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I'm a beginner, but I jumped into this anyway. Great help for my style of learning.
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Learn how to read in Spanish--starting right now!
"Easy Spanish Reader" is a unique, easy-to-follow guide based on the premise that the best way to learn a language is to start reading it immediately! Whether you're a brand-new beginner or an advanced-beginning learner, this new edition gives you ways to dive into the language with engaging readings that progress in difficulty to match your growing reading skills. This process will allow you to rapidly build comprehension and confidence as you enjoy the stories.
"Easy Spanish Reader" begins with the story of two high-school seniors involved with their Spanish Club. As you read about their experiences, you'll discover the nuances of language and culture right along with the students.
The next section contains a colorful history of Mexico, from the Conquistadors to the present, including vivid depictions of Cortes's encounters with the Aztecs. The last section is comprised of an abridged version of the classic story "Lazarillo de Tormes," which allows you to practice your grammar and vocabulary skills on a great work of Spanish literature. Progressive format makes it easy to quickly build comprehension Marginal word glossaries conveniently present new words and phrases Exercises challenge language comprehension and build reading skills Fully updated new editions, featuring expanded exercises and answer key "
"Easy Spanish Reader" is a unique, easy-to-follow guide based on the premise that the best way to learn a language is to start reading it immediately! Whether you're a brand-new beginner or an advanced-beginning learner, this new edition gives you ways to dive into the language with engaging readings that progress in difficulty to match your growing reading skills. This process will allow you to rapidly build comprehension and confidence as you enjoy the stories.
"Easy Spanish Reader" begins with the story of two high-school seniors involved with their Spanish Club. As you read about their experiences, you'll discover the nuances of language and culture right along with the students.
The next section contains a colorful history of Mexico, from the Conquistadors to the present, including vivid depictions of Cortes's encounters with the Aztecs. The last section is comprised of an abridged version of the classic story "Lazarillo de Tormes," which allows you to practice your grammar and vocabulary skills on a great work of Spanish literature. Progressive format makes it easy to quickly build comprehension Marginal word glossaries conveniently present new words and phrases Exercises challenge language comprehension and build reading skills Fully updated new editions, featuring expanded exercises and answer key "
208 pages, Paperback
First published September 17,2003
This edition
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208 pages, Paperback
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October 1, 2003 by McGraw-Hill Education
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9780071428064
- ASIN
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0071428062
- Language
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English
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An excellent graded reader for students of Spanish who have already fulfilled the requirements for A1 level. I personally found the second part, about Mexican history, to be extremely interesting as I am a student of history at university level and this section enabled me to get familiar with the outlines of the history of a nation that I was not very familiar with.
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This book is good for beginners. It starts with a basic story that's very easy to read with questions at the end of each chapter. It progresses to get more and more challenging. There are three sections, the first one is a simple story about two students, the second section was about the history of Mexico, and the third section was a shortened version of a famous piece of mexican literature. I found this book very interesting at first but as it went on, I lost interest. The history of Mexico section was pretty interesting.
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This book gave me the confidence to continue to learn Spanish. Yo leo los cuentos mucho tiempos. Yo estoy muy nerviosa sobre appranendo español. La idioma es muy difícil pero este libro ayuda mucho.
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I highly recommend for anyone who is looking for a normal, easy to read Spanish reader.
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I loved reading the Easy Spanish Reader: A Three-Part Text for Beginning Students. The most challenging section of this book for me, (which was also the most enjoyable), was the “Segunda parte: Historia de México.” This was a fun book to read. I highly recommend it!!!
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Look at me, being all studious, working on my es-pan-yole in the summer.
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Spanish will be my third language and this time I'm teaching myself. This is a good book to have as one of many tools in your arsenal. Positives: the book is a nice alternatively to a typical grammar book. It presents a lot of good, useful vocabulary that continues throughout. I've actually used some of the vocabulary I learned in this book. It definitely progresses from easy, present tense in Part I to more difficult past tense in Part II and additional tense usage in Part III. I found Part II on the history of Mexico most interesting and Part II the literature was descent as well. I like that there are questions after each passage with answers in the back. These exercises gave me an opportunity to write and reinforce the vocabulary I was learning. Negatives: Part I content is a bit remedial, but you have to start somewhere so kind of as expected. As for the Q&A, I found some mistakes throughout the book and sometimes there were two-part questions, but only one answer. The verb tenses get more difficult as you advance your way through the book, which I liked, but I wish there was some kind of explanation...perhaps I am asking for too much. In any event, I would definitely look for a similar book and this book has inspired me to check out the literature in Part III and continue to learn through reading!
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