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Talk Spanish: Coursebook (Paperback)

by Alwena Lamping (Author), Various (Author)
3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: BBC (BBC Active) (27 Aug 1998)
  • Language English, Spanish
  • ISBN-10: 0563400722
  • ISBN-13: 978-0563400721
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12 x 0.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 341,130 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Ten easy-to-follow units form the short Spanish course for absolute beginners. Designed for adults learning at home or in a class, the "Talk" courses are suitable for those wanting to learn either for work purposes or leisure. The book may be used in conjunction with cassettes from the same series.

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80 of 90 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Talk Spanish (Shouldn't this be 'speak' Spanish?), 17 Jan 2003
This review is from: Talk Spanish: Book and CD Pack (Paperback)
A simple, fairly low-budget Spanish course - it assumes no pre-knowledge of the language and explains even the most basic phrases and vocabulary piece by piece.
You can work through on a spoken word only basis and quickly learn various useful phrases, or refer to the grammar section and learn the 'why' as well as the 'how to'.
The accompanying cassettes are of excellent quality and very authentic, although they may be a bit daunting at first; Spanish is a rapid language! It is useful, however, to hear Spanish at the speed it is spoken rather than the speed at which we learn it and after listening a couple of times, the little tests and scenarios in the book become easier to follow. (The answers are at the back to check on your progress!)

I have dipped into several products of this ilk and this is by far the best!

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48 of 57 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent method to teach tourist Spanish, 30 Jun 2004
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This review is from: Talk Spanish: Book and CD Pack (Paperback)
I have used TALK SPANISH to teach Spanish for holidays and have found it extremely useful. It covers all the necessary travel elements a student needs, is well graded and has plenty of useful exercises. Grammar is well explained and the tapes are lively and easy to follow. They are ideal for self-learning.

The only snag is that the course has been designed with the audio-learner in mind. Therefore it has little text and the lay out is somewhat dull, lacking in pictures or colour. If the BBC were to create a pictorial version of this book, it would sell like hot cakes. At present, there are very few tourist Spanish courses on the market, and this is an excellent product.

I have learnt some Greek using the Greek version and have found it equally approachable.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars From a teacher's perspective - not great, 27 Sep 2006
By C. E. Skirrey "mamac" - See all my reviews
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This is a surprisingly poor course by BBC standards. The audio tapes were unpopular with my students - too fast and confusingly constructed. The book does fulfil the role of providing basic survival phraes but will ultimately frustrate anyone who wants to understand how Spanish works in order to progress further. Its gramatical explanations lack clarity and their ordering is illogical. Other BBC courses are much better. The allied website is reasonable, but of course you can access that anyway without buying the book/tape combination!

Still you've got to admire their marketing - it and its other European language counterparts are now the mandatoryset texts at our teaching institution!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Spanish for absolute beginners
This book is exactly the course for beginners at my local college. It comes complete with 2 cd's which are very simple to both follow and understand. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mrs. Debbie J. Wheawall

5.0 out of 5 stars Talk Spanish +cd
This book is excellent for students who want to go on holiday or who are just starting to learn Spanish. Read more
Published 3 months ago by M. S. Smith

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for beginers
Bought this as part of a beginers Spanish course at my local college and its proved very good. Speach on the tape is a little quick, but so are the spanish in real life.
Published 4 months ago by P. Cooke

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for learning
I had to buy this a couple of years ago for an evening class. It's great ! We had to do a few sections for homework each week and I found the book and cd easy to use and follow... Read more
Published 8 months ago by C. Harrison

3.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy the amazon suggestion
This is a great book but don't be fooled by the "customers also by this book with" suggestion by amazon. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. I. Paterson

3.0 out of 5 stars Limited value without the CD/cassette
Chapter 1, exercise 1: "Listen to these key phrases..." In other words, this book is really designed to be used with the audio materials and is of fairly limited use without them... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Cait Weston

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent grounding in Spanish
This language package is a great way to start learning Spanish, as it gets you through all the basics you would need on holiday - practical things like ordering food, checking in... Read more
Published on 14 Feb 2006

1.0 out of 5 stars Useless in Latin America
You will not be understood if you use this course to learn for Latin America. It is not only the different vocabulary. The differences go much deeper. Read more
Published on 30 April 2005 by Diego Riv

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for beginners
I'm currently using this book as part of a 'basics' course at a local college and am finding it really helpful. Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars A good introduction for beginners
Talk Spanish is a short course aimed at total beginners. As an introduction to Spanish, it fulfills it's aim very well, and provides a good base for further study of the language,... Read more
Published on 24 Dec 2000

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