Customer Reviews

Ven Conmigo!: Holt Spanish Level 1 (Spanish Edition)[BOOK ONLY]

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In my school they used this book for Spanish I. I found that although it was adequate, it went at a pretty slow pace. Throughout the entire book, as far as verbs go, it only teaches the present active verb conjugations, the simple concept of being going to do something, and at the very end, the present progressive, which translates to I am running (etc.).

One of the better parts of the book was the vocabulary. There were a good amount of nouns (although not as many verbs), and they were grouped somewhat coherently.

I found this book to be very poor in the teaching of Spanish. Most of the teaching relied upon vague references and much guess work. Many key areas of the spanish language were very briefly covered and had little to no explanation for the usage of words. Most of the teaching was with examples that didn't seem to follow any rules. Ultimately, I disliked this manual and the course using it. The ONE good thing about it is it teaches numbers very well and basic greatings. However, I wouldn't expect anyone using this book to ever learn how to converse in long conversations. Ultimately, if it wasn't for a few saving factors, this would be at the bottom of the barrel.
- Travis

As a student, this textbook was really difficult for me to learn from. There were many entirely useless sections, and many of the things we were tested on were vaguely skimmed over in a small corner of a page. It was also poorly organized, and did not structure a successful way of learning the language.

I am a high school Spanish teacher. If only my school had enough to buy new texts. This one is very poorly done. I thought the old Vallette-Vallette Spanish for Mastery was bad until I saw this one.

I will use this book for the first time this school year to teach Middle School Spanish. In planning, I have been impressed with the resources the publisher offers for teachers.

The book focuses on culture, connections, and communication and excludes in-depth explainations of the fine points of grammar, making it an ideal roadmap to a dynamic exploratory (or connections) class.

The publisher offers many resources to bring the language to life for students in a classroom setting.
Many ideas for promoting discourse are included.

Again, it seems ideal for an intro level class for adolescent students.

The Ven conmigo series seems to be quite extensive and presumably it is widely used. I have the level 1 book which has a lot of attractive illustrations but there are many places where the reader is given the direction "Escuchemos" and the set of CDs or audiocassettes for Level 1 is listed on the publisher's web site at over $250. I can purchase other Spanish courses for a lot less.

I'm very happy with the quality of the book and price. It arrived so quickly! You were great, and I would definitely do business with you again!

Bought 1 book and it was supposed to come 3 weeks ago and never showed. They gave slow responses to e-mails and false information. I do NOT suggest this!

Rather than pay $80.00 for a lost school textbook, I ordered from Amazon and easily replaced my son's lost book at a fraction of the cost. Thanks, Amazon!

We used the Ven Conmigo series in my highschool Spanish I & II classes, and I found the textbooks very helpful. I guess the textbooks don't lay out every detail step by step--students need to take a certain amount of initiative for the learning process (like reviewing vocabulary on thier own time, participating in group work, and so on). These might not be the most appropriate textbooks for independent study though since a lot of the material is based on group activities, in class listening and videos, etc. Also, the guidance of a teacher (preferably a good one) goes a long way when attempting to create an excellent or great learning experience while using a good or even great textbook. Our highschool also used the parallel German series of these textbooks(I don't remember what it's called), and I also found those textbooks to be very easy to learn from.