Suenos World Spanish 1 Coursebook (Sueños) |
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Luz Kettle, Maria Elena Placencia, Mike Gonzalez
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Pages: 288 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0563472464
Pub: BBC Active
Pub date: 2003-06-26
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 376
Reader Reviews:
Suenos Spanish 1 language pack (25/35 people found this helpful)
Found this pack really useful. It has helped me to get started on spanish and I have found the book gives interesting information about life in Spain/South American. Answers are all in the back so think this is a good pack if you want to start learning Spanish without a class.
A good basic understanding!!! (46/54 people found this helpful)
I've also got the Linguaphone All Talk Spanish, and as another reviewer said, it's ok if you like being patronised! Suenos on the other hand starts from the basics. It teaches you like you're taught at school with greetings, name exchanges, where you live, and gradually progresses through more complicated scenarios, but all in all is fairly good. Unfortunately, learning from these courses doesn't help with pronunciation problems!
Suenos World Spanish: Course Book. (15/20 people found this helpful)
An excellent course for anyone wanting to learn the basics of the Spanish language . Very easy to follow & concentrates on subjects that are useful to a visitor to Spain , rather than the usual format of language courses
Pity About The Sound Track.... (5/5 people found this helpful)
I would agree with the other reviews here, in that the book is well ordered, and material is presented in an attractive manner.
However, I personally feel that the material is let down by the poor quality of the accompanying CD's and tapes. They attempt to use 'real' people; I realise that there is an argument for this, but most beginners will find that the language is being spoken too quickly to take in, and what is worse, is hard to hear due to poor sound quality and background noise (such as children playing).
I have found tapes accompanying other books far easier to follow from a beginner point of view.
Excellent self-teaching material (17/17 people found this helpful)
I've been using the book and cassette for just 30 minutes a day for the past fortnight and I have learnt so much, it's unbelievable. My pronunciation in Spanish is better than my French and I've had classroom teaching in French for 2 years. You can work at your own pace. The only thing is that I find the book a little confusing giving various interpretations for Spain, South Spain and Latin America. I can't always remember them all. Otherwise, excellent stuff!
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