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| Trato hecho: Spanish for Real Life (clothbound) (3rd Edition) | 
 enlarge | Authors: John T. Mcminn, Nuria Alonso Garcia
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Category: Book
List Price: $105.33
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (10 reviews)
Sales Rank: 680892
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 3
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 456
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.6
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8 x 0.8
ISBN: 0131914081
Dewey Decimal Number: 468.2421
EAN: 9780131914087
ASIN: 0131914081
Publication Date: January 9, 2005
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Product Description
Trato hecho! is a ?hands-on?, modular beginning to Spanish which stresses the features of Spanish needed for everyday communication and applies them immediately to realistic settings around the world. Trato hecho! builds proficiency in and appreciation for the Spanish language, develops readers understanding of Hispanic cultures and their growing importance in the world and provides contexts that reinforce the usefulness of Spanish in today's economy, particularly in North America. The modular structure allows readers to test their abilities and apply new material in one module before continuing to the next. The book uses classroom, home, bank, hospital, restaurant, airport, shopping and leisure activity settings to bring the reader into direct contact with Spanish as it is used in everyday living lending itself to immediate ?real world usage?. Fun, interactive exercises and activities based on real world scenarios disguise boring drills and structured and mechanical practice in natural, fun activities based on real world situations. Useful integration of photos and illustrations provide instant visual cues for learning and remembering material. Basic vocabulary and grammar from the United States and Spanish-speaking countries. Legal assistants, medical personnel and administrators, travel agents or anyone who comes in contact with or needs to learn Spanish for their job.
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 Completely useless for learning Spanish October 24, 2008
Everything about this book seems designed to keep its readers from learning anything about Spanish. There are plenty of lovely blurbs about Venezuelan and Salvadoran culture, but the book is noticeably absent of any sort of discernible structure. The chapters and "temas" jump around from nouns to verbs to adjectives and back again without any cohesion whatsoever. If you miss a single class, forget about being able to keep up using the book alone. If you're using the outrageously overpriced online companion to the book, "Quia," be prepared to spend more navigating the ridiculously confusing website than actually learning Spanish. Avoid taking a class that uses this book at all costs.
 My Favorite Book for Learning Spanish April 11, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I used this book this spring in an online continuing education course. I feel that this book is good for self-motivated students that have some prior Spanish. It could also serve as a intensive refresher course.
In my opinion, the book is really enjoyable to work with. The pages are loaded with colorful drawings and photos. The book has grammar explanations that are simple and easy to follow. I also like how the book has pages with plenty of white space to jot down personal notes.
This book has a total of twelve chapters with five themes developed in each chapter. At the end of each chapter there are about eight pages of additional information on various topics concerning cultural, travel, history, politics, and other matters of general interest. When I used this book, I set aside about one to two hours a day for study. I tried to complete one thematic unit each day. I finished studying the book in twelve weeks.
This book has a companion website. The companion website provides audio for all the dialogues and vocabulary words in the book. In addition, the companion web site supports the book with vocabulary and grammar exercises, electronic flashcards, and a soccer game.
The back cover of the book gives a list of additional student resources that can be purchased separately such as an activities manual, answer key, audio CDs, and other online resources. Most people will not feel a need for these additional resources; however, I recommend purchasing the Student Video CD-ROM. The video CD features about 25 Spanish speakers from all parts of the world.
There is really nothing that I can say bad about this book. I highly recommend it!
Trato hecho : Spanish for Real Life (clothbound) (3rd Edition) by John McMinn [Hardcover] September 30, 2005
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
very timely and book in very good condition
A great book to learn Spanish! March 11, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am using this book in an adult Spanish class, and I can not believe how quickly I have picked up conversational Spanish. I walked into the class knowing only the words enchilada and taco. Last week I had a conversation in Spanish with some of my neighbors!! I was thrilled(!) I have been a teacher for four decades, and have seen many textbooks. The book does a really good job of presenting material in an organized fashion. The chapters build upon the material presented in previous lessons, and there is a great deal of conversational practice built into it. Related vocabulary is presented in units (classroom vocabulary, home vocabulary, shopping vocabulary) following along with the lives of the persons introduced at the start of the book. It really helps to learn and speak the vocabulary in context like this. I recommend getting the audio CD along with it. There is also a workbook with more exercises, although I have not used that. I have an audio CD of the vocabulary words. I practice saying the vocabulary words at least an hour a week, while I am cleaning the house. I also spend about 1 to 2 hours a week studying the material. During this time I first do the exercises in the book, and then I make new questions and answers using the words and sentences, and practice saying those. I attend two one-hour classes a week. The teacher presents the material in the book, and we spend at least half of the time practicing talking using the material in the chapter. In summary, this is a great book if you are willing to put in the time to learn the material. You really must master one chapter before moving onto the next, and you must go beyond just doing the exercises. Creating and practicing your own sentences really helps to develop your conversational skills.
Perfect April 7, 2001
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I'm bilingual, and teaching children. This book is GOOD!
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