The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Spanish on Your Own

I was failing spanish and then once i used this book, i got a 94 on my test.

I took Spanish all 4 years of high school, and although I could read and write certain topics in spanish, I really couldn't converse in spanish at a good speed. This book made learning spanish simmple and fun. I can conjugate difficult verbs easily. I learned a lot of important vocabulary words that are used in most conversations. This is a great book for a student or a traveler. Much, Much better than the textbooks I had in school. I actually enjoyed reading it. Anyone that wants to learn spanish should definately have this book!

I love this book! I think it is good for someone who is learning Spanish for the first time as well as people like myself who are trying to "relearn" a language. I like the way this book gives out cultural information. It is good to be educated about a culture as well as learning about a language. My friend from Spain is disgruntled by the lack of usage of the "vosotros/as" forms in other language series. If you are going to Spain, the speakers there use the "tu" and "vosotros" forms instead of the Latin American forms of "tu" and "ud". The side notes and pictures are fun. Gail Stein has done an excellent job of presenting the Spanish language. I hope the "Idiot's Guide" people expand their language series as well as putting their language series on cassette.

This book really helps to learn spanish. It is very insightful. You really get a feel for the spanish language. Buy it. You won't regret it!