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Binding: Audio CDDewey Decimal Number: 468 EAN: 9780743523578 Edition: 2nd Rev Format: Audiobook ISBN: 0743523571 Label: Pimsleur Manufacturer: Pimsleur Number Of Items: 16 Publication Date: April 01, 2002 Publisher: Pimsleur Release Date: April 01, 2002 Studio: Pimsleur Accessories:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Comprehensive Spanish (L.A.) I includes 30 lessons of essential grammar and vocabulary -- 16 hours of real-life spoken practice sessions -- plus an introduction to reading. Upon completion of this Level I program, you will have functional spoken proficiency with the most-frequently-used vocabulary and grammatical structures. You will be able to: * initiate and maintain face-to-face conversations, * deal with every day situations -- ask for information, directions, and give basic information about yourself and family, * communicate basic information on informal topics and participate in casual conversations, * avoid basic cultural errors and handle minimum courtesy and travel requirements, * satisfy personal needs and limited social demands, * establish rapport with strangers in foreign countries, * begin reading and sounding out items with native-like pronunciation. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - OK For Beginners, Too Formal for Southern USThis is a good start for a beginner who knows almost no Spanish at all. I personally found it way too elementary for me and found myself giving the Spanish equivalent for the spoken English words and phrases BEFORE the speaker on the CD could. Also, this is formal Castillian Spanish, not the Spanish spoken by most Spanish speakers in the US. Also, I have not heard the more personal form of "you", which is "tu" used yet. I find the topic of the conversations somewhat offensive and people are asking ... Read More Rating:  - An excellent auditory learning methodThis is the third language I've learned the rudiments of via the Pimsleur method. I had Spanish and French in high school (during the last century) but I also picked up enough German to negotiate a hiking trip in Austria and I'd never learned it before. The Spanish CDs have been a boon to me and if you are primarily an auditory learner as I seem to be, I believe you will be pleased with them. Rating: - Pimsleur Spanish I ReviewGood complement to a traditional Spanish language class. Focuses completely on listening and speaking. No written exercises or teaching. All vocabulary learning is through the interactive excercises which feature enough random repetition to keep you on your toes. Should be a good training for dialog and every day conversation. I probably would not want to use this as my only way of learning the language. Rating:  - Price tag out of step with quality and usefulnessI'm happy to say that I didn't have to pay the ultra-high price-tag for this course. My uncle has opened a language products store and I'm running through some of the beginners Spanish courses to help him recommend one. Pimsleur definitely has an innovative approach. It will help an absolute beginner get off the ground, for sure. However, one would be much better off by buying the Michel Thomas beginners course (which is far better than Pimsleur and much cheaper) plus one ... Read More Rating: - Simply the Best Product There IsPimsleur is simply the best most useful way to learn a language. It's practical, actually fun, challenging and effective at getting you SPEAKING a language instead of staring at a page trying to memorize rules and vocabulary. The need to react quickly and the variety of things they throw at you really cement the knowledge and make it instinctive and not just intellectual. It's not cheap, but there is no other substitute out there that comes close to this. You will need ... Read More |
