Best Spanish textbooks
Strømmen has the very best language teachers and tutors, over the last 15 years we have used our experience to select the very best Spanish text books. These textbooks can be used with your Strømmen Spanish teacher, or used for self study. Our Spanish teachers use many approaches.
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Best Spanish textbooks for all levels
Living Language Ultimate Spanish Beginner-Intermediate Bilingual Edition
Living Language has been a proven and effective language learning instruction for over 65 years. Using techniques originally developed for the US State Department, the Living Language Method follows a four point approach from building a foundation of essential words and phrases, advancing to full sentences and conversations, practicing with recall exercises aimed at both short and long term memory and developing practical language skills to equip the learner in any situation. Living Language is an imprint of Random House LLC, a Penguin Random House Company.
Best Spanish textbooks for beginners
Spanish: First Year (Spanish Edition) (Spanish and English Edition)
A workbook for beginner and intermediate Spanish students, this textbook will enable you to develop and build upon a foundation of basic Spanish. Students can use this textbook for their classes or for self-improvement.
Easy Spanish Reader Premium, Third Edition
Easy Spanish Reader Premium is based on the premise that the best way to learn a language is to start reading it, immediately. Suitable for raw beginners to intermediate-level language learners, the new premium edition of this bestselling title features engaging readings of progressive difficulty that allow you to rapidly build comprehension. Includes flashcard sets of new vocabulary for every reading and a 1,500 entry digital glossary.
Practice Makes Perfect Basic Spanish, Second Edition: (Beginner)
Practice Makes Perfect Basic Spanish is a trusted and proven companion for your Spanish-learning experience. In each bite-sized lesson, author Dorothy Richmond explains one – and only one – grammar concept and illustrates it with many clear examples. The accompanying exercises let you practice, practice, practice what you have learned. Although these lessons are purposely short so you can complete them in twenty minutes or less, you can go at a pace that works for you.
Complete Spanish Step-by-Step 1st Edition
Based on the idea that the quickest route to learning Spanish is through a solid grounding in grammar basics, Complete Spanish Step by Step combines two bestselling guides in one. Easy Spanish Step by Step and Advanced Spanish Step by Step. From the very beginning, you are introduced to the most essential structures―allowing you to communicate in Spanish almost immediately. Then, through a series of interconnected “steps,” you will progress in logical way to more common concepts that govern how Spanish is spoken and written.
Along the way, you are introduced to hundreds of carefully selected verbs and vocabulary words presented on the basis of how often they are used in everyday Spanish. You will then progress to more advanced topics needed for Spanish proficiency, including the use of the preterit and imperfect tenses, commands, the present and past subjunctive, idioms, and more.
Complete Spanish All-in-One (Practice Makes Perfect) (English and Spanish Edition) Bilingual Edition
More than a million students have turned to the Practice Makes Perfect series for a trusted guide to help build their language-learning skills. And, now this bestselling brand offers you all of the tools you need to learn Spanish in one value-packed workbook. Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Spanish All-in-One covers all facets of a language to give you a solid foundation of verbs, vocabulary, grammar, and conversational structures. This one-stop resource features thorough explanations that are reinforced by hundreds of hands-on practice exercises that give you real confidence in your new language skills.
Best intermediate Spanish textbooks
Living Language Spanish, Complete Edition Unabridged Edition
Complete Spanish is a unique multimedia program that takes you beginner to advanced level in one convenient package.
At the core of Complete Spanish is the Living Language Method™, based on linguistic science, proven techniques, and over 65 years of experience. Our method teaches you the whole language, so you can express yourself, not just recite memorized words or scripts.
Spanish Verb Tenses: Fully Conjugated Verbs (Practice for Success Series) 2nd Edition
Barron’s Spanish language workbook makes an excellent textbook supplement for high school and college-level courses. Quizzes and exercises focus on verbs and their correct usage in Spanish, stressing typical examples of usage in both written sentences and spoken dialogues, and includes special emphasis on conjugations.
Practice Makes Perfect Spanish Pronouns and Prepositions, Premium 3rd Edition 3rd Edition
For over a decade, this has been the go-to workbook for study and mastery of the tricky pronouns and prepositions of the Spanish language. Now updated with new examples, this practical workbook is also enhanced with audio recordings of all the answers, accessible online and via app.
Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Pronouns and Prepositions provides extensive exercises, giving you all the practice you need for mastery. Author Dorothy Richmond also has a uniquely clear way of explaining to you when and why a particular pronoun or preposition should be used, not just the correct forms.
Aula Latina 1 Libro del alumno + CD: Aula Latina 1 Libro del alumno + CD
Aula Latina was born from the collaboration between the authors of Aula Internacional and a team of Mexican teachers and authors. Its objective is to respond to the specific needs of students who are interested in the Spanish of Mexico and Central America. To do this, the Mexican linguistic variant has been chosen as the predominant model and special emphasis has been placed on topics of interest related to these areas.
Best advanced Spanish textbooks
The Spanish Subjunctive Up Close (Practice Makes Perfect) (Spanish and English Edition) Bilingual Edition
As you study Spanish you may see the subjunctive as an obstacle to your full understanding of the language. Learning the subjunctive can be one of the most frustrating aspects of Spanish grammar, but it is also one of the most important for being understood and understanding what others say. By adding Spanish pronouns to your range of language skills, you will open up a whole new world of communication.
Best Spanish Grammer textbooks
Complete Spanish Grammar (Practice Makes Perfect Series) 2nd Edition
Practice Makes Perfect Spanish Verb Tenses, Premium 3rd Edition (Practice Makes Perfect Series) 3rd Edition
Practice Makes Perfect Spanish Verb Tenses explains with a rare level of clarity when and why a particular verb tense should be used–not just the correct forms. This book will also give you plenty of practice in using your new language skills, with more than 200 exercises in author Dorothy Richmond’s uniquely entertaining style.
Practice Makes Perfect: Advanced Spanish Grammar 1st Edition
To fully understand how to speak Spanish effectively you must move beyond the fundamental principles of grammar and tackle more sophisticated sentence constructions. Practice Makes Perfect: Advanced Spanish Grammar focuses on intermediate- to advanced-level topics to help you create more complex, meaningful sentences and communicate more naturally.
Instead of just applying sets of rules, Practice Makes Perfect: Advanced Spanish Grammar helps you better understand the nuances of the language and develop your skills and confidence as a Spanish speaker by providing easy-to-absorb explanatory materials, examples, and exercises.
Best Spanish vocabulary textbooks
Spanish Vocabulary (Practice Makes Perfect) (Spanish Edition) 2nd Edition
To communicate comfortably in Spanish, you need access to a variety of words that go beyond the basics, as well as a solid foundation in grammar. In Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Vocabulary you get the tools you need to expand your lexicon and sharpen your speaking and writing skills. And how do you this? PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!
Each chapter of this comprehensive book focuses on a theme, such as family or travel, so you can build your language skills in a systematic manner. As you lay the foundation for a burgeoning vocabulary, you will perfect your new words with plenty of exercises and gain theconfidence you need to communicate well in Spanish.