![]() What most strikes me as useful about this book is that the simple "stories" and conversations are full of common everyday words that one will use so you can get started practicing immediately which will greatly help in the learning process. I have learned 2 additional languages other than my mother tongue, that of American Sign Language and Spanish, so I have looked for all manner of books and such to help me in my learning. **4.5 Stars** As a teacher of language, all ages but more than half of my students are children, I would and will personally recommend this book to those trying to learn Spanish. Whilst not overly so (it's not exactly Steven King), I wasn't expecting such narrative turns as the early stories are typically tame for a foreign language text book! One last thing, a couple of the stories get surprisingly gruesome at parts, which caught me off guard. For people at a similar level to myself, I would recommend this as a great way to get some Spanish listening in, rather than trying to watch films or television which, whilst more authentic can be a little intimidating due to how fast native Spanish speakers converse! I say this as I'm currently studying for the B2 exam and can follow probably 75% of the content here without having to pause and read the extracts. The grammar in this book is around B1/B2 level for those that follow the official DELE exam curricula. If you have very rudimentary Spanish skills than this may be a step to far at the moment if you intend to listen without the written text in front of you. I would say, however, this is not for beginners. ![]() The audiobook comes with an accompanying PDF document containing transcriptions of each of the 11 short stories with a glossary of new vocabulary and summaries in Spanish and English. ![]() I have found this book fantastic practice for listening and understanding Spanish. With this book and accompanying audio, you can start improving your Spanish today! ✔ Revise your vocabulary with the Ideal if you like to memorize the vocabulary as flashcards. ✔ Assess your comprehension of each Do the quiz at the end of each one. But if you aren’t confident enough for that yet, start by reading the dual Spanish and English parallel text. ✔ Challenge yourself with the two versions of the One version has a glossary between each paragraph. ✔ Get good at Spanish Follow the narrator’s speech and mimic the correct pronunciation. One version is recorded at a normal speed and one at a slower pace (link available at the end of the book). ✔ Spanish audio Improve your listening comprehension with the two versions of the audio. What you will get with Spanish Short Stories for Beginn ✔ Easy Spanish stories targeted at Simple (but not boring) stories written with the most useful Spanish grammar structures and common Spanish vocabulary. Develop your Spanish listening skills, expand your Spanish vocabulary, and improve your Spanish pronunciation with Spanish Short Stories for Beginners.
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