Product Description

Need to brush up on your Spanish? Intermediate Spanish For Dummies is your key to success in building your writing skills and bolstering your confidence. It gives you the straight talk and nitty-gritty detail that will see you successfully through any major or minor roadblocks to communicating in Spanish.

This friendly, hands-on workbook is loaded with practical examples and useful exercises so you can practice how native speakers use the language. From vocabulary and numbers to juggling tenses, you’ll get a clear understanding of the nuances of Spanish style and usage that will have you writing like a native in no time. Plus, you’ll find multiple charts that provide conjugations for all types of Spanish verbs. You’ll get up to speed with Spanish grammar, master essential differences between Spanish and English language usage, and be able to communicate effectively when traveling or conducting business. Discover how to:

• Use fundamental Spanish grammar, from nouns, adjectives, and adverbs to pronouns, prepositions, and conjunctions
• Select and conjugate Spanish verbs correctly
• Understand the importance of grammatical gender in Spanish
• Avoid the most common writing mistakes
• Use numbers and express dates and times
• Name countries and nationalities in Spanish
• Expand your Spanish vocabulary exponentially
• Get comfortable with the subjunctive
• Combine verbs with confidence and competence

Sharpen your Spanish-language skills the fun and easy way with Intermediate Spanish For Dummies.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #198081 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780470184738
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
"The Dummies series is deservedly popular...It is packed with practical and informative lessons and reviews to develop Spanish skills."  (Spain Magazine, February 2008)

From the Back Cover
Plenty of room to practice skills with exercises right in the workbook

From letters to e-mails to postcards, write in Spanish with confidence

Looking to enhance your Spanish writing skills? This friendly, hands-on workbook gives you practical examples and useful exercises so you can practice how native speakers use the language. From vocabulary and numbers to juggling tenses, you'll get a clear understanding of the nuances of Spanish style and usage that will have you writing in no time. Plus, you'll find multiple charts that provide the conjugations for all types of Spanish verbs, as well as Spanish-to-English and English-to-Spanish dictionaries!

Discover how to:

• Use fundamental Spanish grammar - from nouns, adjectives, and adverbs to pronouns, prepositions, and conjunctions

• Select the correct Spanish verbs

• Understand how Spanish differs from English due to gender rules

• Avoid the most common writing mistakes in Spanish

About the Author
Gail Stein, MA, is a retired language instructor who taught in New York City public junior and senior high schools for more than 33 years. She has authored several French and Spanish books, including CliffsQuickReview French I and II, CliffsStudySolver Spanish I and II, 575+ French Verbs, and Webster’s Spanish Grammar Handbook. Gail is a multiple-time honoree in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.

Customer Reviews

Spanish for Dummies
This is a good book, has hard assignements, but stick with it, and you'll actually begin to learn. Some of us required a great more help. But this book certainly has everything you need!