Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish


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Use the English you already know to quickly learn the basics of Spanish with this unique, accessible guide featuring original illustrations by Andy Warhol—from one of America’s most prominent language teachers. Read, write, and speak Spanish in only a few short weeks! Even the most reluctant learner will be astonished at the ease and effectiveness of Margarita Madrigal’s unique method of teaching a foreign language. Completely eliminating rote memorization and painfully boring drills, Madrigal’s Magic Key to Spanish is guaranteed to help you: • Learn to speak, read, and write Spanish quickly and easily • Convert English into Spanish in an instant • Start forming sentences after the very first lesson • Identify thousands of Spanish words within a few weeks of study • Travel to Spanish-speaking countries with confidence and comfort • Develop perfect pronunciation, thanks to a handy pronunciation key With original black-and-white illustration by Andy Warhol, Madrigal’s Magic Key to Spanish will provide readers with a solid foundation upon which to build their language skills.







Madrigal's Magic Key to French


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Open Door to Spanish


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For conversation courses taught at community colleges and in adult education and vocational programs.Margarita Madrigal's books have been used by thousands of students around the world. Former successful students applaud the Madrigal Method: its simplicity, its copious use of cognates, and its humor. The conversations, explanations, exercises, activities, and tapes in Open Door to Spanish teach students to recognize the large number of words and expressions that are alike in English and in Spanish (cognates), strategies and rules for converting English words to Spanish, hints for identifying large numbers of new words in Spanish, formulas to help students use Spanish verbs to describe events in the past, present, and future.




Madrigal's Magic Key to German


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Learning the German language.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Spanish


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Presents the principles of Spanish vocabulary, grammar, and usage for immediate use, along with a Spanish/English-English/Spanish dictionary, a guide to pronunciation, cultural information, useful phrases, and exercises.




See it and Say it in Spanish


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"Teach yourself Spanish the word-and-picture way. Complete with traveler's word list, pronunciation guide, and grammar section"--Cover.




20,000 Words in Spanish, in 20 Minutes!


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This fast-paced, witty & easy-to-understand book will teach the English-speaking reader virtually thousands of Spanish words in just a few minutes. Based on English-Spanish COGNATES, the reader has only to memorize a dozen or so single-syllable Rules which apply to English word endings & converts them to Spanish. For each Rule memorized the reader will learn hundreds & even thousands of Spanish nouns, verbs, adjectives & adverbs. The book also teaches the reader Spanish pronunciation of vowels & consonants, basic grammar, word genders, articles & verb conjugation in present, past & future tenses. Having learned thousands of Spanish words in the first few chapters & knowing their meaning & pronunciation, the final chapters will teach the reader how to form simple sentences using those words. The ample Appendix contains dozens of useful phrases & words for the traveller, well categorized, making the book an ideal travel companion. In addition to the words covered by the Rules, the Appendix lists several hundred English words, alphabetically, with their corresponding identical or nearly-identical Spanish translations. This book is intended to ENCOURAGE the reader to pursue further study of the Spanish language by illustrating the striking similarities between the two languages.




First Spanish Reader


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Delightful stories, other material based on works of Don Juan Manuel, Luis Taboada, Ricardo Palma, other noted writers. Complete faithful English translations on facing pages. Exercises.




Spanish Made Simple


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With more than 2.5 million copies in print, Spanish Made Simple is the bestselling title in the Made Simple series. For years, this trusted guide has led students, tourists, and business travelers step-by-step through the basic vocabulary and grammar of this most-studied foreign language. Thoroughly revised and updated for our increasingly bilingual world, this new edition features verb conjugation and pronunciation charts, modern vocabulary including new idioms, review chapters, reading exercises, a complete answer section, and English-Spanish and Spanish-English dictionaries—tools that make mastering the language fun. With Spanish Made Simple, learning a language is as easy as uno, dos, tres.