Maximum Spanish

by Living Language

Maximum Spanish provides you with all the tools you need to maximize your Spanish learning experience. Whether you’ve picked up this course without any knowledge of Spanish or you’re looking for a review, Maximum Spanish will help you tackle grammar, vocabulary, conversation, and comprehension from all angles, to allow you to become a confident speaker of Spanish.

The Maximum Spanish package includes:

•3 books — Beginner Spanish, Intermediate Spanish, and an Spanish Learner’s Dictionary
•7 audio CDs
•1 bonus CD-ROM featuring vocabulary flashcards
•1 free 6-month pass to Living Language Spanish Online Level 1 (access to free online lessons available to U.S. residents only)

400 pages, Audio CD

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Monica Neth · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was okay. I got it from the library, it contains 3 books, that I thought were beginner, intermediate, and advanced Spanish guides/textbooks, but it was just beginner and intermediate the third was a dictionary which I already have at home. I didn't use any of the 7 CD's, so I can't accurately review those. I know that my Spanish level is currently somewhere between A2 and B1 and I thought this would help me advance to a higher level, but when it says intermediate it clearly doesn't align with the CEFR levels. I skimmed the beginner book, and found that I knew all of it. I completed the intermediate book in about 3 days because I knew all, but about 8 words, there were like 3 sentence structures I either haven't encountered yet or haven't been solidified in my memory yet, and the cultural info was interesting, but overall this didn't really help me. If I was beginning with the language it might have helped, but honestly I think most of this could be covered by about 5 - 30 minute youtube video lessons and it might stick easier that way that's what I'm doing with starting Tagalog. I originally got started on duolingo with Spanish when they still had the language tree and stopped using it when they changed to the path set up, but by then I was in their unit 3 and was able to start reading books in spanish that were meant for kids and watching kids shows. For anyone who already has some basic grasp of the language I don't think this would be helpful at all, but for complete beginners try it, I guess.