- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Teach Yourself; 3Rev Ed edition (1 Jan 2003)
- Language Spanish
- ISBN-10: 0340867183
- ISBN-13: 978-0340867181
- Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 12.9 x 1.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Teach Yourself Spanish Grammar is an up-to-date introduction to Spanish grammar. You don't need to know a lot about grammar before you start. Everything is explained simply and there are lots of examples to illustrate each point. Unlike more traditional grammars, Teach Yourself Spanish Grammar is structured so that you can look up language forms according to what you want to say, even if you don't know the grammatical term for them. If you already know some grammar, then you can use the 'reference grammar' section at the back of the book to look up the points you need.
The functional grammar consists of 23 units illustrating the various uses to which the language can be put, for example, giving instructions or talking about the recent past. The more traditional reference grammar deals with grammatical structures, such as the imperative or the perfect tense. All grammatical terms are explained in the glossary at the back of the book. Each unit contains exercises for you to practice what you have learnt and there is a key at the back of the book for you to check your answers. The new page design in this edition means that the book is even easier to use and the main headings are now given in English so that you can find your way around the book quickly. This edition contains a 'taking it further' section which will direct you to further sources of real Spanish and an English-Spanish vocabulary to go alongside the existing Spanish-English vocabulary.
Teach Yourself Spanish Grammar will help you to understand and manipulate Spanish grammar with confidence because:
- you need no prior knowledge of grammatical terminology to use it;
- the approach is accessible and supportive;
- the examples are clear and in context;
- exercises help you practise every point.
This book is part of a series of Teach Yourself Grammars. French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Russian and Dutch are also available.
The leader in self-learning with more than 300 titles, covering all subjects.
Be where you want to be with Teach Yourself.
The functional grammar consists of 23 units illustrating the various uses to which the language can be put, for example, giving instructions or talking about the recent past. The more traditional reference grammar deals with grammatical structures, such as the imperative or the perfect tense. All grammatical terms are explained in the glossary at the back of the book. Each unit contains exercises for you to practice what you have learnt and there is a key at the back of the book for you to check your answers. The new page design in this edition means that the book is even easier to use and the main headings are now given in English so that you can find your way around the book quickly. This edition contains a 'taking it further' section which will direct you to further sources of real Spanish and an English-Spanish vocabulary to go alongside the existing Spanish-English vocabulary.
Teach Yourself Spanish Grammar will help you to understand and manipulate Spanish grammar with confidence because:
- you need no prior knowledge of grammatical terminology to use it;
- the approach is accessible and supportive;
- the examples are clear and in context;
- exercises help you practise every point.
This book is part of a series of Teach Yourself Grammars. French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Russian and Dutch are also available.
The leader in self-learning with more than 300 titles, covering all subjects.
Be where you want to be with Teach Yourself.
About the Author
Juan Kattan-Ibarra was born in Chile and lived in Spain for some years. He has degrees in foreign language teaching from the University of Chile, Michigan State University, Manchester University, and the Institute of Education, London University. He taught Spanish at Ealing College and Shell International, and was an examiner in Spanish for the University of London School Examinations Board and the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is now a full-time author.
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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am finding that this book is forming the basis for my now much speaking conversations in Spanish. I cannot stress enough the importance of learning the Spanish and this book will help you do that. I have learned a lot of Spanish before reading this book, but this is just building my conversational skills up now.
Want a decent book... buy this and for the price on Amazon, it's got to be worth a go!?
2 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Perhaps this is not a bad book, it depends on what you have in mind, and that is castellano, castellano, castellano, that is castilian. People like me who come from Mexico and are trying to teach Mejicano, our language, do not have the right support. This book appears to think that one shoe fits all but it is not so. Can we please have teaching materials that cater for our own standard of phonology, vocabulary and grammar. Thank you.
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Easy to Understand, Concise
21 April 2003
Format:Paperback
This is a fabulous tool for anyone studying the Spanish Language! It is explains Spanish grammer in a simple concise form which is much easier to understand that many textbooks! Everyone studying Spanish should pick up this bargain of a supplemental tool!!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Systematic but brief
10 Oct 2006
Format:Paperback
I used this book after I had learned some Spanish from tapes. I was going to a Spanish speaking country, and I needed to see what the words actually looked like, as well as to get an idea of how the language is structured. Here's the thing you need to know: although it says "Teach Yourself Spanish *Grammar*", this book is extremely useful as a practical guide to speaking the language. It's organised according to functions (for example: expressing wants, likes, giving opinions, describing the past). This makes it about a thousand times more useful than an ordinary phrasebook. A phrasebook only teaches you how to ask for, say, fruits at a market. If you're lucky, it'll teach you how to ask for vegetables too. With this book, you can just look up "expressing wants" and learn querer and preferir, and how you can use them with a noun, a verb, or a pronoun.
It's really a more "building blocks" approach to language, but it still provides sample sentences for each idea, so you can see how it's done. This book won't have you speaking fluent, advanced idiomatic Spanish (nor is it a good reference grammar for advanced learners), but it will definitely prepare you to say a wide range of things in basic Spanish.
By the way, I've lent it to two other friends who have also used it to get a basic knowledge of Spanish for reading or travel. One of them refused to give it back to me until he'd finished it!
It's really a more "building blocks" approach to language, but it still provides sample sentences for each idea, so you can see how it's done. This book won't have you speaking fluent, advanced idiomatic Spanish (nor is it a good reference grammar for advanced learners), but it will definitely prepare you to say a wide range of things in basic Spanish.
By the way, I've lent it to two other friends who have also used it to get a basic knowledge of Spanish for reading or travel. One of them refused to give it back to me until he'd finished it!
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Clear, concise, GREAT tool!
14 Oct 2005
Format:Paperback
For any student, I would recommend this book. When I teach my classes, I often reference it for a second or third way to present the material, and have recommended it to any student wishing to review.
It starts off with conversational help, and then the chapters delve into more grammatical lessons, always chock full of examples to help the information make sense.
It would be an excellent textbook if there were exercises, but it's not intended for that purpose. I would say the ages are mature high school students and up.
Sra. Gose
Author of Flip Flop Spanish: Ages 3-5: Level 1 & Flip Flop Spanish: Ages 3-5: Level 2
It starts off with conversational help, and then the chapters delve into more grammatical lessons, always chock full of examples to help the information make sense.
It would be an excellent textbook if there were exercises, but it's not intended for that purpose. I would say the ages are mature high school students and up.
Sra. Gose
Author of Flip Flop Spanish: Ages 3-5: Level 1 & Flip Flop Spanish: Ages 3-5: Level 2
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