Anna Rivera's 800 Plus Most Powerful Spanish Phrases

List Price: $4.99 Discount Price: $4.99

Customer Reviews:

Excellent product that will add lots of words to your vocabulary, and best of all, at a bargain price  [Posted on 2008-02-16]
I think this product is excellent, especially for just a few bucks. It is almost impossible to find a Spanish learning AUDIO product for under fourteen dollars. So at five bucks I must say this is truly a bargain. I know some people may be disappointed that they do not have enough time to repeat a line before the recorded speaker begins a new phrase. But if someone is using the product that way, I think that they are missing the boat on this one. This is not a self-study course. It is an audio phrase book designed to increase your vocabulary and improve your listening skills in Spanish.

If I had purchased a phrase book (with no audio) with 800 phrases for this price, it would have still been a bargain. But to also get an audio CD with it makes it an even greater bargain. I am also a Spanish instructor and the next time one of my students asks me how to increase their vocabulary, I am going to recommend Anna Rivera's product.

Not for the beginner! [Posted on 2008-03-29]
For the price, you can't beat it. I purchased both of her CDs.

But you better have a good understanding of Spanish (i.e., be comfortable speaking and listening). I would leave out the word "most powerful" in the title. It is sort of misleading, but I would still purchase it again.

I would have preferred to listen to Anna Rivera's voice.

Given little opportunity to learn due to speed of CD. [Posted on 2008-04-06]
If you're planning on learning Spanish from the tiny book, forget it.
The CD is spoken so rapidly that one does not have time to write the phrase down phonetically. It was a waste of money for me and I've had 12 semister hours of college Spanish.

Not good [Posted on 2008-05-14]
I purchased this to try and learn some basic Spanish because I have a trip to Mexico coming up. This is NOT a good program. I guess it assumes you know some Spanish, because it doesn't teach you what the words mean! And it goes fast. After many other purchases, I have now started the Rosetta Stone program, and it is by far the best and worth the investment.

Kinda Dry [Posted on 2008-07-30]
This would be a pretty good tool but it's hard to learn from.
I have the print and audio versions.
The format and information are both good, but for me it is like reading a dictionary... you read and understand it, see how the info is useful, but in the end it is hard to retain.

Probably great as a supplement to formal coursework, but on its own it collects dust on my shelf (or in my computer).

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