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Puntos de partida: An Invitation to Spanish Student Edition w/ Online Learning Center Bind-in card, 7th Edition | 
| Authors: Marty Knorre, Thalia Dorwick, Ana Mara Prez-girons, William R. Glass, Hildebrando Villarreal
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Category: Book
Buy New: $111.80
Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 36802
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 7
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 688
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.2
Dimensions (in): 10.5 x 8.5 x 1.2
ISBN: 0072956445
Dewey Decimal Number: 468
EAN: 9780072956443
Publication Date: January 26, 2004
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Product Description
As the best-selling introductory Spanish textbook in the United States, Puntos de partida has long been a favorite of instructors across the country. For this new edition, the authors and editors of Puntos have turned to those very instructors to help formulate a plan that would respond to the needs of a changing discipline. We reached out to more than 160 students and instructors across the country, and the result is a thoroughly revised edition both in appearance and content. Puntos continues to provide the solid foundation in communicative language development that has become its hallmark. At the same time, instructor and student feedback have guided the development of the seventh edition in ways that enrich this foundation even more, and also bring to the materials a number of other important and exciting changes. .
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 For the serious student only August 30, 2005
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
If you really want to learn Spanish, and if you are willing to work hard, this series of books is an excellent choice. It starts with the assumption that you have a brain and moves quickly on. I had four college courses plus three weeks of intensive one-on-one tutoring in Central America, but it wasn't until I completed this course that I learned the language. I now teach Spanish in a local school and recommend this program to all my students.
Beginners Beware February 7, 2006
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I'm finishing up my second quarter of college-level study with this book after taking four years of high school French and, I have to say, the book is designed more for those with some background in the language.
You're not going to be able to pick this book up and teach yourself effectively; you need a professor/teacher filling in the gaps that the book assumes you'd know from past language study.
I found this aspect frustrating because I've had some mediocre professors and found that I can't just look to the book for answers.
Otherwise, the book is interesting and relatively entertaining with cultural highlights, recipes and scripts to go along with videos. Though it did seem overwhelming sometimes, to look at a page of text, vocabulary and grammar that (sometimes) seemed to have nothing to do with each other.
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creates a context for learning the language July 21, 2005
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I'm only on chapter 4 at this point, but it seems like a good textbook. It is very colorful and entertaining. The topics in each chapter are repeated in many exercises from different contextual angles, which keeps it fresh and makes it more effective. Additionally, you can register your book online and access even more practice material. I think this is a good book for a serious student who wants to learn to speak spanish.
Solid Introductory Text March 31, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Knowing only English and French before beginning a course with this textbook, I have found it to give excellent coverage of major basics. The grammar is introduced in a logical fashion, with the present tense receiving extensive coverage before the introduction of past tenses. The vocabulary also reflects a nice blend of what one might reasonably see in real conversation. The brief culture notes are also informative and help one to get a sense of hispanic world; they are even in Spanish as the book progresses, giving good reading practice.
My major complaint with the book is that it is too full of pictures. Some of the vocabulary is difficult to decipher because no English equivalent is given, just a picture. In addition, the text has a disorganized feel owing to the large number of pictures and sidebars.
Overall, this is a solid choice of textbook for a course, but I would not recommend it for self-study.
 Traditional grammar-based text September 8, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am a Spanish instructor and find this book to be terribly outdated and traditional. It is poorly organized and doesn't promote real communication in the target language. I also find the vocabulary to be incredibly poor for a college-level text.
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