Product Description

A long-time favorite of instructors desiring a four-skills approach in a briefer book, ¿Que tal? combines a broad variety of materials and activities, exceptionally clear grammar presentations and consistent organization. The popular four-part chapter structure helps students manage the material without being overwhelmed and makes lesson-planning easier for instructors.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #367364 in Books
• Published on: 2002-07-18
• Original language: Spanish
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 512 pages

Language Notes
Text: English, Spanish

About the Author
Alice A. Arana is an instructor in Spanish at Fullerton College. She received her M.A.T. from Yale University and her Certificate of Spanish Studies from the University of Madrid. Professor Arana taught Spanish at the elementary an high school levels, and has taught methodology at several NDEA summer institutes. She is coauthor of the first edition of A-LM Spanish, of Reading for Meaning-Spanish, and of several elementary school guides for the teaching of Spanish. In 1992, Professor Arana was named Staff Member of Distinction of Fullerton College, and was subsequently chosen as the 1993 nominee from Fullerton College for Teacher of the Year. She is currently serving as Academic Senate President.

Oswaldo Arana is Professor of Spanish, Emeritus, at California State University, Fullerton, where he has taught Spanish American culture and literature. He received his Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of Colorado. Professor Arana has taught at the University of Colorado, the University of Florida (Gainesville), and at several NDEA summer institutes. He served as a language consultant for the first edition of A-LM Spanish, and is coauthor of Reading for Meaning-Spanish and of several articles on Spanish American narrative prose.

María Sabló-Yates is a native of Panama. She holds a B.A. and an M.A. from the University of Washington(Seattle). She has taught at the University of Washington and Central Michigan University (Mt. Pleasant, Michigan), and is currently an instructor at Delta College (University Center, Michigan). She is the author of previous editions of the Puntos de partida Labroatory Manual, and of the first through fourth editions of the Laboratory Manual to accompany, ¿Qué tal? An Introductory Course.

Customer Reviews

Don't get this unless you are stuck buying only this.
This only gets one star, at best.

Book starts in the middle of nowhere and wanders all over the place. It's like trying to paint a house following a fly from room to room with a roller and a can of paint.

The publisher does a better job selling, and over-selling, the book and supplies than supporting (much less explaining) the CDs and Videos that can be purchased.

If you can find a simplier book, get it. This will work, but you'll have to wade through small print, "cute" articles, and silly exercises to get to the meat of the matter - learning Spanish.

I had to buy this for a continuing education class, but I have an old set of books and LPs that I really learned from to pass the course.

Any language course that "sells" you on learning "with your computer" was probably designed by people who think the computers on Star Trek really talked....

A major timewaster - only get this if you are forced
If your class forces you to get this, throw away some money and do it, but don't expect any efficiency from its use. Instead, haplessly spend your time paging back and forth looking for crumbs of information. This book was obviously designed to sell, not to help anyone learn Spanish. I have to use it for a class but find myself doing all my practical learning out of other books, just to get by. This one is a time-wasting, scattered, incomplete mess. The CDs only make it worse.

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