Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish: A Creative and Proven Approach

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DOUBLE ONLY L, R All other letters, such as “ss, pp, mm, nn, tt, ff” (except “1,” “r”), which are doubled in English, become single letters in Spanish. Andy Warhol, a painter and graphic artist, also produced a significant body of film work, including his famous Chelsea Girls.

Learn the basics of the Spanish language with this easy-to-use guide featuring original illustrations by Andy Warhol-from one of America's most prominent language teachers. I wish the Magic Key to French and German were still in print as I have made substanital progress with my Spanish using this book, the method obviously works. Some went more slowly than others, but in the end every student learned more Spanish for every hour that he spent with the book than he had thought possible in his fondest dreams.Andy Warhol was an accomplished advertising illustrator and graphic artist before he became well-known as a Pop artist and celebrity. Develop perfect pronunciation, thanks to a handy pronunciation keyWith original black and white illustration by Andy Warhol, Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish will provide readers with a solid foundation upon with to build their language skills. The motto of this book, if such there be, is "And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche" (Chaucer). Conjugations are introduced slowly, so the learner is not faced with table after table of conjugations in all forms. To being able to form sentences and make more sense of things in my head when it comes to forming sentences out loud.

One reviewer has said that the book is too long but I would temper that view with the knowledge that the increase in volume is actually due to these many examples of usage and word/phrase combination drills.I wasn’t going to give up because I had hopes that if I mentioned the problem in a review, the author would adjust the formatting and I could purchase it for my iOS devices. The odd person has tried to correct my "gracias" to "grathias" but, after a bit of interaction, they have realised that I am not being lazy or uneducated but, rather, speaking the South American flavour - and they can understand it perfectly well. It starts with a very positive introduction and goes on to explain that an English speaker already knows hundreds if not thousands of words in Spanish and it gives you the rules that unlock this 'magic key' to Spanish. Even the most reluctant learner will be astonished at the ease and effeciveness of Margarita Madrigal’s unique method of teaching a foreign language. As with all language learning resources, the effort exerted by the learner is the actual key to learning a foreign language to whatever level the learner feels that they want to achieve, but Madrigals Magic Keys To Spanish is an excellent starting point and gives a great deal of potential for quickly usable language from which the learner can then spring and delve into other resources and learning opportunities.

In this book I'm going to show you how easy it is to learn Spanish by showing you how much you already know.Some reviewers have pointed to the South American bias of this book as being a problem for anyone wishing to speak Spanish in mainland Spain but I have found no such issues in the dozen or so times that I have visited Spain.

If it has got a downside it would be the layout, which is now dated (it was written in the early 1950's with Andy Warhol as the illustrator). I had purchased this book for my other e-reader, but realized that it was difficult for me to read because of the formatting.

He was equally well known in the late sixties and early seventies as resident host at his studio, The Factory, where one could listen to Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground and rub elbows with Edie Sedgwick.