraw-Hill's Spanish for Educators (Book Only)

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I teach Spanish and ESL/ELL. I often translate materials for other teachers who do not speak spanish and am always looking for good resources.

In my opinion this book is probably not for someone who doesn't know anything about Spanish or who is a beginner. However, if you have some knowledge and are trying to improve your Spanish as an educator, this might be the book for you.

The book is divided into several chapters such as, Information Parents Need to Enroll Their Children in School, The Primary Grades, Success in School, and many others. Each chapter covers basic vocabulary, as well as, how to formulate sentences related to the chapter and a grammar review. There are also practice exercises with an answer key in the back. Over all it covers a large range of vocabulary used in the school setting.

I teach a university class entitled Spanish for Educators and have purchased and reviewed nearly all of the books dedicated to this topic. This book is by far the best. Not only does it give a plethora of vocabulary terms and phrases, it also gives good information and explanation to grammar and nuiances of the Spanish language that are necessary in order to truly form a linguistic base in the Spanish-- not just memorize a few phrases to regurgitate. Overall, a great resource for those in the field of education that wish to gain a strong linguistic base in speaking and understanding Spanish.

I was disappointed to find the disk so badly scratched. I specifically chose this set to buy because I saw no indication that there would be a problem with the disk. The book, at least, was in good shape.

We were given this book to use in a class. I wanted my own to write in and ... Amazon to the rescue! If I didn't have a nearby resource to help me I would have purchased the CD version. But this is just what I wanted. It contains a nice selection of vocabulary, verb use, command, and phrases etc. that are useful in an educational setting.

This is a great book for a teacher who barely remembers high school Spanish and doesn't want to go live in Spain, just wants to knock her Hispanic students off balance by telling them to sit down and be quiet in their native language. It's also great for phrases that you might want to use in a parent confrence with that Hispanic kid's parents. This is a reference book I keep on my desk. I never took a course with this book as such, but I use it to prepare for situations in which I might need to dust off my Spanish.

I am enjoying the cd however I think it could have been done much better. In the beginning of a sentence, the male voice, is strong, but then it goes so low that one cannot understand it nor hear it. I find it fustrating. Also a little more time needs to be allowed for a response from the student.

The material came in a timely manner and the book was in excellent shape, except it did not contain the audio cd that it claimed to have.