Musical Spanish: Lessons for the Road (Audio & Music CD) (Spanish Edition) [Abridged, Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Stacey Tipton (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0970682913 | ISBN-13: 978-0970682918 | Publication Date: August 15, 2002 | Edition: Abridged

Take it with you! While you drive....while you jog.... New all-audio learning program from Musical Spanish! 2 CD set contains 2 and 12 hours (145 minutes) of music and Spanish instruction, including the 10 songs from the Musical Spanish book and CD-rom. Designed to teach students of all abilities to converse in Spanish, without using a textbook. (Book & CD-ROM sold separately.)

Editorial Reviews

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For youngsters and adults alike, Musical Spanish is a clever, new program that teaches Spanish through music. -- Bookviews by Alan Caruba, 2001

Musical Spanish...has been a very fun and educational addition to my family's goal of learning the Spanish language. -- The Old Schoolhouse, 2002

The concept behind this package is original and fresh, clearly voiced...songs are the take-off point for learning Spanish. -- The Discovery Channel online, 2001

From the Publisher

What Makes Musical Spanish Unique:

Simply put, there is nothing else like it. This product fuses contemporary pop music and education in a way that perfectly meets the demands of today's market. While millions of people around the world study Spanish, few people really learn it. This product helps bridge that gap by making learning more interesting and natural, and by immersing people in Spanish as they learn. The music is closer to Top 40 style hits than any other musical teaching product, and the book itself a refreshing break from complicated and boring grammar tapes.

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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Musical Linguist; Abridged edition (August 15, 2002)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 0970682913
• ISBN-13: 978-0970682918
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 6.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,259,866 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Maybe 3-1/2 stars, May 11, 2004

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RICHARD THOMAS "An eclectic pleasure seeker" (Cotuit, Cape Cod, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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After reading the other reviews here, I eagerly bought this CD-set to augment my Spanish learning experience (I am an adult beginner). While the format is executed quite well, this is really just a nice addition to someone's learning portfolio and not a primary resource. That said, I would have happily given it FOUR stars, but I docked it an extra half-star because I was disappointed in this: the lyrics for many (all?) of the songs are not the original lyrics. Now, YES, I UNDERSTAND they are still helpful as listening exercises, and for their choice of new text used to illustrate particular vocab/grammar skills, but this CD-program is definitely geared towards the adult/teen learner (i.e. not small children) in its presentation style, and so the choice of lyrics seems a bit patronizing...that is, "dumbed-down". Considering that many of the source songs are "classics", I would also feel somewhat "tonto" if I told my Spanish-speaking friends that "Cielito Lindo" was a nonsense song about going to school and needing your notebook. Nowhere on the sales-pitch/marketing blurbs on this website or on the case itself does it tell you this, and I DO FEEL that that is somewhat misleading. Again, Yes, I do enjoy using this product; Yes, the "lessons" are accurate and helpful; Yes, repeated listening does sharpen your listening skills; Yes, I would recommend it to other beginners as a great addition to a learning portfolio. But NO, I DO NOT think this a FIVE STAR product on the same level as some of the other fabulous learning materials out there.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Learnig by music, a great method., November 4, 2002

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Brian Edmondson (Anchorage, AK USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Musical Spanish: Lessons for the Road (Audio & Music CD) (Spanish Edition) (Audio CD)

I've had two years of college Spanish and additional courses on Advanced Spanish. For me, reading, writing, and speaking came much easier than audibly understanding the language. Stacey's combination of books and CD's shows that music is a very effective way of learning the vocabulary, grammar, and audibly recognizing words all at the same time. I wish I had her program a long time ago.

Excellent job Stacey.

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars How can a non-native speaker be used to provide Spanish audio?, July 12, 2005

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K. DOUGHERTY "language teacher" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Musical Spanish: Lessons for the Road (Audio & Music CD) (Spanish Edition) (Audio CD)

I was VERY disappointed with this CD. Many of the reviews on this site seemed to suggest that this is a very worthwhile CD and I was excited to use it in conjunction with other materials to boost my children's Spanish (I am bilingual). However, the CD is boring and the Spanish is spoken very poorly. What a shame to introduce Spanish with a non-native speaker. I definitely would suggest that people look elsewhere for audio introductions and exposure to Spanish.