Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish: A Creative and Proven Approach

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You should focus on the past and the future tense because that’s what you use most of the time when you’re talking to somebody.

As with all language learning resources, the effort exerted by the learner is the actual key to learning a foreign language to whatever level the learner feels that they want to achieve, but Madrigals Magic Keys To Spanish is an excellent starting point and gives a great deal of potential for quickly usable language from which the learner can then spring and delve into other resources and learning opportunities. One reviewer has said that the book is too long but I would temper that view with the knowledge that the increase in volume is actually due to these many examples of usage and word/phrase combination drills. Once you understand how to pronounce the letters in the alphabet, you’ll know how to say the words that you’re reading in Spanish. In fact, the learner is introduced to the singular forms of only the first person and third person for a good portion of the book.The concepts in the book are so easy to digest, even if you’re just getting started because the author has put a ton of thought into how to get beginners to grasp the basics in a short amount of time. If you are starting out speaking Spanish this is a wonderful start it may be difficult if you’re entirely new to Spanish and don’t know the basic words like Hola, tardes or esta, mañana, etcBut it’s still a great book to have to read whilst learning Spanish in other ways…Don’t hesitate with this one! She later was employed as a tutor for the FBI, The Rockefeller Institute, Time Life International, and other important political and military figures of her time. DOUBLE ONLY L, R All other letters, such as “ss, pp, mm, nn, tt, ff” (except “1,” “r”), which are doubled in English, become single letters in Spanish. There is a method provided in this book that helps the learner to understand WHY it is spoken in this way, for instance, the work Tome, meaning to take but in Spanish it means to eat or drink something so instead of saying “I ate a sandwich” one would say “I took the sandwich” give or take (forgive me if that’s not 100% I’m still learning”I’m the kind of learner that needs to know the why behind the action/words and this book is amazing when it comes to that.

J'aimerais tellement que plus de livres soit structuré de la même façon, cela permettrait aux autres d'apprendre plus rapidement et sans se décourager. It starts with a very positive introduction and goes on to explain that an English speaker already knows hundreds if not thousands of words in Spanish and it gives you the rules that unlock this 'magic key' to Spanish.If it has got a downside it would be the layout, which is now dated (it was written in the early 1950's with Andy Warhol as the illustrator). Another important concept the book highlights is that beginners shouldn’t be learning the present tense first in Spanish. If you are a beginner at Spanish, let me tell you right now you already know hundreds of words in Spanish. Explanations are good, though the author does not point out differences in pronunciation between European and American Spanish like the author Eric Vogt does. It helped me get a solid foundation for Spanish early on, so I highly recommended this book if you’re new to Spanish.