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The Ultimate Spanish Review & Practice (2CDs + Guide) (Uitimate Review and Reference Series)
by Ronni L Gordon, David M Stillman
from McGraw-Hill
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 
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Not bad 
The book isn't bad. The layout and format are pretty user friendly and the exercises are fairly useful. The occasional exercise does not correlate to what is being learned, but it is still somewhat useful. My main complaint is that the CD-ROM that came with the book does not support Apple OS
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Superb Grammar Drill - Very Effective Product 
Seeing some of the negative reviews of this product have prompted me to post this, as I could not disagree more. Of all the audio products I have used (and I have tried about six of them) this little set taught me more Spanish than the others combined. Moreover, its Spanish speakers are by far the best I have heard in all of these products. The only drawback is that there is no sequel I can use to continue the experience.
Yes, the sound quality is uneven and not quite up to the high expectations of... more info
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an effort to listen 
This might have been a good CD set. At least the corresponding book is good, as far as I can tell. But the sound on the CD's is such that I have trouble recognizing familar Spanish words. Unfamilar words are beyond my hope for recognition. Listening has the general effect of trying to read words printed in runny ink. Oddly, the English-speaking announcer is relatively clear. It is possible that this recording was done on very old equipment. It is also possible that a sound engineer turned the bass way up... more info
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Combination with its textbook, OK 
One star minus for the level of the materials covered in these CDs: they are rather lower. Another star minus for its monotonous exercises.
There are two approximately 45-minute CDs in the package and the transcript. In the audio recordings, you will here a lot of grammar exercises, but there isn't, as far as I know, any grammatical explanations. So, I found it would be a good idea to use these CDs combination with the book, which is sold separately. Maybe it's a good idea to read the chapter in the... more info
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