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Advice for not-so-beginner Spanish?
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Heather McNamar
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26 April 2012 at 3:58am | IP Logged

benzionisrael wrote:

Don´t waste money with a tutor amiga. If you have money invest in a good written course or textbook (with audio) and some decent graded readers or bilingual books.

If you still haven´t learned all the grammar I recommend that you buy and use a Linguaphone Spanish course (from the starter-course series). They are available for both European Spanish and Latinamerican Spanish.

http://www.amazon.com/Linguaphone-Spanish-Course-Three-slipc ase/dp/B000J2SKEM/ref=sr_1_60?ie=UTF8&qid=1335383088&sr=8-60

Make sure you get a starter-course (substantial and comprehensive course) and not any of the newer boloni.

If vocabulary is what you need to improve, then just read through some graded readers or bilingual story books absorbing any new vocabulary as you go along. Also be sure to watch a lot of Spanish TV so that you pick up a lot of vocabulary and improve your auditary skills.

I'm looking to improve both vocabulary and grammar, so I will definitely check out Linguaphone Spanish, graded readers, and TV. I also really need to polish my skills with verb tenses, so I'm looking into that, too.

Muchísimas gracias a todos por los consejos.
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Heather McNamar
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26 April 2012 at 4:05am | IP Logged

¡Caramba! I just tried the link to the Linguaphone course and Amazon says it's unavailable and they don't know when it will be in stock. I did a search for other Linguaphone courses and they are all way out of my price range. Any alternatives?
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26 April 2012 at 9:16pm | IP Logged

Try Ebay. Linguaphone courses are sometimes incredibly cheap there.

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