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	• Spanish for Dummies Susana Wald For Dummies, 1999 - 432 pages average customer review:based on 32 reviews view larger image
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OK But the Practice Makes Perfect Books are Much Better for the Self-learner

This book was OK but not definitely not the best learning-Spanish book that I have read. I thought that the two Practice Makes Perfect books (Spanish Verb Tenses and Spanish Pronouns and Prepositions) were much better. I used both books with Learning Spanish Like Crazy CDs and I am very pleased with the progress that I am making.

The reason why I prefer the Practice Makes Perfect books over this one is because there were not enough exercises in this book for the self learner. There were also a couple of mistakes that I spotted in this book. To be honest, I didn't finish this entire book. After learning with the Practice Makes Perfect book, I have grown accustomed to having very high standards for learning Spanish tools, and this book just didn't meet up to those standards. I felt that I would learn more by reading the Practice Makes Perfect Books a second time instead of completing this entire book. Also, Spanish for Dummies is not as reasonbably priced as the Practice Makes Perfect Books.

The resources that I have found most effective for learning Spanish are:

1. Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses
2. Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Pronouns And Prepositions
3. Learning Spanish Like Crazy: Spoken Spanish, Vol. 1
4. 501 Spanish Verbs: with CD-ROM (Barron's Foreign Language Guides)
5. Easy Spanish Phrase Book: Over 770 Basic Phrases for Everyday Use (Dover Easy Phrase)

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Spanish for Dummies works!

The book is easy to understand and the Spanish words spelled out phonetically so that the user may pronounce them without difficulty. Like most of the Dummies books, this is laid out in a way that is easy to use. It also has a CD in the back so the words and phrases can be actually heard to improve pronunciation.

Good but Better with Behind the Wheel Spanish

Spanish for Dummies is an important work, and it does help to simplify the 'traditional' approach to learning Spanish.
It does have serious drawbacks. The approach for all of its creativity remains quite rigid and limiting.
Another problem with Spanish for Dummies is that it doesn't include a full set of usable CDs for the car or gym.
I would recommend you try 'Behind the Wheel Spanish 8 CDs and Text' if you really wish to learn Spanish quickly and easily.
Behind the Wheel works well with Spanish for Dummies and you'll likely find yourself (as I have), scratching your head and saying 'Oh' when you finally see a concept that clicks and you understand it from two different perspectives.
Of the two, if I had to choose, Behind the Wheel Spanish 8 CDs and Complete text would be my preference by far.

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Great supplementary book!

I wish I had purchased this book before, because it's A LOT better than the textbook used in my college Spanish class. While it's true that this book, alone, will not make you fluent in Spanish, there is no one book that will do that. What this book will do is act as a great tool to help your Spanish fluency along.

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