Complete Spanish Step-by-Step, Premium Second Edition
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Go from beginner’s Spanish to mastery with this single, comprehensive guide!
Experts agree: the quickest route to learning a language―from beginner to advanced―is through a solid grounding in grammar and well-crafted exercises that reinforce lessons in vocabulary, essential structures. This premium resource combines two bestsellers, Easy Spanish Step-by-Step and Advanced Spanish Step-by-Step into one easy-to-use guide.
Following a series of logically interconnected “steps,” you’ll progress from the basics and essential structures to more advanced concepts that govern how Spanish is spoken and written―including the use of preterit and imperfect tenses, commands, the present and past subjunctive, idiom, and much, much more.
Complete Spanish Step-by-Step brings you:
• Two bestselling books in one convenient, easy-to-use guide
• Unique “building block” approach to mastering essential grammar, verbs, and vocabulary
• Tools to help you begin speaking Spanish almost immediately
• Audio recordings of answers to 150 exercises via the exclusive McGraw-Hill Language Lab app
• Exercises to help test and measure your progress, and more
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Publisher : McGraw Hill
Publication date : May 27, 2020
Edition : 2nd
Language : English
Print length : 626 pages
ISBN-10 : 1260463133
ISBN-13 : 978-1260463132
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 7.38 x 1.41 x 9.12 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #5,187 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1 in Spanish Language Instruction (Books) #66 in Education & Teaching (Books)
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Amazon Customer –
Outstanding!! Whether new or renewing Spanish language skills
Actually retained some of my brief grade-school exposure to Spanish language and helping my high-school-aged kids through their flashcard learning, many years ago. Currently refreshing through an in-person class with a native speaker who is a professional interpreter. Her recommendation of Duolingo to support our class sessions has been so appreciated. As a bibliophile, I quickly realized my personal need for additional, supporting written resources. Appreciated reviews of this text by Amazon purchasers and can affirm with my findings: Defines relevant grammatical basics and correlates English to Spanish usage. Succinct, yet builds my comprehension through the engaging and progressive presentation of the material. Exercises are thoughtfully developed and comprehensive. Answers are included in the back of the book. Encourages pronunciation technique resources for robust conversational usage. In association with publishers McGrawHill and the provided (or outside apps) adjunct electronic resources, Ms. Bregstein’s text is THE BEST user-friendly text in my opinion!
Main139 –
Excellent Spanish language text book
This is a great textbook. I am an adult self learner. I have a basic knowledge of French and wanted to learn some Spanish prior to a trip to Peru.The organization of the book is logical and clear. The grammatical explanations are concise. Tons of vocabulary introduced logically. Good exercises in every chapter. I especially like the Reading Comprehension pieces.I do have one question. In total how many Spanish words are in the book? In other words what is the vocabulary number in the book?In sum, if you are an adult learner you will benefit from this book.Gracias!
c’est la vieee –
Excellent resource!
I have no Spanish language background. I never studied it. But I’ve been learning through an app for a few months, and although that’s been great to build my vocabulary and introduce me to a new language, I wanted a more in-depth understanding. This book is providing that! It has exercises which I’ve found so helpful, and the written lessons are well-explained.As I’m going through the intro section (this book has two main parts, an intro and an advanced), I appreciate the chance to master the basics in a way I can’t do with an app. It’s a great way to learn; writing plurals of nouns (la to las and el to los) makes those rules so much easier to understand. Reasons are given why accents go on certain syllables, when to use ser vs. estar—all things I could learn through osmosis in an app, but for my style of learning I much prefer to see things written out and to learn the “why” behind the rules. Of course there are always exceptions, and in this book those are given in example groups as well.All that being said, if you are coming in like me with zero background in the Spanish language, I did find using an app first to introduce me to the sounds and pronunciation nuances to be essential, and a vital tool for beginners. So I would recommend both study methods! Use an app for listening and speaking practice, and get this book for a greater foundation and understanding.
Mandy L –
Great study guide
It’s very in depth but so useful using alongside Duolingo. Really helping me with verb usage etc which Duolingo doesn’t really get into. I am really enjoying using it as an additional study guide
Omur Cinar Elci –
An excellent book for starting to learn Spanish.
This is an excellent source for learning the Spanish language and grammar step-by-step. It is a well-structured book that helps beginner to intermediate Spanish learners cover the most important grammatical concepts with exercises, new words, and explanations. I would strongly recommend it for serious learners.
Musicguy –
A great resource for serious learners.
It took a little longer to ship, but it’s worth it. I highly recommend the spiral bound edition since it’s a lot easier to go from the worksheets to the answer guides without breaking the binding.As for the lessons themselves, I really like them. I’ve used Duolingo and Babbel. I find Duolingo to be too cartoonish and lacking real explanations. Babbel is more comprehensive and “grown up” and provides better instruction when it comes to why things work the way they do in Spanish. This book is like Babbel on steroids. A really great, comprehensive study guide.That said, I was lucky enough to receive a grant to pay for private Spanish lessons. This book is no replacement for private lessons or regular interactions with Spanish speaking friends, but it is a great resource, nonetheless.
Danielle Barter –
Excellent explanations and exercises
I took 2 semesters of Spanish at a local university 8 years ago, and promptly forgot everything because I had no opportunities to use it. Now, I find myself needing it, so I added this book to the list of things I am doing to rebuild my skills/relearn the language. As a linguist, ESL, and French teacher, I have a good idea of how languages can best be learned; this book does a good job of helping a dedicated learner work through it. I am using it along with a subscription to Babbel (which is ok, but doesn’t give enough explanation; this book is a great companion to Babbel, though), some podcasts, music, reading in Spanish, etc. The exercises here present the right level of challenge, and answer keys to check your progress are included. I only have 2 complaints: 1. The paper quality leaves something to be desired. When you erase your answers because of an error, you take some paper with you; 2. I ordered the spiral-bound version, and unfortunately, it has a habit of un-spiraling itself, which is extremely annoying. Also, though it comes with an app, don’t get too excited about that. It’s not great.
diesel doris –
This is a brilliant book. I think most people know that trying to learn a new language by yourself can be a struggle. You have to find the right combination of something to keep you engaged, something that explains grammar easily, and something that lets you hear native speakers, and something that helps you test yourself and see your progress.I stumbled on this book after trying various other books, and using this, with a combination of Michel Thomas CDs (great for in the car) and Loecsen (good for simple vocab learning), I can finally see some progress. The book explains the various verbs, sentence structure, how adjectives are used etc, which then makes understanding and therefore using the other two formats easier. This is of course just my method, but I definitely recommend the book for the explanations and exercises, and the associated McGraw Hill website that accompanies the book. I find it a very good system.
Wayne Leong –
Love it! Simple to start, plenty of written exercises to work on. Tackles sentence structures, basic vocab and grammar, pronouns. Very comprehensive and user friendly. I’d recommend having a spanish-English dictionary handy when you study to help translate and understand the chapters as well.
Ali Ahmad –
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David McVey –
My Spanish learning journey has seen me go use various apps and watch lots of different you tube channels. Although I was putting in the time I never really felt like I was progressing.I bought this book and now I am starting to see my progress. It gives your learning some structure, each lesson building on from the last. I wish I had started with this book, as I am convinced I would be much further along than I am now.This book is now at the core of my studying. I use Pimslur and watch some you tube channels to compliment my learning but this book is what’s given me the confidence that my hours spent studying may not be in vain after all.
Kindle Customer –