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Gordon, Ronni and Stillman, David. Practice Makes Perfect Beginning Spanish. US: McGraw-Hill, 2010.

Practice Makes Perfect Beginning Spanish

Authors: Ronni Gordon and David Stillman

Published:  December 2010

eISBN: 9780071746991 0071746994 | ISBN: 9780071638654
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Book description:

Drop boring language courses and learn Spanish with this colorful, info-packed course!

Practice Makes Perfect: Beginning Spanish gives you an all-encompassing learning experience. You'll immerse yourself in extensive audio clips and written exercises, giving you the comfort and support you need to learn Spanish. Audio content is available for download.

This dynamic package features:

  • An interactive program with more than 400 dialogues and audio exercises

  • The book provides extensive written exercises in support of the downloadable content

  • A concise grammar overview and comprehensive glossary for quick reference

  • Author podcasts that provide insight into the grammar and culture

Topics include: Finding Your Way Around-Hay, Describing Places and Things-Adjectives, Talking about Nationalities and Professions, Food and Film-Ser, Describing People, Emotions, and Health-Ser and Estar, Talking about Work and Play-Ir and HacerSaber and Conocer, Entertaining at Home-Tener, Your Daily Routine-Reflexive Verbs, Talking about Trips, Your Likes and Dislikes-The Preterite; Talking about your Childhood-The Imperfect, Health and Accidents-The Imperfect and the Preterite, At School and the Office-Comparatives and Superlatives, Business and The Cost of Living-The Present Perfect and the Past Perfect, Giving and Following Directions-The Imperative, Plans for the Holidays-The Future and Conditional, Talking about Relationships, Making Judgments-The Present Subjunctive

Ronni L. Gordon, Ph.D., is a prominent author of foreign language textbooks, reference books, and materials for multimedia. She received her Ph.D. in Spanish language and Spanish and Latin American History and Literature from Rutgers University, and taught at Harvard and Boston University. She is an education consultant specializing in curriculum development in foreign languages, literature, and history, and teacher training.

David M. Stillman, Ph.D., is a well-known writer of foreign language textbooks, multimedia courses, and reference books. He holds a Ph.D. in Spanish linguistics from the University of Illinois and taught at Harvard, Boston University, and Cornell. He is a professor at The College of New Jersey where he teaches Italian, Spanish, French, and Hebrew.

Keywords: SPANISH, BEGINNER'S, BEGINNING, BASIC, PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT, COURSE, PROGRAM, PROGRAMME, AUDIO, CD-ROM, INTERACTIVE, MP3, LEARNING SPANISH, HOW TO LEARN SPANISH, SPANISH BOOK, SPANISH GUIDE, SPANISH 101, INTRO SPANISH, INTRO TO SPANISH, INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH, SENTENCE MODELS, GORDON, STILLMAN, CONVERSATIONS, DIALOGUES, LEARN, LEARN LANGUAGES, EASY LANGUAGE, MORE EFFECTIVE, LESS EXPENSIVE, ROSETTA STONE, FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND&#8211, HAY, DESCRIBING PLACES AND THINGS-ADJECTIVES, TALKING ABOUT NATIONALITIES AND PROFESSIONS, FOOD AND FILM-SER, DESCRIBING PEOPLE, EMOTIONS, AND HEALTH-SER AND ESTAR, TALKING ABOUT WORK AND PLAY-IR AND HACERSABER AND CONOCER, ENTERTAINING AT HOME-TENER, YOUR DAILY ROUTINE-REFLEXIVE VERBS, TALKING ABOUT TRIPS, YOUR LIKES AND DISLIKES-THE PRETERITE, TALKING ABOUT YOUR CHILDHOOD-THE IMPERFECT, HEALTH AND ACCIDENTS-THE IMPERFECT AND THE PRETERITE, AT SCHOOL AND THE OFFICE-COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES, BUSINESS AND THE COST OF LIVING-THE PRESENT PERFECT AND THE PAST PERFECT, GIVING AND FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS-THE IMPERATIVE, PLANS FOR THE HOLIDAYS-THE FUTURE AND CONDITIONAL, TALKING ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS, MAKING JUDGMENTS--THE PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE