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"Ideal for any business traveller who needs to be able to get around confidently." -- Sunday Business "A great way to learn; it's fast and it lasts". -- The Daily Telegraph "Michel Thomas is a precious find indeed." -- The Guardian "Thomas makes it simple" -- Sunday Times "Michel's methods will teach you effectively and easily" -- Daily Star "Hugely inspiring" -- Red --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Anyone can learn a language with Michel Thomas--The World's Greatest Language Teacher.

No books. No writing. No drills. And nothing to memorize--ever! With his unique program, Michel Thomas has taught celebrities, corporate leaders, and schoolchildren--with immediate and amazing results. Now the Language Teacher to the Stars invites everyone to join his class!

Using Spanish with Michel Thomas, listeners learn in real time--fully understanding as they go along, turning words into short sentences, and then building them into longer, more complex sentences, until they are conversing in Spanish.

Michel will have listeners formulating their own thoughts and sentences from the very beginning, even if they have never succeeded in learning a language before. Michel has used this very method to teach celebrities such as Mel Gibson, Woody Allen, Barbra Streisand, Warren Beatty, and Princess Grace of Monaco.

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  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (July 1, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0071381643
  • ISBN-13: 978-0071381642
  • Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7 x 2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (90 customer reviews)
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139 of 140 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best and Easiest Method around, February 12, 2002
This review is from: Spanish With Michel Thomas (Deluxe Language Courses with Michel Thomas) (Audio CD)
The language learning system that Michel Thomas has put together is perhaps one of the easiest methods to learn a foreign language. Not quite as easy as one would be lead to believe from the cover, it is still one of the easiest methods I have ever had the pleasure of using. And pleasure is the operative word, just listening to the CDs is all that is required. No note taking, no study of vocabulary lists, nothing in the mode of traditional language learning. Instead of going straight through the complete system I listened to each CD twice before going on to the next one. The end result was that I could watch the Spanish channels and understand what is going on. After finishing six of the eight CDs I was at a local tourist attraction with a friend who had just completed a thirteen week course at a local college. A Latin woman approached us seeking help and he was totally useless while I was able to work through her conversation and provide her the answers that she needed. How long did it take? I just listened to it in my car instead of the stereo for two weeks. Will you be totally conversant after completing the course? No. But you will have a good strong background in basic conversational Spanish and be able to carry on basic conversations with others. The best way to learn conversational Spanish on the market today.
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77 of 78 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Language Course I've Experienced, May 4, 2001
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This review is from: Spanish with Michel Thomas: The Language Teacher to Corporate America and Hollywood (Audio CD)
I took two years of Spanish in college, and living in Texas, I am exposed daily to a certain amount of Spanish. But I am planning a trip to Mexico next month and needed a brush-up. I looked at a number of products available on Amazon and selected the Michel Thomas CD's. Some years ago I had used a Pimsleur tape course with little success. This course is a real breakthrough. From the very first segment, all pressure is lifted with a stress on relaxed learning. The CD format easily allows you to play the individual five-to-six minute segments as often as you wish. You learn along with two other students on the CD. In several reviews, people have mentioned the male student negatively. I did not experience his miscues in the same way. All words and phrases are repeated until correct. I found it comforting that one of the students was progessing more slowly, especially given my ability to repeat and review the tracks. The Michel Thomas concept is based on stringing words together quickly into meaningful conversational phrases. After the first lessons you will be putting things together. There is no magic bullet for quickly, painlessly learning a foreign language, but the Thomas method, for me at least, really is something to rave about. This is a system that you can use for 15 minutes a night and feel very real progress. Next, I will buy the 8 CD French course.
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46 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great course for the beginner, November 24, 2003
This review is from: Spanish With Michel Thomas (Deluxe Language Courses with Michel Thomas) (Audio CD)
Michel Thomas's, the Pimsleur series, and the Barron's version of the Foreign Service Institute course are the three top-selling courses on Spanish, and I did extensive research on the various high end courses before buying his. I don't have the Pimsleur one but I did buy the U.S. Foreign Service Insitute course in addition to Thomas's, and so I thought I'd make a few comments by way of comparing them in case you find them useful in choosing the right course for you.

I have to say Thomas is a gifted teacher and he has a very interesting approach requiring no notes or rote memorization. He also stresses the importance of a natural, stress-free learning environment. Thomas is a savvy guy here as this is probably one of the major stumbling blocks for the new language learner, and so he puts the student at ease right from the very beginning--a nice touch there and I give him points for that.

The second cornerstone to Thomas's method is the simulated classroom environment where you work along with two other people in the class, a man and a woman. The third, and perhaps most important aspect of Thomas's course is his memorization and note-free system of learning. Thomas starts with very simple sentences and builds up from there so the student acquires the syntax almost intuitively as he goes along. Thomas also discusses differences in pronunciation as he goes, too.

You build vocabulary as you go along also, with Thomas empasizing cognates or words that are almost identical in the two languages initially. Overall, Thomas has done a very nice job here and I can see why people like Woody Allen and others say that his course is the only one that's ever worked for them.

The Foreign Service Institute course is more traditional but also very good, and I like it, too. The audio tapes present the sentences and conversations while you follow along with the manual/workbook, which provides the translations. The workbook is very extensive and also has a more detailed discussion of the grammar than you'll get with either the Thomas or Pimsleur courses. There is an advantage to this since, although I think Thomas's method is probably fine for teaching the basic verb conjugations, such as present, past, and future, you're really not going to get a good idea of how the several subjective moods work in Spanish without some systematic study of the grammar there. English has the subjunctive, but it's practical a vestigial construction, but Spanish has it in spades and is a very active part of the language.

On a side note, it would be interesting to see how Thomas's approach would work for a language with much simpler grammar than Spanish or French, such as Turkish or Japanese. Turkish has the wonderful distinction of being one of the few languages with no irregular verbs, and Japanese only has two. So at least as far as the verbal systems are concerned, they are much less complex than your typical European language, and the Indo-European languages in general. There are a few other more technical aspects to the two languages, of course, such as the case system in Turkish (which Japanese doesn't have), but verb conjugations are usually the most difficult aspects of the languages in most of the popular European ones because of all the irregular forms. And Spanish has at least 22 common verbs that are irregular in at least the present indicative tense, and many are irregular in several other ways.

One other thing the Institute course does is to provide substitution drill sections where you're required to substitute a particular word, and then give the sentence, with any needed changes. This is useful for practicing the verb conjugations and other things. I have a pretty strong background in grammar and linguistics in general so I don't mind slogging through dry discussions of grammar too much, but if you're not someone who enjoys that sort of thing, Thomas's approach may be the one for you. Overall, this is an excellent course from a talented teacher with a unique approach to language learning.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great way to learn, but a little slow
I like the way in which the material is presented (a teacher and two pupils). Of the two pupils, though, one is a slow learner. Read more
Published 10 months ago by mike

5.0 out of 5 stars Super easy learning
Michel Thomas is the easiest way to learn the basics of a language. I have learned more from these CD's than with others and language classes at the university combined.
Published 23 months ago by Jill C. Mundy

5.0 out of 5 stars The best course on the market
Over the years, I have purchased virtually every Spanish course on the market. I can assure you that the Michel Thomas course is the very best. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the best
I'm floored by some of the negative comments. These CD's are simply phenomenal. Easy, enjoyable, effective, interesting, painless. Read more
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I'll add my views on this course. I too have struggled with this for many of the negatives already listed. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Really fun and motivational
I hadn't had Spanish for forty years, but it started coming back to me quickly when I heard Michel Thomas speaking it. Read more
Published on March 8, 2007 by D. Mcdonald

5.0 out of 5 stars It's all that it claims to be...
I have wanted to learn Spanish for years, and finally on a whim ordered this CD set because it claimed to teach without drills and textbooks and to make learning Spanish fun. Read more
Published on March 7, 2007 by R. Anderson

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for beginners
I found this CD set excellent for learning to pronouce words and also with grammar.
Published on February 16, 2007 by Ms. Prucilla R. Shady

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best 8 Hours of Instruction a Beginner Could Receive
Claiming that the Michel Thomas set of CD's is the best 8 hours of instruction a beginner could receive (short of one-on-one instruction from a comparable teacher) is an ambitious... Read more
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