Next Steps in Spanish with Paul Noble — Complete Course

by Paul Noble

No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure.

Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by almost a million people to speak fluently and confidently in no time at all.

This course covers European and Latin American Spanish.

Take your Spanish to the next level with Paul Noble's simple, relaxed approach to learning that has been proven to succeed every time. Unlike more traditional language learning courses, Paul Noble’s unique method has no grammar tests, no memory drills and no chance of failure. Just listen, interact and learn wherever you are.

In this audiobook, Paul will help you build on your existing Spanish knowledge and give you the confidence to independently construct sentences and speak Spanish fluently in a variety of scenarios. Language learning has finally become quick, easy and effortless.

This 7 hour course also includes a handy downloadable booklet to help reinforce your learning. The accompanying booklet is available collinsdictionary.com/resources

Next Steps is an intermediate course, for non-beginners, which follows on from the Learn Spanish with Paul Noble for Beginners – Complete Course.

PLEASE When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

Genres: Spanish Literature, Language, Audiobook, Nonfiction

8 pages, Audiobook

Published January 10, 2019

Reviews

[Jonathan O'Neill · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 ⭐

This is the follow-up to ’Learn Spanish with Paul Noble'. You can expect much the same format as the first course here only with the focus being, for the most part, on the Imperfect indicative, preterit and future tenses rather than the present indicative.

Preterit (being the simple past) and future are pretty self-explanatory but the Imperfect, which has multiple uses, is used here predominantly in its facility for describing a habitual action in the past (eg.Cuando vivíamos en California, escondiamos los cuerpos debajo del puente Golden Gate - When We used to live in California, we would hide the bodies beneath the Golden Gate Bridge.) and occasionally to describe an action that was going on in the past when another action took place (eg. Ron Burgundy hablaba con el hombre malo cuando el hombre pateó al perro de Ron del puente - Ron Burgundy was speaking with the bad man when the man kicked Ron’s dog off the bridge.)

On top of the new conjugations you’ll also learn some useful constructs like “Tener miedo a/de (to be scared to/of), Tener ganas de (To feel like something), a few conjugations of necesitar (to need) and odiar (to hate) and a bit more work on por vs. Para (the two different words for ‘for’) and so on.

So, verb-wise, after the 2 courses you’re about a quarter of the way through the different conjugations which, in my estimate, still leaves you at a mid-late beginner level. Grammar-wise, in general, you’ve hardly skimmed the surface and still need to get yourself a good theory book (or go to Studyspanish.com) urgently! That’s 2 audible credits or the equivalent of $50au (non-member price) for very modest progress. On top of that this course is priced very similarly to the first, which was approximately 5 hours longer (nearly twice the length). Value for money? I think not. I might’ve judged less harshly if both courses were sold together as a 20hr ‘Beginner’s’ course but, as they are, no valen el precio!

Brand new to the language? You’re better off listening to ‘Coffee Break Spanish’, ‘Showtime Spanish’ and then ‘Notes in Spanish’, in that order, while getting on StudySpanish.com or finding a good alternative source for Theory. I haven’t been on the site for a while but you used to be able to just copy/print all the theory at no charge. I used to listen to and transcribe everything of importance from the Coffee Break Spanish podcast too but that’s a young man’s game. A young man with too much time on his hands and a beautiful Venezuelan girl to impress!

Thanks for reading! Have a great weekend!

Or in Spanish:

Gracias por oler mis calcetines! He secuestrado a tu gatito!

[Chloë ☾ ⋆* · Rating 5 out of 5]

finalmente terminé el segundo libro! y fue excelente :) creo que estoy lista para mis vacaciones en España pronto

[Mike Oksenenko · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best learning order:

1) Spanish for Kids with Paul Noble
2) Essential Spanish in 2 Hours with Paul Noble
3) Learn Spanish with Paul Noble – Complete Course
4) Next Steps in Spanish with Paul Noble — Complete Course

[Kathy Thelen · Rating 4 out of 5]

pretty good but todavia no hablo espanol. adelante!

[Grace B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Once again, I love this approach and I'd recommend Paul Noble's courses anytime! The only issue I had with this particular one is the editing - in the review part at the end of the book, they didn't leave enough pause so you could answer. You just have to speak with lightning speed. That makes it impossible (for me) to use this section. Other than this, I think it was great.

[Roslyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Third listen: April 2024

[Andy · Rating 5 out of 5]

(Audibook) Once again, a really useful book. I've been learning for over a year now, so not too much in this book was new to me, but the repetition is very handy and Paul has a way of simplifying things. For example, the different past tenses seem to have many rules, Paul gives a good understanding of one by making it simply '...used to...' and it's landed much better than other methods that other platforms have tried with me.

[Jonathan Brandzen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sometimes slow between repetitions but I liked that they featured male and female speakers. Seemed geared more toward beginners with some familiarity of the language/lower-intermediates. Helpful phrases to be sure.

[Shà · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting

[Jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a great series!! I found it so helpful. I would definitely recommend to anyone wanting to learn a language.

[Vipin Ajayakumar · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish there was one more in the series! 🙁

[Liam Huntley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent for slowly expanding vocabulary and practicing verbs in different tenses.

[Parker Denning · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extremely helpful and provides excellent information with very practical use.

[Peter Adams · Rating 4 out of 5]

recommended to anyone learning spanish

[Christy Stef · Rating 3 out of 5]

The repetitiveness helps build confidence in speaking, and the grammar builds as it goes and also has a great review at the end. The silence for answering is a bit long.

[Enda Hackett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great follow on from.the first series.

[James Forster · Rating 4 out of 5]

Este libro me ayudó mucho - muchas gracias Paul.

I have really enjoyed both books via Audible. It has helped me a lot and I recommend Paul's teaching methods/audio books to anyone learning Spanish! It is helpful having the two native speakers (one from Latin America and one from Spain) and it is at a good pace.

I need another installment now!