Series: Learn in Your Car
Audio CD
Publisher: Penton Overseas; Com/Bklt edition (September 2006)
Language: Spanish
ISBN-10: 1591257301
ISBN-13: 978-1591257301
Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.3 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #619,416 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #51 in Books > Books on CD > Languages > Language Instruction > Spanish #661 in Books > Books on CD > Nonfiction #1026 in Books > Textbooks > Humanities > Foreign Languages > Spanish
PROS:Affordable, heavy emphasis on travel terms, good for reinforcing what you already knowCONS:Advances through terms too quickly. Imagine trying to learn by having someone throw flashcards up at you every 7 seconds and moving on before you are ready to progress...No explanation of grammar (verb endings, masculine vs. feminine)Difficult to digest longer phrases; therefore difficult to move past the early discsOBSERVATIONS:I tend to learn by reading/studying. I don't remember words unless I see them written. This means I am challenged when it comes to listening and communicating verbally; therefore, I bought audio CDs to help me with listening and developing better communication skills. I loaned this set out, so I have now lost the small guides that came with the set. Because the pace of these recordings is so rapid, I cannot keep up with phrases as new words are introduced and am having difficulty retaining new words. At the point where things become too complex, I listen to the track a second, third and fourth time. If I cannot keep up with mimicking what I hear, I resort to just listening and training my ear to adapt to the intonations of the speaker.I just checked out some Pimsleur CDs from the library, and want to switch over to this series for now. Pimsleur was recommended to me by a friend who learned Spanish as an adult. They take more time helping you master pronunciation and spend more time explaning what you are hearing and why things are said a certain way. You listen to a conversation. Even if you don't understand it immediately, you soon learn to understand what you hear. What I have from the library is a bit scratched and skips, so I'm going to spend the extra money and buy Pimsleur.
This is James from James Spanish (the learning Spanish blog). Studying Spanish from textbooks alone can be dry and frustrating. Often you feel that you know plenty of vocabulary and grammar only to find that you don't recognize what someone is saying when you hear Spanish speakers talk. This is the beauty of audio courses, which let you get used to hearing Spanish spoken.The Learn in Your Car Spanish is a highly praised course designed to teach you Spanish during the time you spend on your commute to work or any other time when you are in the car.The lessons are well structured, and follow on in a logical sequence, building on the information given in earlier chapters so that you are constantly reviewing and reinforcing what you have already learned. The subjects of the lessons are everyday situations that most people come across, so you can put your Spanish to good use almost immediately.The course follows a traditional format of giving you a phrase in English and then providing the way to say it in Spanish. The Spanish translation is said twice to help you listen to pronunciation and get a good feeling for the words before repeating them.The lessons are duplicated in the accompanying book, so you can see how they are spelled as well as hear how they are spoken. This is great for improving your reading and comprehension of Spanish and also provides a handy reference for vocabulary.Chock full of useful words and phrases, these CDs are a great way to learn a large amount of vocabulary quickly yet with little effort. The lessons are quite short, allowing you to complete them as you drive to work or run errands. The fact that you don't feel like you are starting and stopping mid-lesson helps with motivation.
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