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One such resource that should be in every Spanish student’s library: Madrigal’s Magic Key to Spanish. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Another important concept the book highlights is that beginners shouldn’t be learning the present tense first in Spanish.There is a method provided in this book that helps the learner to understand WHY it is spoken in this way, for instance, the work Tome, meaning to take but in Spanish it means to eat or drink something so instead of saying “I ate a sandwich” one would say “I took the sandwich” give or take (forgive me if that’s not 100% I’m still learning”I’m the kind of learner that needs to know the why behind the action/words and this book is amazing when it comes to that. Even the most reluctant learner will be astonished at the ease and effeciveness of Margarita Madrigal's unique method of teaching a foreign language. I am no language savant (a fact, sadly, not false modesty), but I am a linguistic enthusiast and, having sought out, and used, beginner level materials for Russian, Japanese, Italian, Greek and Amharic and having taken French (A level) and German (O level) at school/college (a long, long time ago :-D), I can say that this book is better at getting the learner up and running with usable language than any other book or online resource that I have found to date, by a country mile. Listening to native speakers, sounding out words and practicing your pronunciation, studying vocabulary.

With most others, I have found that there is far too much unnecessary grammar introduced far too early to engage the learner and provide opportunities to succeed in reproducing and reusing the language learnt. The odd person has tried to correct my "gracias" to "grathias" but, after a bit of interaction, they have realised that I am not being lazy or uneducated but, rather, speaking the South American flavour - and they can understand it perfectly well.

Très bon livre pour apprendre l'espagnol, sans avoir à mémoriser une centaine de règles grammaticales, comme c'est souvent le cas avec les livres d'apprentissage de langues. Learn the basics of the Spanish language with this easy-to-use guide by one of America's most prominent language teachers. So, as you learn the new vocabulary, you’re also learning tons of new sentences that you can use just by switching out a word or two here and there in Spanish. It helped me get a solid foundation for Spanish early on, so I highly recommended this book if you’re new to Spanish. Andy Warhol was an accomplished advertising illustrator and graphic artist before he became well-known as a Pop artist and celebrity.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. If you listen to Michel Thomas first Total Spanish with the Michel Thomas Method (Michel Thomas Series) , then read Magic Key as you will be able to pronounce all of the words, afterwards get Sandberg's 'Spanish For Reading' Spanish for Reading you will be very effective in Spanish and save a fortune on the ineffective materials out there. Cognates are words that have the same linguistic root, and often (but not always) have the same meaning. Develop perfect pronunciation, thanks to a handy pronunciation keyWith original black and white illustration by Andy Warhol, Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish will provide readers with a solid foundation upon with to build their language skills. Completely eliminating rote memorization and painfully boring drills, Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish is guaranteed to help you-.If you have something to share or a question about the Spanish language, post and we'll help the best we can!