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Spanish
Level I
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Spanish - Level I

AUDIO 1

AUDIO 2

AUDIO 3
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AUDIO 4
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HOW TO USE THIS COURSE

About this course: This curse is built around the importance of

the spoken word. You will hear Spanish in circumstances where
you might hear it if you visited a Spanish-speaking country.

By a unique method, you will be able to understand immediately

what has been said, without reference to any book. You learn to
hear, then to understand, and finally to speak by listening to this
audio program. This e-guidebook provides important supple-
mentary information and reproduces the entire audio program for
you easy reference.

USING THE MATERIALS

Each audio contains several dialogs presented in Spanish with

each sentenced followed immediately by the English translation.
Following this, the sentences are broken down into words and
phrases. The English equivalent is again given right away.
Finally, the dialog is repeated in Spanish, much as you might
hear it in real life. In later lessons, each dialog is followed by
some very brief grammatical exercises based on structures that
have been presented in the dialog.

In using his material you must keep in mind the obvious fact that
you will not learn Spanish just by listening to these audios once.
You will need to go over and over them several times - and the
move actively you participate, the faster you will learn.

A unique feature of this course is that the audios are recorded in

stereo, with the Spanish voices on one channel and the English
on the other. This allows a progression of activities to help you
learn. (See page 3 for a graphic explanation.)
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With the AMR system you can learn to speak the language just
listening to the audios without the accompanying e-booklet. For
instance: if you want to make use of the time that would other-
wise go to waste as you are driving in your car, you can listen to
the audios. At a later date when yo are ready to learn to write in
Spanish, you can listen to the audios and follow along in the e-
guidebook.

In addition to the script of the audios, the e-guidebook contains

other information. Structures will give you helpful information
about some of the grammatical features of the dialogs you are
learning. Culture Keys will give you brief explanations of some
of the ways in which life in the Spanish-speaking world differs
from the way we do things. This section will help you to under-
stand the Spanish-speaking world better and avoid some of the
embarrassing mistakes that visitors often make.

One word of caution: the Spanish equivalent of an English word

may vary from one country to another just as some of our words
differ from those used in England or even between regions of
the U.S. this is probably more true in Spanish, since there are
over 20 different Spanish-speaking countries. It is for this reason
that, even though we have situated the dialogs in Mexico we
have selected a more standarized Zpanish. Thus, for example,
we have chosen the work maieta for “suitcase” despite the
widespread use of velis and petaca in Mexico and valija in
Agentina.

The fourth audio in module 2 provides some additional materi-

als. The pronunciation side gives a series of graded exercises to
help you develop a good accent in Spanish. This audio can be
used profitably at any point of the course. The grammar review
audio summarizes the grammatical structures that you will
encounter in various dialogs.
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