Spanish the Easy Way (Barron's Easy Way) [Paperback]

Ruth J. Silverstein (Author), Allen Pomerantz Ph.D (Author), Wald Heywood Ph.D (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764119745 | ISBN-13: 978-0764119743 | Publication Date: March 2003 | Edition: 4th

Here is a fundamental introduction to speaking, understanding, and writing in Spanish, with emphasis on oral proficiency. This new edition presents 70 additional pages covering new work units and enlarged grammar sections. Over the years, Barron's popular and widely used Easy Way books have proven themselves to be accessible self-teaching manuals. They have also found their way into many classrooms as valuable and easy-to-use textbook supplements. The titles cover a wide variety of practical and academic topics, presenting fundamental subject matter so that it can be clearly understood and providing a foundation for more advanced study. Easy Way books fulfill many purposes: they help students improve their grades, serve as good test preparation review books, and provide readers working outside classroom settings with practical information on subjects that relate to their occupations and careers.

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Language Notes

Text: English, Spanish --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Back Cover

BARRON?S
SPANISH
THE
EASY
WAY
FOURTH EDITION

ALL THE ESSENTIALS IN ONE CLEAR VOLUME

by Ruth J. Silverstein, Allen Pomarantz, Ph.D., and Heywood Wald, Ph.D.

An introductory Spanish course that makes learning fun

Amusing stories introduce vocabulary and grammar concepts

Lively dialogues introduce expressions used in everyday conversation

Challenging illustrated exercises and word puzzles

Speaking exercises

Spanish-English and English-Spanish vocabulary lists

Parts of speech

Verbs and Tenses

Idioms

Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series; 4th edition (March 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764119745
• ISBN-13: 978-0764119743
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 7.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #92,623 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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66 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you are a self-starter and motivated, this is for you!, September 22, 2001

By 

Rocco B. Rubino "Rocco R." (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spanish the Easy Way (Barron's Easy Way) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

I had four years of high school Spanish back in the 1970's and to this day I am sorry that I did not keep up on learning this wonderful languge.

Although skeptical about the title "Easy Way," I bought this book anyway, and I am glad I did. If you are a self-starter who is just learning the language, or someone like me who wants to get back into it, this is your book.

Logical, methodical, and, at times, entertaining, Spanish the Easy Way will have you well on your way to getting a fairly good handle on this wonderful language. The author introduces a lot of vocabulary, along with logical grammar and sentence structure exercises in order to facilitate a practical understanding of the language.

This book gets 6 stars!

61 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great workbook for beginners in Spanish., December 19, 2002

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Marianopolita2005 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spanish the Easy Way (Barron's Easy Way) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

"Spanish the Easy Way" is an excellent workbook for those who are truly beginners or those who are restarting again in the Spanish language. I used this book when I was teaching elementary school Spanish, grades 1-5 to Hispanic and non-hispanic children and the short stories, practice exercises, crossword puzzles and additional vocabulary really enhanced the students comprehension of the language without overburdening them with grammar and other language technicalities that are more suitable for advanced learners. You will gain a good base in Spanish and have some competent communications skills if you study the book sequentially without jumping ahead because the verbs are taught in a logical pattern which is the most important concept to grasp when learning any language not only Spanish. The book covers the present tense and the simple past tense of "ar", "er", "ir" and irregular verbs that must be learnt immediately to be able to converse even at the most basic level. The rest of the book covers grammar topics appropriate for beginners along with the formation of short but correct grammatical phrases. Another bonus is that an answer key is provided at the back of the book which will enable to check your answers as you progress through the lessons. The two downfalls of this workbook include: 1) it does not include cassette tapes and if you are a beginner and embarking upon self taught study correct pronunciation and phonetics will be challenge so it would be best use this book as a complement to classroom instruction 2) it could have been organized more logically because the current format is not easy for a beginner to follow. However, this is truly a good starter workbook in Spanish. Just be patient with yourself since language learning is a challenge and most of all enjoy the lessons and the short stories as they are quite entertaining. All the best!

88 of 94 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Learning on your own!, September 26, 2001

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Ibrahin J. Gonzalez (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spanish the Easy Way (Barron's Easy Way) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

This is a great book to learn spanish. Check it out!.

NOTE: The publishers has another book named Spanish Now 1 by the same author. IT'S THE SAME BOOK!.

The only diference is that SPANISH THE EASY WAY has the answers to the exersises in the same book. SPANISH NOW 1, does not, you need to buy another booklet that has the answers ???.

But, there are SPANISH NOW 1 TAPES that you can buy and use with the SPANISH THE EASY WAY BOOK, for listening and pronunciation.