5001 Spanish Sentences/8 One Hour Audiocassette Tapes/Complete Learning Guide and Tape Script (Spanish Edition) [Audio Cassette]

Mark A. Frobose (Author), Language Dynamics (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 9, 1999

With this course you receive free, expert online language tips and advice on how best to learn a foreign language. Created and developed by the experts at Language Dynamics Inc., 5001 Spanish Sentences is a lively and useful 8 tape course which provides the learner with simple yet effective sentence building techniques to enhance communicative ability in Spanish in a minimum of time and effort. The native Spanish speaker and American instructor provide the listener with the necessary tools on the tapes to form, speak, and understand numerous basic to high intermediate sentences in Spanish. Using the techniques presented in this highly acclaimed course, it is possible to form literally thousands of short, useful, and practical sentences in Spanish quickly, easily, and naturally.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'I am pleased to tell you how much I am enjoying learning Spanish through your excellent program. Anything new can be difficult, but the structure of the course, beginning with how easily a beginner can learn to construct sentences, gives even the most timid a sense of accomplishment. -- Linda Kuzca State Farm Insurance Broker Chicago, IL

'What impressed me most about this course is that after listening to the Language Dynamics tapes minimally for the first few weeks, I was able to comprehend and speak large sections of naturally spoken dialog'. -- Joe Falout/Site Director St. Augustine College

About the Author

Mark Frobose is a well known foreign language author, teacher, and speaker. Mark founded Language Dynamics Inc. in 1981 with the express purpose of simplifying the foreign language learning process through the creation of fast and easy-to-use foreign language courses. This course is the successful result of his compnay's many fruitful years of teaching countless individuals from all walks of life to effectively communicate in a foreign language.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Language Dynamics; Cas/Bklt edition (September 9, 1999)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 1893564274
• ISBN-13: 978-1893564275
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,317,546 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the money, January 6, 2002

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D-Money "dougd123" (San Mateo) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 5001 Spanish Sentences/8 One Hour Audiocassette Tapes/Complete Learning Guide and Tape Script (Spanish Edition) (Audio Cassette)

Don't waste your money on this one.

I completed all four courses of the Pimsleur series(1, 2, 3 & Spanish Plus) and bought this one to add to my knowledge. I love the listen and repeat of the Pimsleur style. However, this tape is like a spanish teacher who invited a friend over to make a take for some friends. He jumps around from vowels to sounds to repeating words to interrupting himself with other odd thoughts thrown in between.

What's worse is that he doesn't give you enough repititions to learn anything.

Then, Mr. Frobose, says that if you don't get it or he is repeating to fast, just rewind the tape. If that's the case and you trying to learn in your car you, would have one hand on the stering wheel, one hand on the rewind button, and ultimately get in an accident. Don't make the same mistake as I did.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars 10,001 English Sentences, March 5, 2005

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heartburn - See all my reviews

This review is from: 5001 Spanish Sentences/8 One Hour Audiocassette Tapes/Complete Learning Guide and Tape Script (Spanish Edition) (Audio Cassette)

When I bought this program, I though it was going to be nothing but sentence pattern or translation drills. At least, that's what I was hoping for.

I was pretty disappointed. It was the voice of Mark Frobose explaining everything. And explaining and explaining... And then occassionally he'd ask his Spanish speaking sidekick to say something for the learner, as if he was a trained seal. And he constantly addresses you and gives you instructions. "Ok, learner. Now say..."

To make matters worse, it began at a very elementary level. He spent way too much time going over the alphabet. And instead of the pattern drills I was hoping for, it was nothing but a bad phrasebook with a lot of idle chatter.

I'm not sure if I learned anything from it, but it almost brainwashed me into thinking my name was "Learner."

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars English for Beginners, August 25, 2001

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Ed Whitney (Denver) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 5001 Spanish Sentences/8 One Hour Audiocassette Tapes/Complete Learning Guide and Tape Script (Spanish Edition) (Audio Cassette)

This set of tapes purports to be a teaching tool for the Spanish language, but at least half of the material on the tapes is in ENGLISH!! There are tapes, "Practice and Improve Your Spanish," for example, in which the listener hears only the target language on the tapes, since the tapes are accompanied by a book with the Spanish text and English translation. The Living Language series similarly have only Spanish on the tapes. This series of tapes unfortunately exposes the listener's ear to an enormous amount of English. I could understand if the Spanish sentences were preceded by their English meanings, but for some reason the author of this series felt the need to repeatedly say, "Now, learner, don't forget to repeat the sentence after you hear it," or "How do you say in Spanish..." I do not need to be repeatedly told in English to repeat the sentences I am hearing. I already understand English well. It is my native tongue. I found the patronizing tone of the author of these tapes infuriating after a while. I recommend that anyone who wants to get his or her money's worth out of a language tape series consider another purchase, such as those suggested above, or perhaps "Spanish With Ease," another set of tapes and book which are recorded entirely in the language the listener is trying to learn.