Reviews (4)

Good, basic Spanish tutorial
I bought this CD so that I could brush up on my (limited) Spanish skills before a trip to Latin America. I listened to the CD while driving in my car, typically on my commute to work.

This CD was just what I needed and does a good job of getting through the basic Spanish vocabulary. It is on the "travelers" level...don't expect to become a fluent translator based on this CD....but that is not what the CD is about.

For absolute beginners only
If you have any knowledge of Spanish vocabulary, do not buy this CD. This is VERY VERY basic, with greetings (ola, como esta, buenos dias, etc), very simple phrases, very simple words. For someone who knows NO Spanish, this might be helpful, but not to anyone else. In addition, the CD is very short, and more than half of my CD skips, making it shorter still. I was very disappointed and feel I wasted my money.

Great for beginners
The CD starts out with just words, then it works into phrases by the end of the disk. The format is the following: English word/phrase, followed by the spanish translation, then a pause for you to repeat the spanish, then the spanish is repeated again for you to compare to.

I listen to this in the car, and usually learn a couple new phrases every day.

Awsome learning aid, great format, clearly spoken.
This CD travels with me from car to home to work. I enjoy the format and timing. I hope they followup with a quiz CD that says the word in spanish and allows you responce time, then immediately says the same spanish word and the english word and it is catagorized like this CD is. ... Read more

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Living Language: German (CD)
I purchased this CD hoping it would be something I could use in my High School German classes. Although the spoken German on the CD is lovely and articulate, I would recommend this only to people who have already had training in German and wish to brush up on pronunciation and fluency. This is a good CD, but I wouldn't use it for beginners.

A good start, but nothing beats a real class
Lots of companies are putting foreign language materials on the market these days. This is not a bad product among these, either. Its focus on spoken German and everyday German, the kind you need to pick up to get around and deal with people, transportation, bureaucracies, etc., is practical and intelligent. However, don't be mislead by this CD or any other product that claims to simplify language learning: Nothing can ever beat the tried and true flash-card method, nothing can replace spending time a class once a day for a year or two. Better yet, use this CD for a couple weeks before going to LIVE in German-speaking Europe for a couple months. But don't use it to replace any of that. The CD format is a great advance, incidentally, over cassettes, in terms of repeating dialogs and sentences, custom-programming what you hear, etc. ... Read more

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Very fast for beginner
I bought this CD to brush up on my high school french before going to France. The lessons move very quickly. There isn't much time to echo the response in French. Beginners may have trouble keeping up.

Another drawback is that the entire CD is 2 tracks! The introduction is one track and the 14 lessons are the other track. This format makes it difficult to jump to a particular lesson. You either have to listen to the beginning or fast forward through the track to the time you want. I would recommend one of the other CDs like the "Learn in Your Car" series. ... Read more

Reviews (3)

big mistake
Howard Kaplan can't pronounce Yiddish, and he doesn't even try. The delivery is flat and at times "hammy". This cd is treff ,and not for Jewish people.

yiddish: learn the most favorite expressions
Howard Kaplan can't speak Yiddish, the accent is awful, and the delivery is flat, what's next a hip hop project for dummies? This one is going back.

Yiddish Expressions made my rabbi day!
I loved this cd it taught all the new funky yiddish prases. "A suka a suka 3 walls a door a room". I just can't believe how much yiddish i understand now. I am not really jewish but i want to be and this cd helped. Kush Mere In Toches,
Rabbi ... Read more

Album Description

The quick and easy way to learn functional Spanish. Spanish Listen 'N Learn utilizes the exclusive 99 Stop and Review Points. Learning is repetition. CD technology makes learning easy. Just select the section of the Listen 'N Learn Language Course you want to learn and use the number selector on your CD player to repeat the phrase over and over again until you have committed that lesson to memory. Learn little "bits" at a time.

The creators of this recording have identified the most common kinds of situations an individual would encounter where he might need to communicate with a non-speaker of English. These are presented in micro-course fashion providing the user with a core syllabus of words and phrases chosen for the applicability in numerous, diverse settings. For example, one learns to point at something and say, in the foreign language, "one of those, please," regardless of whether one is in a bakery, gift shop, or a fruit market.

The release features basic language patterns, complete instructional booklet, easy-to-use phonetic pronunciation guide, and entire written version of spoken text and vocabulary list. It is ideal for easy comprehension and travel communications. ... Read more

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Learning spanish
I bought this CD in order to help my language skills during the summer. The recordings were very well pronounced and and allowed time for you to repeat the spanish. If you already know a little spanish it will be much easier to fallow, and i recomend buying the cd so you can replay one section without hassel ... Read more

Album Description

The quick and easy way to learn functional French. French Listen 'N Learn utilizes the exclusive 99 Stop and Review Points. Learning is repetition. CD technology makes learning easy. Just select the section of the Listen 'N Learn Language Course you want to learn and use the number selector on your CD player to repeat the phrase over and over again until you have committed that lesson to memory. Learn little "bits" at a time.

The creators of this recording have identified the most common kinds of situations an individual would encounter where he might need to communicate with a non-speaker of English. These are presented in micro-course fashion providing the user with a core syllabus of words and phrases chosen for the applicability in numerous, diverse settings. For example, one learns to point at something and say, in the foreign language, "one of those, please," regardless of whether one is in a bakery, gift shop, or a fruit market.

The release features basic language patterns, complete instructional booklet, easy-to-use phonetic pronunciation guide, and entire written version of spoken text and vocabulary list. It is ideal for easy comprehension and travel communications. ... Read more

Reviews (2)

Excellent if used as directed.
The recording is apparently aimed at the traveler and will get a business person or other visitor to a French speaking country in and out with just the basic words. Also the use of the CD "stops" to review and practice a word or phrase is a great use of technology.

Traveler's Beware of Wasting Money on this CD
This CD is a complete waste of money. There is hardly any information provided, it is very short and repetitious and I would not recommend anyone buy this CD. There are certainly better products on the market! ... Read more

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TERRIBLE!
It was like someone scratching the chalk board. ... Read more