Uneven pacing, decent material

The material covers a reasonable range. The pacing for the call-and-repeat format is frustrating. They obviously didn’t field test it. Essentially, the teacher says a phrase in English, pauses for the listener to say it in Spanish, then two native speakers say the phrase back-to-back. It would be considerably better to have less of a pause after the initial phrase, with more of a space after the native speaker to repeat. Also, it does make sense to hear the two speakers. However, they could trade off for each phrase rather than both speak each phrase. That would allow for more content in the course.


In short, it’s not well produced but it is worth a run-through for review.

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patterns to use to communicate so much

Really communicate! patterns and tools to use with almost any infinitive. This method gets you speaking right away without tedious conjugation and memorization

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Excellent Spanish Lessons

This book taught someone with a history of trouble learning languages a great deal of Spanish. It was easy to follow and fun to use while commuting to work in the mornings. I only with there was a third book in the series or a recommendation for next steps.

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Wonderful Spanish Course!

Great course to improve your fluency. You learn a lot of helpful Spanish phrases. It is a great Spanish verb drill. You will definitely learn when to use the two forms of past tense in Spanish. I loved this book and Paul’s training method.

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Just love it!!!!! effortless learning! The best!

I can now carry on pretty decent conversations with random people that I meet and they understand me with ease. I've been told several times that not only is my accent wonderful but that I speak Spanish very well. some people cannot even tell that I'm a beginner. this course has helped me become comfortable expressing myself quite liberally it is wonderful foreign language that is not so foreign in anymore.

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grammar based programs didn't work for me

I'm determined and excited to learn Spanish, lessons day one and I get bombarded with grammar and yo, tu, el, ella..... and i loose all interest until I watch the next Spanish movie. Theres just something demoralising about grammar based learning, don't get me wrong its absolutely important beyond beginner sentences and structuring coherent Spanish conversations. But it zaps the fun out of learning any Romance language.

This audiobook, part one and next steps is different, intuitive, practical and will build on top of that boring grammar stuff in a natural way. I hope my two cents help you decide

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Great system!

Had to brush up on my Spanish for a job, and Paul Noble did not disappoint. This is a great system, using just the right amount of repetition in a conversational style to reinforce understanding and fluency.

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Learning Spanish with Paul Noble

I love it. Easy on the ears, good pace and material you can you learn daily without getting overwhelmed. A little more conjunction is also helpful.

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Great learning

I feel like I genuinely have learned a lot from this book. it uses repetition to teach, so it's easy to get burnt out. but I felt super accomplished after finishing it!

Helpful

This book fit my Spanish skills perfectly. It was just the right challenge to improve, and too difficult. Straightforward exercises and easy to follow. learned a lot from the book. The audio was very good and I liked getting voice examples both in the South American and European version.