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Learn in Your Car: Complete Language Course: Spanish | 
 enlarge | Authors: Henry N. Raymond, Oscar M. Ramirez
Publisher: Penton Overseas
Category: Book
List Price: $39.95
Buy New: $14.00
You Save: $25.95 (65%)
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Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 491586
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Cas/Bklt
Number Of Items: 6
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 9.3 x 1.4
ISBN: 1560151412
Dewey Decimal Number: 468.2421
EAN: 9781560151418
ASIN: 1560151412
Publication Date: June 1993
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Amazon.com Review
Look ma, no textbooks! The Learn in Your Car series treats you like a child--in the best possible way--starting with one-word phrases ("please," "good-by"), counting exercises, and simple nouns ("bus," "train") designed to imitate a child's learning process. First you hear the words in English, then they are repeated slowly in clear, unaccented pronunciations. The method is extremely effective for those who don't know a thing, or for those who want to brush up by testing themselves when the English words are spoken. The tapes emphasize the building blocks of communicating in a foreign country rather than rote phrases that only apply on the tape and not in real-life exchanges. Level 1 painlessly covers basic verb forms, essential prepositions, near future and past tenses, as well as shopping, hotel reservations, and other travel-related situations. The series includes French, German, Italian, Russian, Japanese, and Spanish in three levels that can be purchased individually or in boxed sets. Each individual level contains two 90-minute cassettes (or CDs) and an accompanying booklet (not for use behind the wheel) with helpful explanations and scripts for the lessons.
Product Description
Six 90-minutes cassettes plus a full text listening guide. Level 1: Introduction to key words, numbers, phrases, sentence structure, and basic grammar. Level 2: More challenging vocabulary, grammar, and complex sentences generate confidence in your ability to comprehend and converse. Level 3: Expanded vocabulary, advanced grammar and complex sentences to expand your conversational skills.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 21 more reviews...
 Which is Better? Behind the Wheel Spanish or Learn In Your Car? October 11, 2008
Claudia Freeman (Seattle, WA)
Alright. Which is better? Behind the Wheel Spanish Behind the Wheel - Spanish 1 (Behind the Wheel) or Learn in Your Car??
The titles sound similar, but the courses are quite different.
I have both and have benefited from both. Of the two, I much prefer Behind the Wheel Spanish. My reasons for this follow:
1. Behind the Wheel Spanish is a much less rigid and more intuitive type of course where you are allowed the freedom to create your own sentences on the first CD and beyond. While Learn in Your Car is great for vocabulary, there is no such feature included.
2. Learn in Your Car uses a 'non-interview' instructional type format which is somewhat reminiscent of your high school language class days. Very structured and a bit geekish.
Behind the Wheel has an English speaking teacher with great native speakers that sort of stroll you through the language. You really never feel like you are in a class, but you are always learning to speak.
3. While I use both courses, I always walk away from even a short session with Behind the Wheel knowing how to say and understand more immediately after my lesson, whereas with Learn in Your Car, the material does not 'stick with me' nearly as fast or as easily.
4. Behind the Wheel has taught me some certifiably cool idioms like 'Me costo un ojo de la cara' or 'It cost me an eye out of my face' that all the native Spanish speakers with whom I have spoken have instantly understood. They nearly embrace me when I use these little 'gems'.
Once again, Learn in Your Car doesn't have any of this stuff.
Conclusion: Buy and use both courses, especially if you like variety.
If you only have enough money for one, then by all means purchase Behind the Wheel first. The advantage to using both is that the more rigid structure of Learn in Your Car can be a refreshing (albeit much less effective) change to Behind the Wheel.
 Do Not Purchase November 30, 2006
James R. Lake
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is not a tutorial at all. This is just 2 people saying words in English and Spanish. This is horrible for someone who doesn't know Spanish at all. I am highly disappointed in this product.
Save your money! April 8, 2006
Geri Walsh (New York)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is probably the worst set of tapes I have ever listened to. It's no more than a list of words on one set of tapes and some verb conjugations on the other set. While I couldn't bring myself to complete the tapes they were so boring, I don't think they ever used the words in context. I bought the advanced level and it was anything but that. At least a third of the vocabulary were cognates that any beginner or intermediate student would recognize anyway. This is a huge waste of anyone's money.
I ordered CDs, not tapes!!! March 4, 2006
Andrei Volodin (SK Canada)
Dear Amazon.com:
When I ordered this item, I was sure that I will receive it on CDs, while I received it on tape. Unofrtunately, my car does not have tape recorder, so the item is useles. What could you recommend me to do?
Andrei
Waste of money December 15, 2005
john dalton
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a tourist conversation guide , not a learning tool.
Who really wants to know how to say " when is the next train to madrid ?" or "Can i get two tickets to Mexico", no fundamental apporach.
waste of money. And the tapes moves on so fast.. You cant even get it right , unless you rewind it..
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