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Spanish For Dummies Audio Set
£12.30
3 hours of lessons on 3 CDs!
The fun and easy way to communicate effectively in a new language!
Want to speak Spanish? Don’t have a lot of time? This practical audio set is designed to help you learn quickly and easily at home or on the road. From basic greetings and expressions to grammar and conversations, you’ll grasp the essentials and start communicating right away! Plus, you can follow along with the handy, 96-page portable guide―filled with the words and phrases you’ll hear on the CDs as well as a mini dictionary.
Skip around and learn at your own pace
- CD 1: Get started with basic words and phrases.
- CD 2: Form sentences and practice parts of speech.
- CD 3: Handle real-world situations.
Discover how to
- Handle greetings and introductions
- Ask questions and understand answers
- Build your vocabulary
- Talk about numbers, time, and the calendar
- Ask for directions
- Get help at a hotel, the bank, or a store
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Additional information
| Publisher | 1st edition (22 May 2007), For Dummies |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| ISBN-10 | 0470095857 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0470095850 |
| Dimensions | 13.72 x 3.3 x 19.05 cm |
by Amazon Customer
Not as easy as you think, just as difficult as any learning language
by Jacquie G. Lyndley
I bought myself and my husband one of these each as we plan to spend a lot more time in Spain. We are both finding it very easy to follow and it’s something you can pick up and put down without any problems. Would definitely recommend.
by Dai
Good value, but dull. I’d expected more context and chat, but this just seems to be a vocab list.
by Gw
OK to pass the time and listen to while driving…bit basic.
by Valerie Johnson
Hola, sus divertida y rápido de aprender.
In English.
Hello, its fun and quick to learn.
If this dummy can learn this, then anyone’s can. Buena suerte. .. good luck!
by Rachael Porter
This is a great way to learn I have busy life finding time to learn Spanish has been difficult. . I use this on way to work in the car. Book is small enough to go in my hanbag those rare moment I get a few mins I read the booklet for the price it is great
by A.J.Vaughan
I love this audio set as it enables me to learn in the car.
However, I have a couple of problems with this set. The first is that the Spanish audio has been recorded by someone not from Spain (rather south america or similar) some of the pronunciation is a little off. Most instances of a ‘c’ in the middle of the word (such as ‘precio’) he hasn’t pronounced as the ‘th’ sound that it should be, but rather in the south american ‘ss’ sound. The reason I wanted an audio tape set was to learn the pronunciation of words! The second is that there are some very strange mistakes, or uses of an uncommon word when there is a far simpler word. ‘Bedroom’ for instance, is translated as ‘recámara’ when in reality ‘dormitorio’ is far more common. My partner tells me that ‘recamara’ is more often used for the chamber of a gun. However, these are things that you can get past if you’re ok with the occasional instance of “Excuse me?! What did you mean to say there?” when you’re practicing. No matter how you learn, a native speaker will be able to tell you a better word, or way of phrasing things, and you have to take these pre-recorded lessons with a pinch of salt.This was a great way to get started with Spanish without going to lessons, and it even teaches the grammar in a way that is easy to understand, not to mention enjoyable.
I like that the Spanish is repeated so that you hear it twice, it means when you first start you can hear it, try it, hear it and try it, but then there is plenty of space left between the English word and the Spanish pronunciation at the start that once you’ve had the tapes for a while you can get in before the Spanish speaker and get that as confirmation, rather than learning. I love these tapes, and they’re great if you have anywhere to commute to.
I’m afraid, to the people who rate this sort of thing low because “it’s boring”, that there is no 100% totally fun way to learn a new language from the start. There is a lot of vocabulary to learn for any language, and you have to knuckle down and listen to the tapes over and over again. You can’t listen to them all once through and be suddenly bilingual. That’s not how it works. You’ll get used to the American accent and the oddly chosen ‘top phrases’, because when it comes to it what one person counts as most needed is not for another, and with something so set as pre-recorded tapes you’re just going to have to go with the majority.
If you’re trying to work out whether you buy these tapes or not — GET THEM. They are brilliant, and you’ll be chatting away in Spanish before you know it.
by caren
Great CD learnt lots from it already really pleased