Easy Spanish Short Novels for Beginners With 60+ Exercises & 200-Word Vocabulary (Learn Spanish): Jules Verne's "The Light at the Edge of the World" (ESLC ... Workbook Series nº 1)

by Álvaro Parra Pinto, Easy Spanish Language Center (Editor)

LEARN SPANISH THE FUN AND EASY WAY with this didactic workbook in easy Spanish,  based on the celebrated novel "The Light at the Edge of the World" ("El faro del fin del Mundo") written by the French author Jules Verne (1828-1905) and conveniently translated, condensed, and simplified for upper beginning and low intermediate levels..Designed to ease reading practice and comprehension, its text includes simple wording, brief sentences, and moderate vocabulary. Also, for your convenience, each chapter is followed by simple and entertaining reading comprehension exercises designed to boost your general reading skills plus a glossary of common Spanish words and popular expressions and their respective English translations..In short words, this series of workbooks published by the Easy Spanish Language Center provides the reading practice and drills you need to boost your understanding and increase your vocabulary based on the fact that reading is "a complex, active process of constructing meaning" instead of "mere skill application.".Read it now! And don't forget to check out the rest of the ESLC READING WORKBOOK SERIES!. TOP AMAZON .HOW TO USE (5 STARS)THESE WORKBOOKS are great for building your confidence and impressing your friends. I always thought I had to be fluent in Spanish before I started to try and read Spanish, but I have found that just as when you read English, you often skim many of the words and still comprehend it. So I read this one or two pages at a time and looked for the words I knew then I had the gest of the story and could review the vocab and the questions. After that, I reread the whole chapter and looked up words I didn't know. Then I read it a third time all by myself. I couldn't believe I was reading a story in Spanish, but it really felt good.Bethany Patridge - Verified Purchase (July 10, 2016).GREAT LEARNING TOOL (5 STARS)FANTASTIC METHOD to assist my teenager and myself with applying the Spanish we know to comprehend Spanish texts!!!AB - Verified Purchase (July 8, 2016).ADVANCED BEGINNERS (5 STARS)GREAT LITTLE novellas to practice learning my Spanish. Still a bit advanced for my current vocabulary, but interesting enough to read again when my learning improves. It's more for advanced beginners...CG Castillo - Verified Purchase (April 17, 2016).FIVE STARS (5 STARS)GREAT BOOK for perfecting your Spanish language reading skills.Johnny Gonzalez - Verified Purchase (June 8, 2016).EASY SPANISH SHORT NOVELS FOR    VOLUME 1: THE LIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD by Jules Verne VOLUME 2: THE CANTERVILLE GHOST by Oscar Wilde VOLUME 3: DON QUIXOTE by Miguel de Cervantes VOLUME 4: GULLIVER by Jonathan Swift VOLUME 5: SHERLOCK HOLMES by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle VOLUME 6: 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA by Jules Verne VOLU

Genres: Spanish Literature

134 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 10, 2016

About the author

SINCE 2011, the Venezuelan bilingual journalist and author ÁLVARO PARRA PINTO (Caracas, 1957), founder of the Easy Spanish Language Center (ESLC), has published over 50 Spanish Readers and Workbooks especially designed to help upper-beginning and intermediate Spanish language students boost their reading skills and comprehension, grouped in the following EASY SPANISH BOOK SERIES:

* Easy Spanish Short Novels for Beginners (6 books)
* Selected Readings in Easy Spanish (12 books)
* Funny Tales in Easy Spanish (10 books)
* Children´s Tales in Easy Spanish (17 books)
* Bedtime Stories in Easy Spanish (10 books)
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You can find an up-to-date list of his didactic books on his website: easyspanishlanguagecenter-com.

ÁLVARO PARRA PINTO is the editor of the South American publishing company Ediciones De La Parra and has published over 130 Kindle books in Amazon.

ÁLVARO PARRA PINTO es el director del Easy Spanish Language Center (ESLC) y la editorial suramericana Ediciones De La Parra, periodista y autor literario bilingüe nacido en Caracas, Venezuela (1957). Escritor profesional desde 1983, ha publicado más de 130 libros Kindle en Amazon.

Reviews

[Andrés Escudero · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series is great overall. I highly recommend it for the stories and the ease of reading for advanced-beginner/lower intermediate learners. The author has a few books in this series available as audiobooks on Audible, which is always a good thing.

The only thing I didn't like were the exercises, but those are easy to skip. They focus too much on specific details rather than broad-strokes comprehension. It's more like a test of memory than testing whether or not you've understood and followed the story.

Overall, I highly recommend the whole series. I think you could tackle this after finishing a self-study course or a language app like Duolingo pretty comfortable.

[Nathan · Rating 2 out of 5]

A nice little practice book to help learning Spanish, but the story was nothing special. I wonder what it is like in the original language though since this was designed to make it an easier read. Could be something I check out in the future. Either way, not bad.