Advanced Spanish Grammar: A Self-Teaching Guide

by Marcial Prado

Contiene metodos para aprender los puntos claves del espa?ol conrapidez y facilidad

(The fast, easy way to master the finer points of Spanish)

Unsure about conjugating irregular Spanish verbs? Using thesubjunctive? Determining the appropriate definite article? Thiscomplete, accessible guide clarifies grammatical structure andexplains vocabulary usage to help you master Spanish. Whether youneed extra help for a course, want a quick review for a test, orsimply want to brush up your language skills, this is the book tohave. In this completely revised edition of More Practical SpanishGrammar, you'll
* An interactive format that lets you work at your own pace
* Exercises to reinforce what you've learned
* Over 1,000 practical Spanish words and terms
* Explanations of the more intricate grammatical rules of Spanish
* Special !Atencion! sections that focus on problematic words andstructures

Genres: Spanish Literature, Reference

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Brian Matthews · Rating 3 out of 5]

AL FIN Y AL CABO, HE TERMINADO ESTE LIBRO! Empecé en septiembre y es el segundo libro en una serie. Honestamente, fue un dolor en mi culo! El libro es totalmente en español (diferente del primer libro). Es una buena fundación, pero la verdad es que no puedes aprender un idioma por libros. Necesitas hablar y escuchar. No estoy diciendo que gramática es inútil, por supuesto no es así. No voy a leer mas libros/cuadernos de gramática en español. Definitivamente he mejorado mi nivel de español con todos los usos de haber y estar y he aprendido muchas nuevas palabras. Estoy feliz y me siento aliviado. Si estás leyendo esta crítica, que tengas un estupendo día (o noche)!

[Bjorn Sorensen · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a stand-alone self-teaching guide, "Advanced Spanish Grammar" tries very hard to do it all. What I appreciated was the completeness - lessons on all of the verb tenses (from present indicative to imperfect subjunctive - 14 tenses in all, + commands), lots of tips on tricky grammar, and huge amounts of vocabulary building. The chapters are neither too long or too short and hey, I got through it all, doing every exercise, so there's something to be said for that. It summarizes the verb tenses and unusual conjugations at the back, where the book also features an awkwardly short dictionary and unfortunately no index. Other positive features are that all the instructions, exercises and commentary are in Spanish, and after every few chapters there's a review test, another way to see how much you've learned.

Where the book fails to satisfy is in its textbook format. No pictures, jokes, games or puzzles, all great ways to learn. The book relies exclusively on fill-in-the-blank, matching and translation exercises, which are useful and authoritative and come with the answers. "Advanced Spanish Grammar" keeps its distance from the reader with heavy doses of formality, and I think that if you're going to spend so much time with a book it should be a little more fun. Might be a good book to go through with other people or with fun websites like rWorld.com, though, to help you remember what you've learned.

This book will stay on my shelf as a decent reference.

[Dana]

We'll see if this book is as good as it's reviews!! I need to brush up on all of the verb tenses!

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have given this two stars because I bought this hoping for an advanced grammar guide and instead I believe this is suited more to those at an intermediate level. If you truly are at an advanced level I would not recommend this book. A shame because it has good reviews from other people but it was a waste of money for me. I bought another advanced book at the same time which really lives up to its name.