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Spanish I - 2nd Rev. Ed.: Learn to Speak and Understand Spanish with Pimsleur Language Programs (Comprehensive) | 
 enlarge | Author: Pimsleur
Publisher: Pimsleur
Category: Book
List Price: $345.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  61 reviews
Sales Rank: 87737
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Edition: 2nd Rev
Number Of Items: 16
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 12.7 x 11.2 x 1.5
ISBN: 0743523571
Dewey Decimal Number: 468
EAN: 9780743523578
ASIN: 0743523571
Publication Date: April 1, 2002
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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.
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 This is such a helpful product! April 19, 2008
This is the way people learn Spanish natively. There is nothing comparable. The method is to ask questions, then go on to others, then come back later to the first questions. Very effective, and by the way, it is South American/Central Spanish.
 Pimsleur Spanish I Review February 27, 2008
Good 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.
 Price tag out of step with quality and usefulness February 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'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 or two others as well as the Thomas course is light-on for non verb related voacbulary.
Many lessons have a point where a speaker starts instructing you in Spanish what to ask or say. He might say "ask him if he has seen the movie." So you say "have you seen the movie?" That exercise feels like an utter waste of time, the instructions would better have been delivered in English.
I would recommend Pimsleur if it was $50, for sure. Until it hits that price I won't recommend it to anyone who isn't loaded with cash.
Simply the Best Product There Is February 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Pimsleur 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 a good book in addition to help formally learn grammar rules and you'll need to learn more vocabulary than you can on an audio program, but when it comes to hitting the ground running and internalizing a language, Pimsleur is the way to go. SIX STARS.
Pimsleur Spanish 1 January 28, 2008
Very good product, I have had some Spanish in College this is a good refresher course, I plan to work my way through all the Spanish products Pimsleur has. I also plan to go through Rosetta Stone program after I complete the Pimsleur. I am a Realtor and this has been a big help. If you are trying to learn Spanish this is a good investment.
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