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SPANISH

Hodder Arnold

A MEMBER OF THE HODDER HEADLINE GROUP

ADVANCED

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Michel Thomas, 1914–2005

Michel Thomas, the internationally renowned

linguist and language teacher, who was recently

awarded the Silver Star by the US Army for his bravery

in the Second World War, died of heart failure at his

home in New York on 8th January. He was 90.

To find out more, please get in touch with us

For general enquiries and for information on Michel Thomas:

Call: 020 7873 6400 Fax: 020 7873 6325

Email: michelthomas-enquiries@hodder.co.uk

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Call: 01235 400414

Fax: 01235 400454

Email: uk.orders@bookpoint.co.uk

www.michelthomas.co.uk

You can write to us at:

Hodder Arnold, 338 Euston Road, London NW1 3BH

Visit our form at:

www.michelthomas.co.uk

Unauthorized copying of this booklet or the accompanying audio material is

prohibited, and may amount to a criminal offence punishable by a fine and/or

imprisonment.

First published in UK 2004 by Hodder Headline, an Hachette Livre UK Company, 338 Euston Road, London NW1 3BH.

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Year

2010 2009 2008 2007

ISBNs

978 0 340 93899 7, 978 0 340 93903 1

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Introduction

Anyone can learn a

language with

Michel Thomas!

The amazing teaching method of

the world’s greatest language teacher,

Michel Thomas, is now available to

everyone, not just the rich and famous.

These all-audio courses, published by

Hodder Arnold, provide an

accelerated method for language

learning that is truly revolutionary.

And they promise a remarkable

educational experience that will

make your learning both

exciting and pleasurable.

No books, no pens, no

homework, no memorizing –

just sit back and let the most

sought-after language teacher in

the world be your guide. In a matter

of hours, you will find yourself

speaking and thinking in your new

language quite naturally and

effortlessly.

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What is the Michel Thomas method?

Over a period of twenty-five years, Michel Thomas developed and perfected

a unique method of teaching languages*. His approach gives startling

results within a remarkably short time, all without the need for books,

memorizing, or homework. In essence, Michel Thomas breaks a language

down to its component parts and enables learners to reconstruct the

language themselves to form their own sentences, to say what they want,

when they want. The experience of learning a language becomes so exciting

and satisfying that it stimulates self-motivation and builds confidence.

Michel Thomas presents the language within simple, elegant structures that

echo the way the language is spoken. He achieves this by guiding you

through carefully planned sets of exercises that build up your understanding

of the language almost without you realizing it. You are able to absorb the

structures effortlessly and apply them naturally right from the start.

What does the Advanced course contain?

In his specially developed course you hear the voice of Michel Thomas as

he leads a class of two students, who have completed the Michel Thomas

Foundation (8-hour) course. Their responses to Michel Thomas are not

scripted and they have received no additional instruction or preparation –

just the guidance from Michel Thomas that you hear. You participate in this

class actively and learn along with the students.

This radically different approach means that you will learn a language in

‘real-time’ conditions, that is in the same way that the students on the

recording learn. There is no need to stop the recording to do homework,

additional exercises, or vocabulary memorization. Therefore, unlike other

learning methods you may have encountered, you will not be set unrealistic

or unachievable goals. The success of the Michel Thomas method is proven

by the very results that you hear from the students on the recording and, at

the same time, from you as you make your own responses!

*U.S. patent 6,565,358

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HOW IS THE ADVANCED COURSE BEST USED?

• Relax! Make yourself comfortable before playing the recording and try to let

go of the tensions and anxieties traditionally associated with learning.

• Do not write or take any notes. Remove notebooks, pens, dictionaries

and anything else associated with learning at school.

• Do not try to remember. While participating in the recording and

afterwards, it is important that you do not try to memorize specific words or

expressions. It is a basic principle of the Michel Thomas method that the

responsibility for the student’s learning lies with the teacher. With Michel

Thomas as your teacher, your learning will be based on understanding, and

what you understand you don’t forget.

• Interact fully with the recordings. Use the pause button and respond out

loud (or in a whisper, or in your head, if you are in a public place) before the

students’ responses. This is essential. You do not learn by repetition but by

thinking out the answers to each question; it is by your own thought process

that you truly learn.

• Give yourself time to think. The students on the recordings had all the time

they needed to think out their responses. On the recordings their ‘thinking time’

has been cut in order to make full use of the recording time and to give you all

the time you may need (by pushing your pause button). The pause button is the

key to your learning!

• Start at the beginning of the course. Whatever your existing knowledge

of the language you are learning, it is important that you follow the way that

Michel builds up your knowledge of the language.

• Do not get annoyed with yourself if you make a mistake. Mistakes are

part of the learning process; as long as you understand why you made the

mistake and you have the ‘ahaa’ reaction – ‘yes, of course, I understand now’ –

you are doing fine. If you made a mistake and you do not understand why, you

may have been daydreaming for a few seconds. The course is structured so that

you cannot go on unless you fully understand everything, so just go back a little

and you will pick up where you left off.

• Stop the recording whenever it suits you. You will notice that this course

is not divided into lessons*; you will always be able to pick up from where you

left off, without the need to review.

*Tracking breaks in the recordings reflect the numbering in the index (pages 9–36). These breaks are added

purely to help you locate where you left off, and do not represent any sort of hierarchy in Michel’s method.

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