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| Author: Pimsleur
Publisher: Pimsleur
Category: Book
List Price: $49.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 16029
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Items: 8
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 8 x 2.2
ISBN: 0743550455
Dewey Decimal Number: 468
EAN: 9780743550451
ASIN: 0743550455
Publication Date: October 3, 2005
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| Customer Reviews:
Decent but Better with Behind the Wheel Spanish August 14, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I agree with the review from Rivera who states that PimsleuBehind the Wheel Spanish/Complete Illustrated Text/Answer Keys/8 One Hourr's Conversational Spanish has its merits but also has many drawbacks. Some of them are glaring. Spanish from Spain? This is quite esoteric.
Limited vocabulary. This list goes on.
Suffice it to say that in my experience of learning Spanish for business in Latin America, my most helpful course was Behind the Wheel Spanish 8CDs and Text.
I think, (if you can afford it) that it would behoove you to consider buying both. If not, stick with BTW Spanish.Behind the Wheel Spanish/Complete Illustrated Text/Answer Keys/8 One Hour
 Well....... June 24, 2007
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
Not so sure about this "program". On one hand it is well organized and I feel like it presents the material and challenges the student quite well.
BUT It really needs supplemental text. I used it for a week and had been pronoucing "voy" as "boy" as that's how it sounds on my cd player. "Va" also sounded like "ba".....
The speakers appear to be native speakers and speak very well, not to fast not too slow. The pauses are just long enough to try to figure it out (I'd prefer another second or 2...).
I've moved on to the Platiquemos method and prefer the written text as 100% audio. I've also bought some Spanish books such as 501 Spanish Verbs to help me sort through this.
I'd have to give this product 5 stars IF it had written text. as it is I know I'm getting much wrong as it isn't so clear at times. I admit the pronunciation of "V's" and "B's" subtle and easy to miss at speed...so ....
BTW I paid $8 for mine so I have no complaints! I'd even be happy to have spent full price for what I've learned..
HTH
Whalstib
Learn Spanish May 17, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I sent this to my mother, who really enjoyed it. She liked the fact that it repeated the words and phrases many times. She is 86 and going to Spain with me in the fall. It didn't get quite as advanced as I had hoped.
 misleading book display May 13, 2007
2 out of 15 found this review helpful
I wanted an English Spanish parallel reader. this book was displayed as such on your web site and it was very misleading since this book is not a parallel reader.
Not Bad but Behind the Wheel Spanish is Much Better April 3, 2007
13 out of 18 found this review helpful
While I like Pimsleur, I don't love it. It's hard to love a method that requires that I stay fixed to my CD player for a half hour in order to gain the memory benefit from the 'gradual interval recall' method.
I much prefer 'Behind the Wheel Spanish' 8 CD course. They also include a complete text (Pimsleur has no written materials) for home review and the voices and method are far easier to learn from. What's more, I can now make my own sentences and I learn more every time I get in my car, even if it's just for a few minutes.
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