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• 501 Spanish Verbs: with CD-ROM (Barron's Foreign Language Guides)

  Christopher Kendris, Theodore Kendris

  
  Barron’s is today and always has been the Number-One reference source for verb usage in virtually every major language. With more than 1.5 million copies in print, the all-time best selling 501 Spanish Verbs beats all less well-established rivals with its brand-new 6th edition. It’s printed in two colors, it features tinted page edges for ease of reference, and it comes with extra help for Spanish language students in the form of a CD-ROM. The book presents the most important and most commonly used Spanish verbs arranged alphabetically with English translations in chart form, one verb per page, and conjugated in all persons and tenses, both active and passive. The accompanying CD-ROM gives students practice exercises in verb conjugation plus a concise grammar review. This combined book and software package is a comprehensive guide to Spanish verb usage with a wealth of reference material and language tips, including a bilingual list of more than 1,250 additional Spanish verbs, helpful expressions and idioms for travelers, and verb drills and short tests with all questions answered and explained.
  
   

• 1001 Most Useful Spanish Words (Beginners' Guides)

  Seymour Resnick

  
  Indispensable learning aid includes definitions of common Spanish words arranged by such categories as foods, numbers, days of the week, months, colors, seasons and family. At the book's heart is a dictionary, from a to zapato, where each word is used in a Spanish sentence (with English translation) demonstrating its proper use.
  
  
   

• Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary

  
  Spanish-English Dictionary, 5-1/2x8-1/2, Green
  
   

• Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary for Students

  
  Created by the editors of Merriam-Webster, this Spanish-English dictionary is a concise reference to the core vocabulary of contemporary Latin-American Spanish and American English. Appropriate for Spanish-speaking students learning English as a second language, as well as English-speaking students who are learning Spanish, it is an up-to-date, affordable reference.
  
   

• Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Pronouns And Prepositions

  Dorothy Richmond

  

  This bestselling book in the Practice Makes Perfect series treats Spanish pronouns and prepositions systematically in a worktext format. Containing concise, user-friendly explanations with generous and varied practice, the book helps students develop their knowledge of how and why pronouns and prepositions are used. Plus it encourages students to use the pronouns and prepositions in real-life contexts.

  
   

• Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Spanish Grammar

  Gilda Nissenberg

  

  Now beginners can master Spanish grammar with the proven Practice Makes Perfect method!

  Combining clear presentation, exercises, and a focus on practical conversational skills has proven a winning formula for the Practice Makes Perfect workbook series. Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Spanish Grammar builds on the series' success with a similarly interactive approach, embracing all aspects of Spanish grammar that you need to master. This engaging guide offers:

  • An extensive grammar review, highlighted by illustrative examples
  • Dozens of exercises, including fill-ins, translations, and creative writing
  • Time saving thematic vocabulary panels to cut down on dictionary drudgery
  • Boxed summaries of key grammar points for focused learning
  • Detailed answer keys for progress checks
  
   

• The Oxford Picture Dictionary: English-Spanish Edition

  Norma Shapiro, Jayme Adelson-Goldstein

  
  A comprehensive, flexible, and up-to-date vocabulary reference and teaching tool for English language learning. The Oxford Picture Dictionary and its components create a highly teachable programme that can be used as a complete, four-skills beginning course, or as a language development supplement and practical reference. h4span style="font-size: smaller; color: #ff0000"NEW /span Grammar Activity Book/h4
  
   

• First Spanish Reader: A Beginner's Dual-Language Book (Beginners' Guides)

  
  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.
  
  
   

• Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish

  Joseph J. Keenan

  

  Many language books are boring—this one is not. Written by a native English speaker who learned Spanish the hard way—by trying to talk to Spanish-speaking people—it offers English speakers with a basic knowledge of Spanish hundreds of tips for using the language more fluently and colloquially, with fewer obvious "gringo" errors.

  Writing with humor, common sense, and a minimum of jargon, Joseph Keenan covers everything from pronunciation, verb usage, and common grammatical mistakes to the subtleties of addressing other people, "trickster" words that look alike in both languages, inadvertent obscenities, and intentional swearing. He guides readers through the set phrases and idiomatic expressions that pepper the native speaker's conversation and provides a valuable introduction to the most widely used Spanish slang.

  With this book, both students in school and adult learners who never want to see another classroom can rapidly improve their speaking ability. Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish will be an essential aid in passing the supreme language test-communicating fluently with native speakers.

  
   

• Spanish Now!: A Level-One Worktext/El Espanol Actual! : Primer Programa

  Ruth Silverstein, Allen Pomerantz, Heywood Wald

  
  Includes sections on structure, verbs, vocabulary, idioms, reading and listening comprehension, writing, and Hispanic culture.
  
   

• Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish: A Creative and Proven Approach

  Margarita Madrigal

  
  Anyone can read, write, and speak Spanish in only a few short weeks with this unique and proven method, which completely eliminates rote memorization and boring drills.
  
  Original B & W illustrations.
  
   

• The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice

  Ronni L Gordon, David M Stillman

  

  A good grasp of grammar enables the foreign-language learner to build skill and confidence in communication. Here's the "ultimate," painless way for intermediate and advanced learners to brush up on the rules. Each grammatical concept is explained and then illustrated with lively sentence examples; extensive exercises offer practice at applying this knowledge in everyday conversation.

  
   

• The Oxford Spanish Dictionary

  
  Compiled by expert teams of Spanish and English lexicographers, the Oxford Spanish Dictionary provides the richest, most contemporary coverage of Spanish from around the world. The result of thorough research using sophisticated computer programs to search for new terminology and ensure that all the latest vocabulary from Latin American Spanish and American English is covered, this brand new edition covers over 24 varieties of Spanish as it is written and spoken throughout the Spanish-speaking world-from Spain to Mexico, from Peru to the River Plate.
  This groundbreaking edition of the Oxford Spanish Dictionary features 20,000 new entries (10,000 in each language), with the updating focused particularly on business, IT, and scientific terminology. Special entries on life and culture explain the differences between institutions, administrative systems, educational systems, and general life in the Spanish and English-speaking worlds, offering vital background to the language. Also, for a limited time only, all OSD's will be packaged with a free CD that contains cutting-edge text-to-speech software. This software enables users to type in any word, phrase, question, or date, and an audio version of the text will immediately pronounce it with appropriate inflection. No other Spanish dictionary offers this revolutionary software.
  With a newly designed user-friendly format, the dictionary is more accessible than ever. Each entry is in color making it easy for the reader to distinguish between and search for words. With half of the entries in English and half in Spanish (including the front matter), the Oxford Spanish Dictionary is the ideal reference for native speakers of either language. Handy, easy-to-use, and wide-ranging, this dictionary is also the essential tool for all students and teachers, as well as translators and language professionals. Jacket covers are also available in Spanish.
  
   

• Diccionario español/inglés, inglés/español: New World

  
  The largest mass market Spanish/English, English/Spanish dictionary available 3.3 million Signet copies in print Includes over 70,000 entries More thatn 3,000 entries have been addes, expanded, or rewritten to reflect contemporary Spanish vocabulary
  
   

• How Do I Feel?/¿Cómo me siento? (Good Beginnings)

  
  This series of full-color board books, with both English and Spanish on each page, will intrigue youngsters while helping them build vocabulary and an awareness of the world around them.
  
  The books feature charming illustrations and thoughtfully chosen words, offering an enchanting introduction to vocabulary.
  
   

• What Color Is It?/¿Qué color es éste? (Good Beginnings)

  
  This series of full-color board books, with both English and Spanish on each page, will intrigue youngsters while helping them build vocabulary and an awareness of the world around them.
  
  The books feature charming illustrations and thoughtfully chosen words, offering an enchanting introduction to vocabulary.
  
   

• Puntos de partida: An Invitation to Spanish (Student Edition)

  Marty Knorre, Thalia Dorwick, Ana Mar\xeda P\xe9rez-Giron\xe9s, William R. Glass, Hildebrando Villarreal

  
  As the best-selling introductory Spanish textbook in the United States, Puntos de partida has long been a favorite of instructors across the country. For this new edition, the authors and editors of Puntos have turned to those very instructors to help formulate a plan that would respond to the needs of a changing discipline. We reached out to more than 275 students and instructors across the country, and the result is a thoroughly revised edition that we are confident will address new needs and preferences while continuing to provide the solid foundation in communicative language development that is the hallmark of Puntos de partida.

  Puntos de partida is available with CENTRO a portal learning management system through which various digital components, including Quia™ Workbooks and Laboratory Manuals and Quia e-books, are delivered. This McGraw-Hill exclusive system offers a single log-in authentication for students and a single gradebook for instructors.

  With Puntos de partida student and instructors will benefit from several online resources available in CENTRO:

  For students:

• Quia e-book
• Voice Board
• Quia Workbook
• Quia Lab Manual (includes the full laboratory audio program)
• Puntos de partida video program (free with purchase of any of the Quia products)
• Puntos de partida ActivityPak (free with purchase of any of the Quia products)
• Spanish Grammar Tutorials (free with purchase of any of the Quia products)
• Link to the Online Learning Center: http://www.mhhe.com/puntos8

For instructors:
• Grammar PPT slides
• Overhead transparencies of line art from the textbook
• PDF version of the Instructor’s Manual/Resource Kit
• Customizable Word-file version of the Testing Program
• Cultural PPT slides of the 21 countries of the Spanish-speaking world
• Image Bank including more than 100 photos of the Spanish-speaking world