| Spanish For Dummies Audio Set |  | Author: Jessica Langemeier
Publisher: For Dummies
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Sales Rank: 7,690
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Com/Pap Bl
Number Of Items: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 1.1
ISBN: 0470095857
Dewey Decimal Number: 468.2421
EAN: 9780470095850
ASIN: 0470095857
Publication Date: April 30, 2007
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Product Description
3 hours of lessons on 3 CDs! The fun and easy way to communicate effectively in a new language! Want to speak Spanish? Don't have a lot of time? This practical audio set is designed to help you learn quickly and easily at home or on the road. From basic greetings and expressions to grammar and conversations, you'll grasp the essentials and start communicating right away! Plus, you can follow along with the handy, 96-page portable guide—filled with the words and phrases you'll hear on the CDs as well as a mini dictionary. Skip around and learn at your own pace - CD 1: Get started with basic words and phrases.
- CD 2: Form sentences and practice parts of speech.
- CD 3: Handle real-world situations.
Discover how to - Handle greetings and introductions
- Ask questions and understand answers
- Build your vocabulary
- Talk about numbers, time, and the calendar
- Ask for directions
- Get help at a hotel, the bank, or a store
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Good for improving your pronunciation August 15, 2010
Anthony Louis (USA)
These three CDs are well done. The Spanish speaker is clear and speaks slowly with a typical Latin American accent. By imitating him you can improve your pronunciation. There is a mix-up with the past tense of the verbs ser and ir. In both cases the narrator uses the first person fui when the third person fue is meant, and vice versa. It's odd that the Spanish speaker did not catch this mistake. Other than that the material is good basic Spanish vocabulary. I found these CDs to be a useful review of basic Spanish vocabulary and a good way to practice the language so I don't sound as much like a 'gringo' when I speak.
 Inconsistent Pronunciation + Unexplained Grammar = Minimally Useful July 20, 2010
Marjorie Chardin
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm a little surprised by the positive reviews. The teaching methodology behind this set isn't at all intuitive, and it takes multiple listens to catch on to everything but the most basic words. But that's a minor problem when you consider "Spanish for Dummies" doesn't even begin to explain the most basic grammar; the audio often times doesn't match what's written in the accompanying booklet; and the guy pronouncing the words uses a unique (and fairly inconsistent) dialect that directly contradicts my understanding of universal pronunciation (I realized this when I posed a couple questions to a Spanish linguist, who inferred the voice on the audio CD was likely an American who learned Spanish from a Puerto Rican). Not that there's anything wrong with Puerto Rican Spanish -- but I'd like to learn a fairly universal (or at least CONSISTENT) pronunciation that abides by the basic rule that Spanish is a phonetic language.
Here's an example of what I mean: the audio CD rolls the "r" in the middle of the word, "viernes" (Friday). A single r should only rolled when it's at the beginning of a word; if you needed a rolled "r" elsewhere in the word, it's spelled with an "rr" (e.g. carro). When I traveled to Latin America I rolled my "r" when saying "viernes" (among other words) and got a lot of strange looks before the proper pronunciation was kindly explained to me.
This set is recommended only if you need a very basic, and not intuitive, introduction to Spanish. If you do buy it, please be aware of the following problems:
---Make sure you read the book when listening to the words; they don't always match. Keep a dictionary handy to determine the proper word.
---He says "fui" instead of "fue" and vice versa (this REALLY messed up my understanding of past tense)
---He sometimes rolls a single "r" in the middle of words but shouldn't
---He often aspirates, rather than rolls, the double "rr" (should always be rolled)
---He says "jo" instead of "yo"; both are accepted pronunciations, but be aware that "jo" is only in a handful of countries... "yo" is more universal
---He sometimes (but not always) pronounces "ll" as a "j" sound; again, this is OK in some countries by the "y" sound is more universal.
But, again, I wouldn't mind the dialectical pronunciations if they were at least consistent. As it was, even with my nascent understanding of Spanish I was able to detect the inconsistencies. Could be very confusing if you travel to a Spanish-speaking country and this set is your only introduction to the language.
 loving learning spanish July 20, 2010
Charles D. Nixon (Richmond, Va.--USA)
I wanted to speak spanish. I come in contact with more and more spanish speaking people during my day. I am so happy that I am learning more and more words and phrases in spanish. I am so very happy that I can communicate with these spanish speaking people. thank you "SPANISH FOR DUMMIES" !!!--c. nixon -richmond, va.
Don't buy if you have a basic understanding of Spanish May 17, 2010
School Crazed (Miami, Fl)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I live in Miami and took 3 years of Spanish in high school (5 years ago), but started to forget some of it, so I thought I would buy this to help me practice and remember. If you live in an area where you hear basic spanish words often like store, mother, father, cousin, and already know how to say how are you or ask how much is something, etc. then don't buy this item. I bought it based on the reviews of others, but this audiobook is very basic and for me it was a waste of money. I don't recommend it if you already have a really basic knowledge of spanish. It doesn't help you with the grammer of spanish either, for example some of the words that you practice are gender oriented, and depending who you talk to, the word would have a different ending, but the audiobook doesn't really teach you that.
 Could have been much better March 26, 2010
Mary K. Maguire (Rindge, NH)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I use this in the car I wanted an audio set that would let me learn Spanish while driving. This set is OK but the editing could have been better. The set has a female speaker giving the word or phrase in English and a male speaker giving it in Spanish. The Male speaker gives the word or phrase twice with a pause between allowing you enough time to practice. However I found that many of the words are repeated on all 3 disks they also give you a phrase to say before giving some of the words to learn. They do not mention any thing on how phrases are formed in Spanish or that there are male & female words in Spanish. This is going to be confusing for anyone just starting to speak Spanish. I only paid $11.00 for the set and I would not recommend paying any more for it.
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