Product Details

• Actors: Standard Deviants
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Cerebellum Corporation
• DVD Release Date: December 5, 2000
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004UDS5
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #84,499 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I was very satisfied, August 4, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Standard Deviants - Learn Advanced Spanish - Building on the Basics (DVD)

While it's true that I wouldn't label the DVD "Advanced Spanish" I also wouldn't label it "Spanish Review for Kids." In fact, it is more like an intermediate Spanish review. While I already knew everything they teach, they still use some tips I wish I had heard when I was taking formal college courses. The visual element is compelling - far more useful for imparting and retaining information than audio tapes and textbooks alone. I bought the whole series, and I almost felt like I had gotten to know the actors personally. I hated it when the last DVD came to an end. Sure they speak with American accents - they're mostly Americans! It's not like they're unintelligible. By the time you get to the end of this DVD, you're speaking some pretty darned sophisticated Spanish. The interactive element is great - there are opportunities for self-testing and the DVD format offers chances to review sections much easier than with VCR tapes. I would like to see another DVD that covers past subjunctive, conditional, and the other perfect tenses that were left out of the series. Also, I'd like to see a discussion of por versus para and other tricky grammatical constructions. There's definitely room for at least one more DVD in the series. How about it Standard Deviants? Make it and it will sell.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Same Program Different Titles, December 21, 2005

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Donald J. McKee (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Standard Deviants - Learn Advanced Spanish - Building on the Basics (DVD)

Normally I would have given a 5 star rating BUT I first bought Advanced Spanish - Beyond the Basics. I liked it so much I bought Advanced Spanish - Verbs, Spanish 1&2 and ¿Habla Español?. My tape of Advanced Spanish - Verbs is IDENTICAL to Advanced Spanish - Beyong the Basics. In fact it had that as the title for the video when you view the tape. The DVD of ¿Habla Español? is IDENTICAL to the Spanish 1 tape except for some quizzes. I wrote the company with this complaint and got no answer. If you go to their site you will find about 20 Advanced Spanish DVDs that have descriptions that all appear to be the same DVD with different titles. I would definitely not buy this if you already own Advanced Spanish - Verbs. Other than this, I would be very careful buying from this company.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The Standard Deviants - Learn Advanced Spanish, April 4, 2004

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"bobburtnett" (Carmel, IN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Standard Deviants - Learn Advanced Spanish - Building on the Basics (DVD)

I can't imagine why anyone would want to learn a language from a source that is not accurate! These people try hard but they mispronounce or stress the wrong syllable in many words. I would not recommend this product to anyone learning or reviewing spanish.