Synopses & Reviews
Known for many years as Barron's Easy Way Series, the new editions of these popular self-teaching titles are now Barron's E-Z Series. Brand-new cover designs reflect all new page layouts, which feature extensive two-color treatment, a fresh, modern typeface, and more graphic material than ever-- charts, graphs, diagrams, instructive line illustrations, and where appropriate, amusing cartoons. Meanwhile, the quality of the books' contents remains at least as high as ever. Barron's E-Z books are self-help manuals focused to improve students' grades in a wide variety of academic and practical subjects. For most subjects, the level of difficulty ranges between high school and college-101 standards. Although primarily designed as self-teaching manuals, these books are also preferred by many teachers as classroom supplements--and for some courses, as main textbooks. E-Z books review their subjects in detail, and feature both short quizzes and longer tests with answers to help students gauge their learning progress. Subject heads and key phrases are set in a second color as an easy reference aid. Barron's heavily revised and updated E-Z Spanish presents a beginner's introduction to speaking, understanding, and writing in Spanish, with emphasis on oral proficiency. All stories and exercises have been modernized.
Synopsis
Here is a fundamental introduction to speaking, understanding, and writing in Spanish, with emphasis on oral proficiency. This new edition presents 70 additional pages covering new work units and enlarged grammar sections. Over the years, Barron's popular and widely used Easy Way books have proven themselves to be accessible self-teaching manuals. They have also found their way into many classrooms as valuable and easy-to-use textbook supplements. The titles cover a wide variety of practical and academic topics, presenting fundamental subject matter so that it can be clearly understood and providing a foundation for more advanced study. Easy Way books fulfill many purposes: they help students improve their grades, serve as good test preparation review books, and provide readers working outside classroom settings with practical information on subjects that relate to their occupations and careers.
Synopsis
(back cover)
Spanish becomes easy when you approach it the E-Z way! Open this book for clear, concise, skill-building instruction in:
Vocabulary Verbs in seven tenses Parts of speech Sentence structure Vocabulary and grammar rules demonstrated in charming stories Numbers, days of the week, and months Oral proficiency with help from book's pronunciation guide and much more
Measure your progress as you learn Spanish:
Take the practice exercises with answers in each chapter Check the book's answers to review your understanding of rules and concepts And discover that learning Spanish can be E-Z!
Table of Contents
Your Speaking Skill
How to Use This Book
Basic Pronunciation Guide
Lecciones Preparatorias I. La casa The House (Home)
II. Una oficina An Office
III. La ciudad The City
IV. Los alimentos Foods
V. Acciones Actions
VI. Descripciones Descriptions
VII. El cuerpo humano The Human Body
Part One: Structures and Verbs Work Unit 1 - Work Unit 34
Part Two: Idioms and Dialogues Work Unit 1 - Work Unit 6
Spanish-English Vocabulary English-Spanish Vocabulary Verb Reference Chart Answer Key Index