I bought this text in order to prep me for some college-level Spanish courses. It has been very useful. There are a lot of group activities in the text which I haven't been doing with other people per se. My main focus has been learning to read and comprehend written Spanish, and the text has been a great aid. I recommend using a Spanish-to-English, English-to-Spanish dictionary on top of the text, though.
This intro-level Spanish textbook is about $200 new. The textbook offers nothing new. A new book is bundled with a web package that is extremely cumbersome and hard to navigate. (The online access as of 10/5/07 is $37.25 if you decide to buy a used book). My advice (if you can) is to not buy this book. If you have to, try to get a used book, and buy the online access.
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