Product Description

A popular course for beginners, Sueños World Spanish 1 is designed to meet the varied needs of adult learners, whether learning at home or in a class. From the very beginning it encourages you to develop your listening and speaking skills with confidence and provides many opportunities to practise reading in Spanish. Using the extensive range of media available, from the course book to the audio CDs or cassettes, to the popular accompanying television series and free online activities, Sueños World Spanish 1 can help you reach the equivalent level of a first qualification, such as GCSE.

• 20 units including cultural information and review sections present the main language of the course

• A selection of revision exercises help reinforce learning and allow you to check your progress

288-page, full-colour course book

Audio

• Authentic dialogues recorded around the whole of the Spanish-speaking world allow you to hear Spanish as it is actually spoken

• Exercises and activities help you develop and hone your listening and speaking skills

4 x 75-minute audio CDs

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #241205 in Books
• Published on: 1995-08-31
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 283 pages

Customer Reviews

Excellent self-teaching material
I've been using the book and cassette for just 30 minutes a day for the past fortnight and I have learnt so much, it's unbelievable. My pronunciation in Spanish is better than my French and I've had classroom teaching in French for 2 years. You can work at your own pace. The only thing is that I find the book a little confusing giving various interpretations for Spain, South Spain and Latin America. I can't always remember them all. Otherwise, excellent stuff!

Excellent beginner's Spanish text book
This BBC book is an excellent beginner's Spanish book. It offers the usual language topics e.g. greetings, family, food etc in a very simple to absorb manner. However, it also offers a cultural slant on Spain and all of the Latin America countires explaining the origins of words, customs etc along with colourful ilustrations which help you remember things easier. There are blocks of topic related phrases in every section and exercises to test understanding (with answers in the back of the book). It introduces grammar in a gradual manner. You can also buy the acompanying tapes to develop your listening skills and ensure your pronunciation is spot on! I would recommend this book to anyone looking to teach themselves this very easy to pick up language.

A good basic understanding!!!
I've also got the Linguaphone All Talk Spanish, and as another reviewer said, it's ok if you like being patronised! Suenos on the other hand starts from the basics. It teaches you like you're taught at school with greetings, name exchanges, where you live, and gradually progresses through more complicated scenarios, but all in all is fairly good. Unfortunately, learning from these courses doesn't help with pronunciation problems!