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Title: The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice by Ronni L. Gordon, David M. Stillman, NTC Publishing Group, NTC ISBN: 0-658-00075-6 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.85 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Thorough review and great practical exercises
Comment: As a Spanish teacher I was delighted to find such a grammar gem on the market for Spanish students at all levels. I bought the book with the intention of using it as a guide and review of many difficult grammar concepts in Spanish and I definitely was pleased with the grammar material and brief cultural readings that are included in the book. The book covers all key grammar concepts that must be mastered in order to speak Spanish confidently and with superior grammar control. The book contains twenty-eight valuable chapters in which key grammar concepts such as verb conjugation and verb usage, tenses and moods of verbs, the passive voice and other key elements are analyzed. The heavy emphasis on verbs and verb usage is indicative of the quality of this book especially since the ability to conjugate and use verbs correctly are the key to mastering any language. The practice exercices are also very valuable and readily force the student to apply the knowledge learned in the chapter thus understanding the practical use of verbs, prepositions, idiomatic expressions or whatever the grammatical concept may be. This book is definitely one of the most handy Spanish grammar tools available and can always be used as a reference for clarification of one's queries in Spanish be it a written grammar concept or an oral query. The purchase of this grammar book will enable you to fortify your Spanish and clarify many grammatical querires. A highly recommended purchase.
Rating: 5
Summary: An amazing value, honestly
Comment: This book is an excellent way to regain the elements of Spanish you've lost from lack of study or exposure to the language. Although it covers every major aspect of the language, it's not designed to teach Spanish from scratch, but rather to assist the backslider in regaining his/her lost knowledge. I bought this book prior to returning to Spanish studies after an 18-year absence, and the preparation enabled me to enter the program almost as if there had been no break.
If you really want to review your studies or pick them up after a long absence, it's important to do the exercises in the book and to check your answers. Also, go through each chapter, as even simple stuff like the present tense contains subtleties that are easy to forget.
This book is more comprehensive than the grammar textbooks we use for class that cost three times as much. Again, I wouldn't try learning Spanish from this book alone, but I would recommend it as a supplement regardless of which approach you are taking to learning the language.
Rating: 5
Summary: Superb review material
Comment: I'm using "The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice" as an overall brush-up, having recently completed the Pimsleur courses, the two "Spanish Now!" books and Dorothy Devney Richmond's two "Practice Makes Perfect" books. This book is doing an excellent job of tying everything together, particularly with its extensive exercises. Like any good review book, each chapter builds on the ones before it as opposed to introducing a topic, reviewing it, and dropping it for good. And several of the exercises will give your brain a good workout.
I'd quicky recommend this book for someone with a solid basic grasp of the language -- perhaps a second-year student. It may prove to be too advanced for early students of the language, as some concepts (such as commands) appear in exercises several chapters before they're actually reviewed.
All-in-all, an excellent resource
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Title: Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Pronouns And Prepositions by Dorothy Richmond, Dorthy Richmond ISBN: 0844273112 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 11 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses by Dorothy Devney Richmond, Dorothy M. Devney ISBN: 0844273341 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 11 January, 1996 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: 1001 Most Useful Spanish Words by Seymour Resnick ISBN: 0486291138 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 07 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $1.95 |
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Title: Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish by Joseph J. Keenan ISBN: 029274322X Publisher: Univ of Texas Press Pub. Date: 1994 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Easy Spanish Phrase Book: Over 770 Basic Phrases for Everyday Use by Dover ISBN: 0486280861 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 26 May, 1994 List Price(USD): $1.50 |
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