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Alan McMurphy is not a professional educator, let alone a trained language teacher. As a hobby and public service, he and his wife have put together a package of materials to help you learn Spanish. The problem is that while you can learn some Spanish from these materials, from a professional point of view these books are pitiful. I truly wonder who the 4 and 5 star Amazon reviewers are.

The "Learn Spanish" book is a collection of web links tied together by short narrative passages explaining how Spanish works and then sending you to outside websites to learn. The whole thing is only about 25 pages. Mr. McMurphy's English grammar is faulty and the information on the structure of Spanish can be found free in innumerable other places.

The "Spanish Vocabulary" book is even worse. It starts like any other language book with the alphabet and pronouns (listing but not explaining the very important formal pronouns). The problems with typos and missing information continues. Then Mr. McMurphy moves on to verbs. He mentions that verb conjugation exists, then presents a longish list of common verbs, all in the infinitive. He gives no instruction or information at all on conjugation, and then leaves verbs and moves on to another topic. The remainder of the book is short vocab lists like colors, telling time and other stuff. The lists are ridiculously short – 10 fruits and 10 vegetables, for example.

Do not waste your money on this book, instead buy books put together by professionals and tested over time. If you want to study Spanish or other languages, or a pick up quick tourist phrase book, you can't go wrong with language books by Barrons. They are the ones I use when I tackle a new language. I love their IDIOMS series.

I received a review copy of "Spanish: Spanish Vocabulary - Maximize Your Spanish Learning - Everyday Spanish Words And Phrases Plus Practice Exercises (NOW WITH FREE GIFT INSIDE) ... Spanish Learning, Italian, French, German)" by Alan McMurphy (Amazon Digital Services).

The review copy I received was not an ARC but was a download of the package that is being sold by Amazon, complete with typos and incredibly bad grammar.

The Free Gift in the package is a scam for Mr. McMurphy to get your email address. Give him your info and he'll send you something called: "Twenty Tips To Help You Become In A Polyglot". I kid you not, that is the title.
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Dokfintong | Nov 8, 2015 |
(I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a review)
The Spanish Box Set is a quick and easy way to learn Spanish. It includes all of the fundamentals of the language and is an excellent introduction. I recommend this set to anyone who wants a simple introduction to the basics of the Spanish language.
 
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Eren-Holmes | Oct 29, 2015 |
(I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a review)
The Spanish Box Set is a quick and easy way to learn Spanish. It includes all of the fundamentals of the language and is an excellent introduction. I recommend this set to anyone who wants a simple introduction to the basics of the Spanish language.
 
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Eren-Holmes | Oct 25, 2015 |
This book does a great job of explaining how to learn Spanish and how it is similar and different from English. This includes sentence structure and how combining words creates the vocabulary you are looking for. the second part gives a very extensive vocabulary list that you can go through to memorize basic works. By the time you finish this set of books, you should have a great grasp on the Spanish language.
 
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spacechick365 | Oct 19, 2015 |

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