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Learning Spanish book

I have read many books on learning Spanish, and taken four months of lessons, but the most useful thing I have done to learn Spanish is to read this book. It's not a school textbook, so it is cheap at $12.95.

This is a good book for those who are just starting to learn Spanish, to get a head start before taking lessons.

Madrigal's Key to Learning Spanish
Margarita Madrigal
ISBN 0-385-41095-6

By expatriate on Mar 8, 2007, 04:45 in Friendly Talkzone.

goin_south says on Mar 8, 2007, 05:31:

muchas gracias, expat! como esta?

Where do we go from here?

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mvefwd says on Mar 8, 2007, 08:50:

Thanx .

No matter where you go... You are who you are...

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southern151 says on Mar 8, 2007, 09:06:

Barnes and Noble... here I come with my no-spanish-speaking gringo ass! LOL

I am also looking at the Rocket Spanish software. Does anyone have an EDUCATED opinion of it? What are the good and bad points, if so?

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webjacks says on Mar 9, 2007, 16:29:

Spanish Books I have three books from Barron's that I have found to be very useful. One for Grammar, Vocabulary and Verbs. They are very reasonable in price too. Spanish Grammar ISBN: 0-7641-1615-0 $5.95 USD $8.50 Canadian Spanish Verbs ISBN: 0-7641-1357-7 $5.95 USD $8.50 Canadian Spanish Vocabulary ISBN: 0-7641-1985-3 $6.95 USD $9.95 Canadian You can look them up on www.amazon.com or www.barnesandnoble.com

-Webjacks

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Man Tequila says on Mar 11, 2007, 23:22:

I found a very good book called "Correct Your Spanish Blunders", by Jean Yates, that concisely deals with the many mistakes made by people speaking Spanish at an intermediate level.

I found it better than many of the other Learn Spanish tchotchkas I have seen.

Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez)

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goin_south says on Mar 11, 2007, 23:33:

Jean Yates... sounds like a familiar name in the business.

but, can't really claim to be at the intermediate level, ... YET.

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southern151 says on Mar 11, 2007, 23:37:

I ordered the Rocket Spanish... software. I haven't had a lot of time to try it out yet but what I have had time for seems very thorough. I'll keep everyone posted as to what progress I gain from it.

www.rocketspanish.com

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goin_south says on Mar 13, 2007, 23:38:

okay, Rocketman. Muchas gracias.
Telluswhatyoucanseefromupthere.

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CaptainHowdy says on Mar 14, 2007, 12:32:

Rules If you need to brush up on rules or review something, www.studyspanish.com is free (or you can pay and get more) and I'm using it to refresh all the many things I've forgotten. You can take a 20 question quiz at the end of each lesson to see if you've really learned it or not. I've learned a bit from seeing the mistakes I've made. Now if I can only remember them when trying to speak Spanish.....

Teaching preteens the things they need to know!

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Man Tequila says on Mar 14, 2007, 16:35:

Studyspanish looks okay, I've used the free stuff to brush up before a trip. The Jean Yates book is much more complete.

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