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

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This Spanish textbook for beginners contains 45 lessons where you can find examples, activities and explanations related to grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. Additionally, after the last lesson, the book contains a section with common expressions and vocabulary that you learned. Since discovering Lingua Latina, I have been on a quest. I have been looking for similar books for Spanish, French, Italian, Greek, and German. Many language books get hung up on every tiny grammatical point. (I am looking at you, Latin books). That isn’t helpful. Imagine telling driver’s education students they would not be allowed to drive until they could label every single part of a car. Every part. The steering wheel, the gas pedal, the trunk, the hubcaps, the carburetor, the pistons, the crankshaft, the rear-wheel differential… and, at this point I no longer know what I am talking about. As I mentioned before, this Spanish textbook is written in English. But the Spanish vocabulary and examples are presented in standard Spanish that you can use in different countries. Many Spanish students have pointed out that the digital version contains some spelling mistakes that can confuse you. You can also find some formatting and design issues that can make your learning experience less pleasant.

This book does not have any listening exercises and it offers very few cultural notes, as many Spanish course books usually tend to provide. The book is simply a straight forward grammar book with several “short cuts” to learning some of the most important Spanish grammar points. This book is specifically aimed at the independent learner and there is no need to rely on a teacher or tutor since every chapter is extremely detailed and a number of examples are provided. Once you have learned the required information, you’ll have examples so you can actually see how these concepts are applied. Then, there will be some exercises that you need to complete to reinforce what you just learned. I don’t feel that way now. I am planning to read it again. I am also planning to incorporate it into any Spanish classes I teach. That being true, I imagine I will read it again and again and again. Would I read it again? I have already incorporated it into my live Spanish classes. I will be reading it again and again. Without a doubt, this book is a perfect way to start learning Spanish. However, at some point, you may need to add more grammar structures and elements that are not mentioned in the book. If you want to reinforce your Spanish knowledge, there are other Spanish textbooks for beginners that you could try. ConclusionWould I recommend it? Without hesitation. If you are learning Spanish, learn the grammar from Madrigal’s Magic Key to Spanish. One important thing that I have to mention is that Madrigal’s Magic Key to Spanish follows its own method. This means that you won’t find the usual structure or organization that you may be used to seeing in most language textbooks. In other words, the author starts by teaching grammatical structures that will allow you to communicate better and faster in Spanish. The explanations from this book are easy to understand and simple to understand. In general, all the information provided in this book should be enough for you to learn the concepts presented. Honestly, I think I’d be closer to fluency in Spanish if someone had told me about this book years ago. Margarita Madrigal has done the same thing in Madrigal’s Magic Key to Spanish. She has explained Spanish grammar using the most simple explanations I have ever encountered in a Spanish book. If her book included a novel, I’d be just as excited about it.

It’s fair to say that the author is from Costa Rica. As a result, some of the vocabulary and expressions may have a small influence of Latin American Spanish. Then, I found Lingua Latina by Hans Ørberg. I have written about this book many times. Here is one of my posts on it: https://dwanethomas.com/a-16-year-old-reads-new-testament-latin-after-3-semesters/ Madrigal’s Magic Key to Spanish does not make this mistake. The book focuses on the grammar you need. The grammar you are actually going to use.

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Anyone can read, write, and speak Spanish in only a few short weeks with this unique and proven method, which completely eliminates rote memorization and boring drills." Margarita Madrigal (Author) The point is, you do not need to know the name and function of each and every car part to drive a car. You only need to know some basics. And, you need to know how to drive a car. You can find Madrigal’s Magic Key to Spanish in a printed or digital version. Although it’s up to your personal preference, I recommend you to get the printed version. That way you can use the book as a workbook and be able to write your answers right there. Madrigal’s Magic Key to Spanish treats Spanish the way we treat cars. I am sure there are grammatical points the author left out. That’s fine. You don’t need to know each and every grammar point to speak a language. In fact, after studying Latin for over 20 years, I would be willing to bet that memorizing each and every grammar point actually slows you down and KEEPS you from speaking the language. All the exercises focused on your written, pronunciation and reading skills. Since there’s no listening exercises, you’ll need to train these skills with other resources.