Dicho y Hecho: Beginning Spanish

By Laila M. Dawson, Ibert C. Dawson, Kim Potowski, et al.

Book Overview

Revised

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471268860
• ISBN13: 9780471268864
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 3.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.5" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

For beginners

I will be using this book over two semesters and I'm off to a great start!

Good Start for Beginners

This text book is a good start for anyone looking to begin speaking Spanish. The CDs are a great tool as well in order to help you understand through audio cues and lessons as well.

Excellent!

This book was in excellent condition! Fast and professional service. I would recommend this seller.

very easy to understand

I found this book quite easy to understand and well organized compared to previous spanish textbooks I've worked with. It's loaded with tons of practical examples and activities, and unlike many other texts has a heavy concentration in internet and high tech terms.

Wonderfully-creative and proficiency-oriented text

This is by far the best beginning text that I have found in twenty-four years of teaching. The high-interest level of the text with the easy-to-understand explanations and interactive activities make this book very accessible to even the student with no prior background in Spanish. At the same time, the wealth of activities including proverbs, cartoons, business Spanish, dialogues, open-ended conversations, problem solving, cultural information along with the CD's, videos, and internet activities, also challenge and interest the student who may already have some knowledge of Spanish. The text uses a communicative and personalized approach that allows the student to develop skills in speaking, reading, writing, and listening comprehension. The writing assignments and classroom drills are not dry and boring as in some texts but very creative and often humorous which helps make teaching with this text a joy. Each edition of the text has incorporated new material to meet the needs of our students. I especially like the segments in this edition on computer technology, letter writing, medical Spanish, and environmental and social discussions. After completing this text, most of my students are inspired and encouraged to continue their study of Spanish. Many of my Spanish majors enjoy this text so much that they keep it for reference instead of selling it back to the bookstore. I have built several successful Spanish programs using this text and have many fluent students who adored the text. The bottom line is that this text has personality as well as being highly useful. I love it!