5 comments about Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Pronouns And Prepositions.

1. A mi me gusta este libro. Lo es bueno para apprender mas espanol. Gracias.



2. I am very pleased with the book. Basically I am a "self-learner' of the Spanish language. As such I find the book to be comprehensive, yet thorough and easy to read and understand. The Practice Makes Perfect series of books on the Spanish language is a great set of books for some one like me.



3. THIS WORKBOOK IS A GREAT LEARNING TOOL FOR THE INTERMEDIATE STUDENT WHO NEEDS TO RETAIN THE INFORMATION AS A NATIVE SPEAKER WOULD. IT IS HELPFUL TO ME WHO NEEDS TO FORMULATE -NOT JUST REMEMBER- SENTENCES, PHRASES, AND GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURIZATION WAS AN ISSUE OF CONCERN FOR ME ( I THINK THE WORKBOOK CAN BE A GUIDELINE IN THAT ASPECT). I HOPE IT HELPS ME IN MY GOAL OF BEING "COMPLETA BILINGUE" AS MUCH AS IT MAY HELP YOU!!! CON PAZ Y BENDICIONES. ~HTHY



4. Dorothy Richmond is so good at explaining grammar rules in a straight-forward manner. What I like most is that you're spending a lot more time doing exercises to use what you've learned than you are reading explanations. This book and the Verb Tenses book should be on every Spanish learner's bookshelf, no matter what level you're at. If you're thinking of buying it, just do it =) I have yet to go through her "Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Vocabulary" book. I hope it's as great and helpful as her other books.



5. The product came immediatly and the product was in the great condition that the seller said it would be in.

5 comments about Painless Grammar (Painless Series).

1. This is a great little book to keep near when it's time to write. Easily look up and refresh your memory on the things you wished you didn't forget (or nap through, like me!)



2. Time will tell whether my grammar has improved with this book.It is fun and easy read.With the first chapter you I realized that I was a Capital fanatic and the last chapter told me -I was no good in writing emails.Humour interspersed with nouns and verbs.I even learned from the writing email section of the book.
   
   I have the English Grammar in Use series and they are more learning the grammatically correct English language but this book quickly fixing the grammar.



3. I have used "Painless Algebra," "Painless Geometry," & "Painless Grammar" while homeschooling my children. Whenever I find a mental block in my child while trying to teach a subject I have turned to the Painless Series and have had great success with it. The simple explanations combined with fun illustrations makes it easy to learn the basics of any subject. I highly recommend this series.



4. THIS BOOK IS VERY USER FRIENDLY. I AM 40 YEARS OLD AND THIS BOOK IS TEACHING ME SOME TRICKS TO REMEMBERING WHAT NOT TO USE. THANK YOU FOR WRITING THIS BOOK. HAVING TROUBLES GET THIS BOOK.......



5. I purchased this book because a friend of mine lent me her book for a while. I found it a great tool in and out of the classroom and recommend it to any middle school or high school student or to any teacher to use as a reference tool for her classroom.

5 comments about Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model (3rd Edition) (SIOP Series).

1. A great book for practical application in and out of the classroom. Very clear explanations of sheltered instruction approach for teaching English learners. Not just for teachers of ELs; content area teachers will benefit as well. Text includes scenarios and examples of method being used,as well as sample forms for lesson plans and evaluations.Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model (3rd Edition) (SIOP Series)



2. Echevarria does a great job listing out the steps required to teach the SIOP model.



3. This book was required reading for a class I took on teaching English Language Learners (ELLs) using the SIOP, Sheltered English, instructional method. I found the book to be an EXCELLENT resource. It uses a very clear and structured approach to demonstrate how classroom teachers can incorporate research-based practices into their instruction to support learning for their ELL students or, in fact, any students that are having difficulty learning course content. The book provides many suggestions for practices that make content accessible and interesting to learn for students. It provides scenarios in each chapter showing how classroom teachers have incorporated these practices throughout their lessons. After I began using some of the practices with a 6-grade beginning English speaker, he finally started making real progress in learning. I recommend this book to anyone teaching ELL students.



4. This is an excellent book! It is packed with ideas on how to help English Language Learners excel in the mainstream classroom. I think the strategies in this book would be effective for all the students in the classroom not just ELL's!



5. I don't normally like textbooks, but this one is worth the money and time to read it. It really helps to break down the SIOP model/ 30 features and give explanations that are down to earth. I'm keeping my copy as a future reference.

5 comments about Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary.

1. ESL students love this dictionary. It's inexpensive and easy to carry and use. Students learning English and/or Spanish can use this dictionary. It's appropriate for use at every skill level from beginning to advanced.



2. Susan Stubbs makes a great point about vulgar word warnings. I would add this: I suppose this dictionary will help you with reading but suppose I want to SPEAK the word? This dictionary does not indicate how to say the word. I suppose that would be an inclusion of a phonetic pronunciation that I'm looking for.



3. Looks like its gonna be able to do the job i bought it to do. Have no complaints what so ever about it.



4. This is an additional resource to my Spanish-English software, audio CD's and internet forums and online dictionaries. Very helpful when on the go.



5. This dictionary was highly recommended by my instructor who has taught Spanish for over 25 years.

5 comments about The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.

1. My wife and I probably get in 10 Scrabble games a week, and we used to trade off any of four dictionaries: two paperbacks, a hardcover crossword puzzle reference, and a 1942 hardcover. I bought this one, in soft covers and large print, because we are both over 60 and benefit from larger type. It is awkward to pass across the table, but once dipped into, this becomes fascinating. We are not game fanatics, so the criticisms some reviewers have seem petty to us. Frankly, I don't even like to use words I never heard spoken or used in a sentence or can't imagine ever seeing in print outside of the covers of this dictionary, but when a win is on the line, I am flexible enough to abandon principles. Any normal "social player" will find this volume sufficient and the former dictionaries returned to the shelf.



2. My friends, my husband and I couldn't play the game of Scrabble without it. We would fight too much! The book was used but in excellent shape!



3. I am very satisfied with the book. Great condition!! I gave it as a birthday present and she was very happy with it. I may purchase another for myself. In the back of the book is a listing of 2 letter words and also other words using the letter Q in it. Other listing too but to much to write about.



4. Even if you only play scrabble on occasion, you have got to own one of these dictionaries. Not only will you become a better player your families vocabulary will blossom.



5. Lots of new words that were not recognized in the prior edition. Takes the game to new level of play and learning.

5 comments about 501 Spanish Verbs: with CD-ROM (Barron's Foreign Language Guides).

1. Once you get the hang of using it, this book is very helpful to have when you are trying to conjugate and make sentences in different tenses in Spanish. We can't always use the present tense, after all!



2. I am taking beginner spanish class and i love this book cause i feel like i can go to intermediate class right away. It is so much to learn from this book. I strongly recommend this to those students who are taking spanish class.



3. Definitely one of the most worthwhile book purchases I have ever made. 501 Spanish Verbs has been immensely helpful! Both my brother and I have used it to study for tests and finals and the way it is organized, it is so simple to use. Plus, the additional tidbits like "50 Most Essential Verbs" is useful. I bought it after my teacher recommended it to our class and have had no regrets about buying it, it was definitely worth it. The book even does a pretty good job of explaining conjugations in the beginning. All my friends thought I was crazy when I went out and bought it the day after my teacher told us, but now they ask to borrow it regularly. I would recommend to anyone and everyone who is learning Spanish.



4. I picked this book up for the first time in 1988 just before I moved to Guatemala for 2 years. Before moving I spoke only the smallest amount of Spanish. That is to say I knew general greetings and how to ask where the bathroom was. I studied this book every day for 3 months and tried to use each new verb in as many conjugated forms as possible as I learned them. At the end of 3 months, not only did I have a nice vocabulary, I could conjugate perfectly. While I never fully lost my American accent, I was told by many native speakers that my Spanish was "perfect". If you study this book, not only will you learn 501 verbs, but you will develop a genuine feel for the language. You will naturally begin to conjugate virtually every verb you come across. Irregular verbs will flow naturally and you will be a great Spanish speaker.



5. Apart from the conjugated 501 verbs, there are additional 2100 verbs which are not conjucated but for which the 501 are used as a model.

5 comments about 1001 Most Useful Spanish Words (Beginners' Guides).

1. It's a nice list of words but has no indication of how to pronounce these words. I guess I expected it to be more than a 1/4 inch thick 50 page paperback. An OK deal for the low price (2 bucks).



2. Not as good of a deal as the 770 Basic Phrases, its sister book. Its spanish first. I guess if you wanted to look up the meaning of a word you heard on Telemundo it might not be a bad book, or just open the book everyday and pick out a word of the day. Not quite the value as the other book but still not bad.



3. Bought this book as a "filler" to get an Amazon purchase up to $25, and then forgot all about it until (fortunately) I was just leaving for a month-long trip around Colombia.
   
   Turns out to be the best $2 I've spent on Amazon. Super helpful, with many of the words I encountered on a daily basis, as well as sentences demonstrating their usage and thereby modeling useful verb forms, including the subjunctive.
   
   I think this book would help a total Spanish beginner (which I'm not), as well as anyone with as much as a year of university-level Spanish.
   
   Ps: Just learned that the words in this book are available as electronic flashcards from flashcardexchange.com. Very cool.



4. I work on my language skills when I travel and gets some CDs that have helped alot in hearing how things are pronounced and becoming familiar enough that I can be polite.
   
   This book is a great addition and suplement when you need to find words. I browse through this before a trip to find words I may not know, and put them in context of things I have already learned.
   
   I am not fluent by any stretch, but can definately be polite and try to speak some Spanishg as best as I can, which really does go a long way in making a trip more pleasant and enjoyable for both myself and people I meet.



5. This is an additional resource to my Spanish-English software, audio CD's and internet forums and online dictionaries. Very helpful when on the go.

5 comments about Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses.

1. I hope the publisher reads these reviews. I'd like to underscore the requests made by Dan Sehnal above, especially to add more exercises that mix the material learned in the last chapter with what has gone before -- something that surprisingly few grammar exercise books do. It's essential for really absorbing the material. (Note to other readers: I was able to accomplish something similar by making flashcards out of the key examples. There's always a workaround.)
   
   But I was very grateful for this book. It's the only one out there that will give you a good grounding in the most difficult part of the language.
   
   If you're just starting out to learn Spanish, here's what I would recommend: Barbara Bergstein's excellent "Easy Spanish" will give you the basic grammar, but be sure to check out Ms. Richmond's explanation's of ser/estar (from the present book) right from the beginning -- she does a better job than Ms. Bergstein. When you have completed Ms. Bergstein's book, proceed directly to Ms. Richmond's verb tense book. Between the two of them, you'll have a good grasp of the structure of Spanish. And you'll find Barron's Spanish Verbs or an equivalent an essential supplement to your dictionary.



2. It's crazy that you can buy this book for only $12. It's full of useful information that will help you understand how to use verbs in different tenses... the explanations are clear and there are examples after them and plenty of useful exercises (mostly translating sentences and paragraphs but there are a few true and false) . Going through the book thoroughly once, I've improved my Spanish and I'm now a lot more confident with using verbs. There are a couple things that would have been good to include...
   One thing is, like another person said, mixing things that you have gone over earlier in the book with newer info for exercises. It would help a lot. Going over irregular verbs even more would help as well. Still, the book is great, lots of info, lots of exercises, I've been studying Spanish for a while and I don't see any noticeable typos..there's a little dictionary part at the back, Spanish-English and English-Spanish. The book is well organized and in my opinion, it's worth even 5 times the price.



3. This book supplements the "Speak in a Week" set that I got nicely. "Speak in a Week" gets you speaking quickly, helps you learn structure and gives you an audio track to help with proper pronunciation, but it's a little weak on grammar.
   
   This book really fills in the gaps. Each section introduces a grammar concept, explains it clearly & then gives you several practice exercises to try it out. The answers for each exercise are in the back of the book, as well as a limited Spanish-English dictionary. The only downside to this book is that I haven't seen much to help you learn to pronounce the language correctly.



4. This is my second book by Dorothy Richmond. She covers the material clearly and gives practice both for the new material and in contrast with other material. You learn other vocabulary as well as you go along. I have been speaking Spanish for over 20 years at work, but I was self taught for the most part and so I have holes in my knowledge. I have learned much to fill said holes from this workbook and from Spanish Pronouns and Prepositions, which I originally purchased.



5. The product took way to long to ship. I ordered some things on the same day along with this product and they can immnediatly and this product was pushing the very last days in the allotted time given for shipping. I was disappointed in the fact that it took so long to ship and recieve this product.

5 comments about Easy Spanish Phrase Book: Over 770 Basic Phrases for Everyday Use (Dover Easy Phrase) (Spanish Edition).

1. Not as great as I thought it would be, but there's some use to it. Many of the phrases are not typical ones everyone might use.



2. There are indeed useful phrases for the traveler, but the way they show how to pronounce things is pretty awful at parts and you'd sound really weird pronouncing some of this stuff... for example:
   English: "I want to leave these packages for a while" =
   Spanish: "Quiero dejar estos paquetes un rato."
   Their way to pronounce this is: "KYAY-ro day-HAHR ESS-tohss pah-KAY-tess oon RRAH-toh"
   I know how to pronounce things well after 3 years of learning Spanish and speaking with a native every day...Even looking over the small pronunciation guide in Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish will help a lot more with pronunciation. That sentence is more like "KYEH-roh deh-HAR ESS-tohs pah-KEH-tess oon RRAH-toh".
   Anyway, still there are a lot of useful phrases and people will still probably understand some things, even using the book alone. My Spanish boyfriend does think some people actually do only rely on books like these for pronunciation because he says he's heard tourists from America speak similarly to this and that it sounds weird. Even though it's obviously best to read a pronunciation guide AND hearing things being said, if you are only reading how to do it, the book could be a lot more helpful and improved... But for $2 it sure isn't bad.



3. They give what they offer. I ordered a book and I got it the exact day they told me I would have it.



4. Just from the pictures of the book pages I could tell this was what I was looking for. This book itself hsa no pictures but that doesn't matter.
   
   Me and my girl have been trying to recoup our spanish from some years ago. We had started to learn it but slipped away from it since entering college since entering college. So I suprised her with two of these (which she was thrilled and loves them as well) Now we're using spanish every day and expanding our vocabulary. It has a large variety of phrases (for many different and normal situations) and multiple examples of certain phrases with different words. (Ex: May I have some soda - May I have some lemonade.) Any spot thats masculine also shows the feminine version. Its an all around great book. Like the title says, perfect for Travelers, brush up or spanish learners. :)



5. I bought a number of these books to include in beach bags for guests at our destination wedding. While they are not going to teach you to be fluent in Spanish, they are a good basic guide for travelers who know little to no Spanish. Plus, they were a good price and really fit the theme well. :)

5 comments about The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition.

1. This is an admirable book, if you want to write like the authors; it is a good book as far as it goes, but does it go far enough? Well, you will find salutary advice to resuscitate your prose, but if you want to be a fine craftsman--that is, if you don't want to beget base prose, you mustn't hang with Trunk and White for too long.



2. A very clear, concise, and informative book. It isn't written to teach grammar, but to fine-tune writing. Strunk has a definite opinion on stylistic matters and he presents this throughout the work, using examples to illustrate his points. White mentions in the preface that he tries to loyally adhere to this style. Although there are things that one might disagree with, Strunk's advice is always worth remembering.
   
   For someone who doesn't have an excellent grasp on writing, this has been a valuable guide. I expect that even the professional writer would benefit from incorporating Strunk's advice into his writing.
   
   Very worthwhile.



3. I like the book. The book so small, it look like the pocket. U can bring to somewhere and read when u have free time. The book will help u so much for writing and fix some mistakes in the letter. I think u will enjoy the book.



4. Though this book was written many decades ago (co-author E.B. White also wrote Charlot's Web,) the information contained within is timeless. It is small and easily read, yet provides a great foundation for ANYONE who needs to write (High School, College, Business, etc.) A true Must-Have, Must-Read book.



5. I was disappointed because I ordered this from one of the used book sellers and they did not include a receipt in the package. It was for my daughter who is in prison in Gatesville, TX and is taking college courses. Because there was no receipt they would not let her have it--prisoners are not allowed packages from individuals, but can receive them if they are from book sellers or publishers directly. So I paid for it and it was just what she needed, but she did not receive it since no receipt or shipping form. anything you can do to help me out?
   Thanks, Sandee Montignani