Spanish Complete Course: Living Language

By Living Language

This companion volume to the Montessori Method at home for the School Years is a guide for more advanced learning. It deals with maths and language development, the two basic disciplines.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0609602667
• ISBN13: 9780609602669
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Living Language
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 4.5" x 2.3"

Customer Reviews

A great pronounciation guide

Other than that, I rate it low though. This program uses the listen and repeat mode, and not in any kind of natural conversational flow. I do like the fact the cd's are all in Spanish though. Another great benefit is the fact it teaches you many different ways to say things, so it is also a great vocabulary and phrase builder.

Excellent for beginners

At first I didn't know if I'd like the fact that there were no translations on the CDs. I thought "How can I learn if I don't know what I'm saying?" So, I devised a method that has proven beneficial for me. I listen to the first CD at home or at the office when I can have the book in front of me. While I'm in the car, I listen to the second or third CD. The CDs get progressively more difficult, so since I didn't know what I was saying anyway, I just used the 2nd and 3rd CDs to practice pronunciation. As an added bonus, I found that when I started reading the book along with the 2nd and 3rd CDs, I picked up the words and phrases much more quickly than I did on the first CD (because I didn't listen to it in the car.) I've been told by MANY Spanish speaking people that my pronunciation is very good. I attribute that to the CDs. The speakers on the audio tracks speak very clearly, and during a "conversation" there will be more than one speaker. The lessons are planned very well and aim at teaching you the phrases you'll need if you take a trip to a Spanish speaking country. If I could change one thing about this program, though, it would be that there is not enough explanation about verb conjugation. You may suddenly come across a verb in, say, the Imperfect Indicative form with no explanation as to what you just read or heard. No problem. I found a book for under $6.00 that does an excellent job of helping get a grasp on ALL of the 14 verb conjugations. It's Barron's "Spanish Verbs" second edition by Christopher Kendris, PH. D. ISBN#0764113577. It has proven to be an excellent helping tool, since verb conjugation has been THE most difficult part of learning Spanish for me. Check it out, and I hope this helps.

Learning spanish

I've always wanted to learn spanish but never had the time nor appropriate resources - until now. This is a very good course for learning spanish, although the layout of the materials could be better. I think it is best for those who really just want conversational spanish for travelling, etc. as opposed to fully understanding the language. But you will be able to speak quite a bit of the language in 6 weeks - just like the book says.

Very good program

I have tried Barron's Spanish on the Go. This program is much better. The program distinguishes between Latin American and Castillian Spanish, and the models speak clearly yet naturally- not too slow yet not too fast.The book provides alot of good examples for the differences between ser and estar, sino and pero, etc. I finally understand.