Spanish Grammar in Context

by Juan Kattán-Ibarra, Angela Howkins

Taking authentic texts from a variety of sources, this book uses them as a starting point for illustrating and explaning key areas of Spanish grammar. Placing the emphasis on grammar in context with a functional and communicative purpose, it includes a range of exercises, many of them text-based.

Genres: Language, Nonfiction, Spanish Literature, Reference

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 31, 2003

Reviews

[Shauna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I can't say I loved this one, though that could be partly due to how much I absolutely loved Italian Grammar In Practice, Exercises, Theory And Grammar. Now if someone could make a Spanish version of that book I would be eternally grateful.

[Bastian G. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have studied Spanish for ten years, to date this is the best grammar book I’ve found for the language and I own the French and Portuguese versions.

The book covers everything you need about verb conjugation and most sentence formation.
The book begins most chapters with the name of the grammatical concept and a passage demonstrating it, this is followed by an explanation of usage(e.g. why this past tense is different than another) and then goes into formation with major exceptions included and a reference to the back of the book for a complete list.

The formatting is clean and information organized effectively, with the book following a clear linear progression.
In fact the reason I’m so impressed by this book that the reason I even found this page is because I’m trying to find the group that produces these books to see if they have a version for German.

[Noam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me gustó un montón. Explica las cosas muy sencillamente y entendiblemente. Las lecturas son interesantes. No hay un montón de ejercicios, pero creo que sería imposible cubrir tanta materia más tener muchos ejercicios sin convertirse en un libro muy largo.

Lo arrepiento que no lo pudiera terminar, pero tenía que devolverlo a la biblioteca.

[hh · Rating 3 out of 5]

text for my latin american cultures course. some good exercises. can you like a grammar book?

[Bekka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very useful and informative. Used for a graduate level introduction to Spanish class.