The Complete Idiot's Guide to Intermediate Spanish

This book is very good for people who know the basic grammar and vocabulary. You will learn Spainish by reading articles that related to Spainish community in the world. Briefly speaking, this book helps you to review your basic knowledge. Furthermore, it also explains some sentences which are little strange to english speakers. For example, about "De lo que si no hay ..." (literally translated: of that which if ...),the book explains this part from the point of english speaker. I love this part specially. Joseph Lee

This is a fantasic book! It's essentially the same book as the first edition, just a little cleaner and up-dated. The added material at the end is very helpful to professionals needing to communicate in Spanish in medical and work-related settings. Don't be fooled by the title. Everyone I know agrees that they have had great time with this book...if you're serious about learning Spanish you need have this book! I go back to it again and again. It's very up-beat. Steven Hawson has a great sense of humor, but he's also great at explaining things in a new way. I always have a lot of "Ah Ha" moments when I understand something that nobody else could explain before. A must have...

I bought this book to help me practice my spanish over the summer while school was out of session. I was surprised by how helpful it really was. It went back and explained some things I had already been introduced to but still remained confused about (such as how to know where to put accent marks). I also used it to preview topics once school resumed and as a review before tests. It was very straight forward and extremely helpful. The best thing about it is that it is not a one read book! Every time you read it, you find something that did not make sense the first time you read it, but is easier to understand now. Or in the case of students, you may read it the first time and not understand some concept that has not been introduced in class, but after you are introduced to it in class you can read the book and get some tips on better understanding the concept. Totally awesome book and I hope they come out with a Complete idiot's guide to advanced spanish! Worth every cent!

Here is a Spanish book that will actually teach you Spanish, real Spanish as it is spoken and written throughout Latin America and Spain. With humor and insight the book guides yuo through many of the knotty aspects of Spanish grammar and usage, all the while letting you test and grow your skills. The author makes excellent recommendations for other materials you can use once you finish this book (or at the same time), and offers plenty of useful tidbits about Latino culture, history, and society. An excellent way to improve your Spanish, and a useful review if you already know a lot.

This is THE best book about Spanish that I have ever read. I had already studied basic Spanish, but was pretty rusty. I couldn't put the book down! The author, Steven R. Hawson, has explained things in the clearest way that I have ever read. And, the book is also humorous. I highly recommend it to eveyone. I've never learned more Spanish. I also am learing a lot on my second reading. A great buy!