Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Spanish

Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Spanish is an eff ective companion text to whatever
book(s) you may be using in your fi rst- or second-year Spanish class. Th is highly
useful workbook is well suited for middle school and high school students.
Th is book is not meant to introduce concepts or to be the primary teaching
tool. Rather, its purpose is to reinforce what has been presented already, whether
by a teacher’s instruction or in a formal textbook. Very basic grammar is presented,
typically in charts, as preparation for the material covered in the exercises.
Exercises use the present tense exclusively. Th is choice of present tense is contextually
appropriate, even when historical fi gures are mentioned.
Th e easiest way to know what to expect from Practice Makes Perfect: Basic
Spanish is to scan the Contents. Th ere you will fi nd the grammatical concepts and
vocabulary topics covered.
Grammatical concepts are emphasized more than vocabulary, as every student
needs to master these one at a time and to relative completion. Vocabulary,
on the other hand, is an ongoing process, frequently dictated by the student’s particular
interests and needs.
Also presented, in the early chapters, is crucial everyday vocabulary that
helps the beginning student express himself or herself more clearly and authentically,
even early in the process of learning to speak, write, and read Spanish.
Below is a quick list of what this book provides:
◆ Reinforcement for concepts already presented in another format or setting
◆ An emphasis on broad, basic concepts—not grammatical minutiae
◆ An emphasis on the informal you (tú and vosotros)—in exercises, you is assumed
to be the singular familiar form tú and you all is assumed to be the plural
familiar form vosotros
◆ Useful vocabulary lists for a variety of topics
◆ More than  entertaining exercises dealing with the basic structure of the
Spanish language
◆ A broad range of fun exercises (true/false, fi ll in the blank, translations, “Who
am I?”, etc.)
◆ Exercise content infused with famous and popular people and characters, both
current and historical
◆ Ten sets of exercises—called Cumulativos—each of which tests the information
gleaned from the previous fi ve lessons in a comprehensive way
◆ A fi nal set of translation exercises that tests the cumulative knowledge acquired
through each of the ten parts of this book
◆ Answers to all exercises
◆ A glossary that draws together vocabulary from throughout the book

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