Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish by Joseph J. Keenan
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Book Reviews of Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish
Book Review: a must-have, and a bargain
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had this book for several years now, and I can only echo what many other reviewers have already said:- I've read and re-read it. The pages will probably start falling out soon. In addition to being packed with info, it's just fun to read. I'd give it ten stars if I could.
- While it would be most useful to those with a grounding in Spanish, even beginners will enjoy reading it, and it'll always be there for future use. And even very fluent students will find useful stuff.
- It has the best explanation of the subjunctive I've seen.
- The only weakness is the lack of an index, making it hard to look up stuff you run across in the real world. (I only put this in the hope that the author may read this and fix it in another edition)
- Please, please, please write another one Joe!!!!
Book Review: Great advanced beginner's book that delivers on its promise!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a wonderful concise book for taking your ability to speak Spanish to a higher level quickly. This upward movement is usually painful and requires a tremendous amount of work. However, this book gives you what you need to know in a relatively painless manner.
You will about many common mistakes that non-native speakers make and correct them by following the well-organized, short lessons presented in the text. Specifically, you will overcome the bad habits that are holding you back and replace them with new ones that will boost you to the next level.
I own many Spanish books, software, audio tapes and CDs. This text is one of my top "must have" choices for moving forward quickly and enjoying the ride along the way!
Book Review: this book is awesome- essential reading
Summary: 5 Stars
The world really needs more writers like Joseph Keenan. I just returned from Mexico, studied spanish for three weeks in a school. Everything I read in this book worked, with pleasant results. People thought I was a lot more fluent than I really was, and I shined above other students at my own level from studying this book before I went. This book gives verb usages and phrases that you're not going to learn in the language class. It also helps you get around English verb/preposition concepts that don't have a direct translation in spanish, that's what you need to start thinking in your new language. If you want to learn spanish, you should study this book right along with your verb conjugations and grammar constructs. This book is totally useful.Book Review: Best Spanish Book!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book has a gold mine of great spanish to learn. I had read over 100 spanish books trying to learn spanish and was mostly disappointed with them all until I read this one. This book took me from a beginning intermediate level to an advanced level. My extended family only speaks spanish and after reading this book I was able to understand most of their jokes and carry on conversations with them with little stumbling. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is on an intermediate level and who is serious about becoming an advanced speaker. Also it's hard to find spanish books that focus on the spanish slang/phrases spoken in Mexico, but this one teaches a lot of phrases from Mexico, and includes other countries as well.Book Review: A very wise investment ...
Summary: 5 Stars
"Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish" is not so much a Spanish grammar book as much as a Spanish learners advice book. The author gives many invaluable secrets and hints to the Spanish leaner coming from a "gringo perspective". This book is invaluable to any Spanish learner especially to anyone who plans on working or studying in a Spanish country. I first read this book after I was living in Guatemala for 7 months and although I leaned a ton, in retrospect I wish I read the book 7 months earlier. I think that this book is a must have as a supplement to any Spanish classes or Spanish grammar one is using at any level of Spanish learning. Buying this book will save you many headaches and frustrations, a very wise investment ...