Spanish [Audiobook] (Audio Cassette)

by Pimsleur (Author)

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Audio Cassette
Publisher: Pimsleur; Abridged edition (Mar 1 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0743525701
ISBN-13: 978-0743525701
Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 20 x 5.4 cm
Shipping Weight: 409 g

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Speak Spanish Instantly!

The Pimsleur® Method provides the most effective language -- learning program ever developed. More than one million people every year use it to gain real conversational skills in new languages quickly and easily -- without books, written exercises, or drills.

Easy and Practical

This package contains sixteen lessons that will get you started speaking today! Simply listen, follow the instructions, and then respond out loud, just as you would in an actual conversation. Complete one lesson each day, in consecutive order. When you've finished this program, you'll be thrilled to realize you can hold a real conversation in Spanish!

Go beyond the 8-lesson Quick & Simple -- and double your language skills
Simple, step-by-step instruction
No classes to attend -- learn at your own convenience and pace
No books, written exercises, or memory drills
Listen-and-respond method lets you self-test your mastery

Increase Your Language Skills

Learning a new language is a tremendously rewarding achievement. Once you see how much you've learned in these sixteen lessons, we think you'll want to continue with the complete 30-lesson Pimsleur® Program. To help you, we'll give you a rebate of $150.00 when you purchase the Level I Spanish Comprehensive Program. Please see bottom of package for details.

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5.0 out of 5 stars First exposure to Spanish tapes, Nov 25 2003

By	Michael Anderson (Farmington, UT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spanish (Audio CD)

I have familiarity with several languages. I decided about 6 months ago to start learning Spanish. I got Spanish for dummies to read (an okay text, but not great). My wife picked up this audio set (tapes) for me. I concur with most all that the other reviewers have said, but I found these tapes to be extremely useful. I only listened to them on my way to work and back. The method is very good at building on previous information and reviewing it naturally- not by rote. They don't recommend using books with it, but I found the combination to be much more helpful. While I was learning conjugations in the books, I was seeing them in action on the tapes. I enrolled in a Spanish II class in a few months not knowing if I could handle it, but it worked out great. I think the audio helped immensely with speaking ability. Many members of the class had more vocabulary, but didn't have the skills you can learn from the conversation tapes. When I want to review, I can just stick in the last couple of lessons and review a large portion of the entire set. It is true that this won't get you to the advanced stages, but it is a very quick method to get some good learning in and prepare you for further study. I highly recommend it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Lowers your risk, Mar 15 2003

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This review is from: Spanish (Audio CD)

The other reviews that criticize this product make some good points - especially in that you need to go through the whole series to see results. However lets remember one thing about foreign language products that also holds true for exercise equipment, books you think you'll someday read, etc. After initial burst of motivation, most of them end up collecting dust. Buying this set lets you see if you like the Pimsleur format, which may be different from what you are used to. But more importantly, you can find out if you can stick with it everyday for 16 days before spending [money] for complete Level I. Its would not always possible for me to put in 30 minutes at home to study Spanish - and I predict that I might eventually slack. I am "fortunate" to have a 30 minute commute each way to work during which I listen to Pimsleur CDs and others such as VocabuLearn. Give it a try!

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1.0 out of 5 stars Commit fully or don't commit at all!, Jan 22 2003

By	J. Welch (Maryland) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Spanish (Audio CD)

The previous review by Steve Perkins is EXCELLENT. Please read it before buying this product. These edited, shorter Pimsleur products are "throwaway" products. If you're SERIOUS and dedicated about language learning, you will bite the bullet and buy the full, very [spendy] Pimsleur product.

But how do you KNOW you'll like the full, [spendy] set without trying a baby set like this one first? Call libraries in your area. MANY have copies of these baby editions. Borrow one, even if it's not in the language you're interested in, and try it for a day or two. You'll very quickly know whether or not you appreciate the Pimsleur approach, and can then buy the big set, or move on to another product if the approach didn't resonate with you.

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Published on Sep 15 2002 by Steve D. Perkins