Spanish for Dummies
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Book Reviews of Spanish for Dummies
Book Review: This is the best Spanish book I found for my purposes
Summary: 5 Stars
I never took spanish classes and wanted to learn on my own as I have a boring job but with lots of spanish speaking customers. I looked in the ... and...bookstore near us through all their books and this one was the best for my learning abilities. The #1 reason is that throughout the book it breaks down the pronounciation of each new and old word it gives you, without having to keep refering to rules in the beginning of the book. #2 it seems to have a logical lesson plan that I can follow easily, and not just touristy type lessons as I don't really plan on just asking where the hotel is, but need a practical more rounded learning experience.Book Review: Mainly a crash course
Summary: 2 Stars
This book is only for those who might be going on vacation in a Spanish speaking country and only want to know a few words and phrases.
It covers beginner topics like: vocabulary for food, asking how someone is and their name, talking on the phone, and asking directions.
It very briefly covers some grammar: the difference between ser and estar, simple present and simple past tense, the [(ir) + a + (infinitive)] future tense, and reflexive verbs. It doesn't cover any other tenses.
The speakers in the audio portions speak slowly. It is only for a very beginner of the language.
Book Review: Useless
Summary: 1 Stars
I now have about 10 different books, tapes, and CDs for learning Spanish. I bounce back and forth among them as each has stengths and weaknesses. Except for the this pretty useless Idiot's book, which is too heavy to be a phrase book and too light weight to actually teach you anything. Fortunately, I only checked this out of the library rather than wasting money on it. On the positive side, you can listen to and repeat the phrases on the CD to help with pronunciation. But for really learning the language, I direct you to Hugo's Latin American Spanish in Three Months.Book Review: Has Good and Bad Points/Prefer Behind the Wheel Spanish
Summary: 4 Stars
Spanish for Dummies has strengths and weaknesses but is hardly what I would consider
all that easy and effective.
If you really want to learn a lot of Spanish very quickly and without a lot of hassle I would recommend you try Behind the Wheel Spanish. It is a much more user friendly course and comes with both a book and CDs.
Spanish for Dummies does teach a good deal of Spanish but I don't like the layout nearly as much as Behind the Wheel Spanish.
Book Review: Good... if you have a good 10 years to learn Spanish!
Summary: 1 Stars
They should rename this "Spanish for people who are in no hurry to learn Spanish" because of the phone book sized book there are maybe 20 pages worth of useful information. The author rambles on about things that are of little or no relevance to learning the language and it seems all too obvious that she is just trying to "fill space". There are also numerous typos that are grave enough to get in the way of the learning process