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SmartSpanish Audio CDs Int/Adv - Learning spanish the smart way | 
 enlarge | Author: C. Aubert
Publisher: SmartPolyglot
Category: Book
List Price: $34.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 195687
Media: CD-ROM
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 49
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 0972947477
EAN: 9780972947473
ASIN: 0972947477
Publication Date: August 1, 2005
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Condition: Method unique. Authentic interviews. "A Must!" W. Martin, ex-political editor, Oakland Tribune.
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| Features:
| • | Unique method. Authentic interviews, "...a Must!" W. Martin, ex-political editor, Oakland Tribune | | • | A simple step by step approach to Spanish | | • | 3 CDs w/booklet to learn spanish from real natives | | • | Color-coding shows the stressed syllables | | • | Repetition of excerpts of complete conversations |
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Method unique. Authentic interviews. "A Must!" W. Martin, ex-political editor, Oakland Tribune.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Parts are very good, many details quite annoying June 27, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
These CDs are set up so you hear a conversation spoken at normal speeds, then it is repeated several times, broken into small pieces so you have an opportunity to repeat it. It is enjoyable to hear real conversations and from that standpoint I'd rate these CDs very highly.
However, the technical details are quite annoying. The sound quality is just dreadful at times. It sounds like they were recording right next to a very busy highway and the roar of the traffic really makes it difficult to hear the words on the CDs. With several of the conversations the people being interviewed are running water or chopping food or working in a kitchen, so there is an enormous amount of background noise that makes it impossible at times to hear the Spanish.
Close to half of the voices on the CD are from Spain and not Latin America, so you hear Spanish with the huge lisp typical of Spain. So the verb hacer sounds like "hather" and there are many words that just leave you scratching your head as to what they mean. Then you look in the little translation book and find it is a word you know, but with the horrible lisp changing c to th, you won't recognize the word. I would have greatly preferred an all Latin American Spanish CD.
The instructor who speaks Spanish from Spain speaks very, very heavily accented English so it is very hard to understand what he is saying at times. It's surprising to me they would not have hired someone with better English. A final annoyance is the translation book they include. Some of the conversations are skipped entirely. Others have translations that are just weird and so literal it is hard to figure out what they really mean.
Since these CD's are less than $20, it is worth it to buy them, but be prepared for many quite amateur features.
Jan Dahlin Geiger Get Your Assets in Gear! Smart Money Strategies
 natural method to really speak spanish April 18, 2008
I found this method excellent. If you know spanish but you have difficulties to follow a conversation, these Cds will help you tremendously. It uses natural conversations, deconstructing them as you repeat sequences. You slowly get used to the flow of the language and gain in speed both in comprehension and delivery. The Beginner level is also appropriate for the Intermediate as the texts are different and the pace is not as fast.
 Not that great February 20, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Well...the English speaking is hard to understand, and the phrases to repeat are very long. Not much of a learning tool imo.
Right on the mark! February 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Spanish courses at an advanced level are somewhat scarce, and the few that I have tried seemed a little too basic. But SmartSpanish Audio CDs Int/Adv is right on the mark.
The course uses repetition (the core of learning) in an entirely different and very effective way. You hear authentic conversations with "real" people from different countries. These are accompanied by a narrator who guides you through each conversation several times, occasionally pausing to explain certain usage or idioms. it's almost like having your personal tutor!
The people at SmartSpanish are also very customer service oriented. I contacted them about my purchase and they responded promptly and in a very courteous manner.
Another Great Learning Tool For Spanish January 19, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
The package of 3 CDs consists of a series of oral texts--conversations or interviews--read with excellent diction by native speakers, slowly, phrase by phrase--as well as in their original form--i.e. with slurring, poor enunciation, rapid bursts and pauses, as conversations actually go. The student is invited to repeat each phrase without attempting to translate and without consulting the visual text in the book. Then, to attempt the naturalistic conversations. As you progress from one conversation to the next, the instructors add explanations for colloquial expressions and grammatical challenges.
The idea is to become familiar with the sounds and rhythms of actual spoken Spanish. As you listen to these oral texts over and over and practice repeating what you hear, the natural intonations of Spanish become more and more comfortable for you. The conversations are not typical tourist Spanish, but are actually quite interesting. A bread baking business in Argentina. The beautiful women of Venezuela. Spain's transition from dictatorship to democracy, and other topics.
I have enjoyed these CDs and plan to continue using them. They do require some previous knowledge of Spanish and can't be used in isolation. They also demand a lot of work. I have not experienced the miraculous results reported by some of the reviewers, but I can still recommend this series as another useful tool for adding to your command of Spanish. Reviewed by Louis N. Gruber.
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