Spanish: Short Stories For Beginners - 9 Captivating Short Stories to Learn Spanish & Expand Your Vocabulary While Having Fun

by The Language Academy

9 Captivating Short Stories to Learn Spanish (2ND Edition Updated & Expanded)

Are you bored of the traditional methods people tell you to use to learn Spanish? Are you bored of all those dusty grammar books that pile up making everything look so hard? What if we told you there’s a better, more enjoyable way to learn Spanish and grow your vocabulary exponentially? Well, guess what? There is! The best way to learn Spanish is by reading short stories The problem? You might feel like you don’t know where to start, or you may feel lost trying to read whatever pops up on the internet. And that’s exactly why we created this book.

Short Stories + Foreign Language = Faster Learning

We know how difficult it may seem to learn a foreign language from scratch, let alone trying to put all that learning into practice. But what you might not realize is that it's fairly easy to fully incorporate the essentials of a language once you frame that learning into a certain context (for example, a short story). Short stories allow you to put what you’ve learned so far into practice, allowing you to expand your vocabulary quickly, make sense of ideas, understand new concepts, and overall get a better grasp of the Spanish language.

Short stories work because they eliminate the stress of forcing yourself to learn. Instead, when you read the 9 captivating short stories we’ve prepared for you, you will learn Spanish without even realizing you’re learning it! Your goal is to simply focus on a single story at a time (they only a take few minutes to read). The stories consist of multiple genres, including adventure, fantasy, mystery, romance, just to name a new. We wanted these stories to be fun, interesting, and appealing, motivating you to keep on reading to find out what happens next. That’s the very best way to learn, don’t you think?

Vocabulary Lists, Multiple Choice Exercises & Summaries of Each Story
In this book you’ll find a total of 9 short stories in Spanish. Each story is divided into three chapters. You start by reading Chapter one, then you go to the Annex, and you’ll find there a quick summary of what you just read, a vocabulary list, and several multiple choice exercises intended to help you forge a deeper understanding of the story as it goes. Once you’re done with this section, you move on to Chapter 2, then Chapter 3, and then you move on to the next story. It’s so easy and fun you won’t believe it.

Spanish Short Stories For Beginners - 9 Captivating Short Stories to Learn Spanish & Expand Your Vocabulary While Having Fun
"Spanish Short Stories For Beginners" contains lots of vocabulary lists with words and phrases you can use to grow your Spanish vocabulary to unprecedented levels. We chose each of those words carefully, aiming to support the beginner and intermediate student alike. We are absolutely sure will love all our stories, and we sincerely hope they help you learn Spanish much, much faster.

How Will You Spanish Skills Improve?

You will learn new words without even realizing it You will incorporate key phrases of the Spanish language
You will understand how context affects the meaning of certain words
You will get a break from all those dusty Spanish grammar books you own
You will have fun reading entertaining stories on multiple genres
You will get a chance to apply what you already know

Genres: Nonfiction, Spanish Literature

204 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 19, 2016

Reviews

[Jim · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a nice book to assist you on your Spanish learning journey. There are actually ten stories as the Kindle version has a bonus tenth story. Each story has three chapters. Each chapter is followed by s short vocabulary list that would be better placed at the beginning of the chapter. Also at the end of each chapter there are five questions about the chapter.

This is not a book for the absolute beginner as it is written at the A2 to B1 level - advanced beginner to early intermediate level.

[Jenny · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good collection of simple stories to help you learn Spanish. The plots of the stories are not very complex and after every paragraph is an English translation. A nice supplement to more traditional lessons to help you learn Spanish once you know the basics.

[Peter Pike · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fairly decent collection of short stories that aren't too difficult to read, although the plots are not the best either. This is a good collection for brushing up or learning Spanish.

[Gillian Skow · Rating 4 out of 5]

Accessible for an intermediate level reader.

[Andrew Hodgson · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you already read Spanish fluently then these stories will annoy you. They get annoying anyway, but are helpful as intended. I was reading much faster by the end and looking up less vocabulary.

[Peter den Haan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a bit difficult to rate. As a learning experience I felt it was quite good, but as literature it left something to be desired. It is possible to offer both as Juan Fernández demonstrates in his books. Nevertheless, even though the stories may not quite be "captivating" they are good enough to do the job. Since the learning experience is primary in this kind of book I'll go with four stars.