Some good basics but incorrect pronunciation

I'm at level B2-C1 in Spanish. This book was more basic than what I was expecting. Nonetheless I did learn a few new phrases. I was somewhat shocked by the pronunciation mistakes, which were somewhat frequent. I believe I picked up a gramatical mistake here and there as well. Learners beware! However, if you make a study challenging for yourself by identifying all the mistakes, perhaps you'll advance your skills.

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lots of errors, not for advanced learners

with 200 expressions and idioms i thought i could learn something new but there was only a handful of new ones which I think are mostly only used in spain. there is a lot lf repetition and for an advanced learner it was painfully slow so I listed on 1.9 speed and entertained myself by writing down all the errors, most od which have to do with gender, imperativr tense, and pronounciation. this author is clearly intermediate and doesnt know how to put proper stress on proper vowels, no to pronounce u: she says "sigwe" when trying to say sigue etc etc. but the most glaring are the errors, although few, in gender (using la instead of el/lo etc) and verb conjugation: instead of "no vayas" she says "no ve" and instead of "dale" she says "darle". i commend her for writing a book about spanish when she is intermediate level and didnt bother to hire a proofreader. if you want a book that is truly for advanced learners search for megusta spanish and/or Mari Marina books

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Great

Very effective for beginners I'm sure but I was looking for something a little more advanced and it wasn't made all that clear that it was a beginner orientated product.

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Spanish words aren’t always pronounced correctly

Brushing up on my Spanish speaking after years of not. My parents are Cuban. The collection of phrases is great! Just surprised that a few words are pronounced phonetically and not with the proper accents.

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Get it only if you speak good Spanish and want to be entertained

Where do I start? She makes so many pronunciation mistakes in Spanish that the narration makes you laugh. It is actually not funny. If you are a beginner or intermediate Spanish learner, this audio book could actually screw you up. She does not even understand the concept of subjunctive and gives you wrong sentences. She could have checked with Google translate first on some of the examples. It almost seems like an attempt to make a few bucks.

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Bruh, what the h**l is this?

One single example The speaker literally pronounced igualmente as ee-gal-mente! She said it twice. Trash!

Excellent intro to Spanish!

I have just started a formal course in Spanish and bought this audiobook to help me start speaking a little quicker. I was able to learn most of the basics for travel in a couple of hours over one day while driving to and from work. Looking forward to sharing my new words and sentences with my Spanish teacher this week!

Brilliant

This is really well done. I went from knowing just a few words to being able to construct simple sentences in one afternoon. Logically organized to where you start figuring out the next application of the word moments before it is asked.

It's amazing

it's unreal how fast you can learn another language with his method. highly recommend it.

EASY TO LEARN THIS WAY...

I love the way the author. I have tried a few places and found this by far the best.