- Paperback
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (29 Aug 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340846690
- ISBN-13: 978-0340846698
- Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 20.8 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 362,763 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Ponte al Dia" is an exciting new, one-volume course designed for AS and A2 Level students of all abilities. Written by an experienced author team, it fully addresses the new specifications and topics and is suitable for all three examination boards. The increased emphasis on grammar is met with a thorough progression from the transition period after GCSE to A2. Passages of text are specifically chosen for their grammatical content with reinforcement and extension material available. Students will also be given an excellent insight into Hispanic culture with coverage of a different region or Spanish-speaking country in each unit.
About the Author
Mike Thacker, Chairman of Examiners in Spanish at Edexcel; Director of European Language Teaching Centre at University of Surrey. Monica Morcillo, native Spanish speaker, self-access resource officer for languages at University of Surrey. Fernando Perez Cos, native Spanish speaker, Spanish tutor at University of Surrey, Spanish teacher at Lambeth College; won the European Award for Languages for his website www.spanishlanguage.co.uk.
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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
I am in my third year of studying Spanish at evening class and am using this book to prepare for an AS level in May. It is a good study aid, so much better than the very basic GCSE texts which were aimed at school children studying for GCSE and were really boring for adults. Ponte al Dia is quite challenging, some of the chapters are more interesting than others but it is topical and informative.
There are several ways in which it could be better though: there are a lot of idiomatic expressions which despite having an extremely large Spanish/English dictionary I can't always translate. There is no vocabulary index, and no answers to the exercises. The major disantavantage as far as I'm concerned (and I know that my colleagues in the class feel the same) is that it does not come with a CD, even though there is a CD and a lot of the exercises require it. I can't even find the CD for sale. The teacher hasn't got it either as it apparently costs upwards of £60 and he would have to buy it himself. This is extremely annoying as it effectively means we can't do half the exercises, and our teacher has to provide other material, which he does to the best of his ability but it's not the same.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
I am in my 2nd year of learning spanish at evening classes and this is another example of how to rip off people learning a language. The content in my opinion is a huge step up from GCSE and if you can master it and understand everything by the time you come to your exams, you would quite easily look to get a grade C or above.
My main gripe is the fact that this book costs a ridiculous sum of money and offers no listening support whatsoever. I would say to anyone reading this please look around there are plenty of other cheaper resources that you could choose from.
Good luck with your studying.
My main gripe is the fact that this book costs a ridiculous sum of money and offers no listening support whatsoever. I would say to anyone reading this please look around there are plenty of other cheaper resources that you could choose from.
Good luck with your studying.
14 of 20 people found the following review helpful
I'm just coming to the end of my Spanish A-Level, having used 'Ponte al Dia' as my text book and I have to say the book is great. It is genuinely interesting, unlike some text books, and the articles are good to read and not a chore. Occasionally we do disagree with the answers to the exercises, but I guess this comes down to linguist's licence!
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