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Perfect Spanish with the Michel Thomas Method

Michel Thomas


CD
£70.83 + VAT

ISBN: 9781444133066
Published: 24/06/2011
Extent: 8 Hrs
Series: Michel Thomas Series


 
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Summary:
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Already completed Michel Thomas Total Spanish?

Take your Spanish to the next level with this acclaimed follow-on to the Michel Thomas Method Total Course.
No books. No writing. No memorizing.

- Guaranteed success. Speak and understand perfectly
- Incredible progress. Get what you want, fast
- Absolute confidence. Unleash your natural learning style without trying



The Method:

Stress-free audio learning
Michel Thomas teaches you through your own language, so there's no stress, and no anxiety. He builds it up, step by step, and you don't move on until you've absorbed and understood the previous point. And, as Michel Thomas said, 'What you understand, you know; and what you know, you don't forget.'
With parallels to the way you learned your own language, each language is learned in 'real-time' conditions. There is no need to stop for homework, additional exercises or vocabulary memorization.

A 'virtual' classroom
The classroom situation on the recording lets you learn with others. You enjoy their success, and you learn from their mistakes. The students on the recordings are not reading from scripts and they have received no additional instruction or preparation - just the guidance you hear on the recording. You, as the learner, become the third student and participate actively in the class.

There's no such thing as a poor student, only a poor teacher
This is an important part of the Michel Thomas Method. Full responsibility for your learning lies with the teacher, not with you, the pupil. This helps to ensure that you can relax and feel confident, allowing you to learn effectively.


Why it Works:

Learn another language the way you learned
your own
You learned your own language naturally and enjoyably: now you can learn Spanish in the same way. You'll stick with it because you'll love it. Use the unique method perfected over fifty years by the celebrated  psychologist and linguist Michel Thomas.

This method works with your brain, helping you to build up your Spanish i


  • Audio-led course which shows you how Spanish really works so you are fluent and confident in any situation - even if you don't know the exact word you need
  • New on-screen graphics to reinforce what you're learning as you listen
  • Extra vocabulary building help so you learn the techniques for learning new words and phrases and how to build on them
  • Flashcards, workbooks and interactive exercises to test yourself and measure your progress
  • Certificate of achievement awarded on completion of online self-assessment


Table of Contents:
Present tenses (including positioning of pronouns)
Imperative
Present Subjunctive
Conditional
Present Perfect
Past Simple
'could' and 'should'
Conditional Perfect
Imperfect; use of past tenses
Translation problems ('will you please', 'you don’t have to', ‘could’ in polite requests)
Past subjunctive
Review all tenses; ‘would have’, ‘could have’ etc.
Advice on refreshing and extending language skills and knowledge through reading


About the Author(s):
Michel Thomas (1914-2005) had an amazing life. Born in Poland, he spent his early years in Germany and then in France, where he studied psychology at the Sorbonne in Paris. When war broke out, he fought with the Resistance and suffered imprisonment in slave labour camps. At the end of the the war he joined the US liberation army and later settled in the US where he established his world-famous language school. For more than 50 years he taught languages to the rich and famous and was the world's most sought-after language teacher.


Readership:
independent learners


Reviews:

"I never thought I could learn Spanish, but using the Michel Thomas Method has made me realise there is hope..."

Bruce Parry

"The nearest thing to painless learning"

The Times

"A unique and perfectly brilliant way of learning languages"

Stephen Fry

"The most extraordinary experience of my life"

Emma Thompson

"Thomas makes it simple"

Sunday Times

"Works like a dream"

Daily Telegraph

"Michel Thomas is a precious find indeed"

The Guardian

"Five minutes in and you already feel like you're winning"

Time Out


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