Paso a Paso Student Edition Book a 2000c

Along with my tutor, using this book has made me want to learn and the way the educational materials are presented are logical and challenging.

This is one of the most complete Spanish textbook. We use it often as part of our Spanish curriculum and tutoring program - www.SpanishLuna.com

I like the Paso a Paso series. I skipped from Spanish I to Spanish IV with the help of these books. You do indeed develope pretty good, and useful, vocabulary in the texts. You are also ready for the next book if all you get to is chapter 8. Only 8 chapters are necessary. Though, you will have a more solid foundation with all chapters of each book. This book takes it slow. But in a good way. It does not throw 8 tenses at you right away. If you go the normal route, going only to chapter 8, you will only be equipped with the present tense. You will also have the yo imperative. Book 2, you get the preterit, imperfect, and present progressive. Book 3, you get the perfect tenses (I have done, I had done), the imperatives, and the future. If you do get through all of this book, you will have the subjunctive and conditional with you. Basically, everything you really need. Usually the subjunctive is held off until Spanish IV. And a different text book is used. If you get this series, you will not be disappointed. Just get the workbooks, and do them. I have two copies of each workbook, and a copy of each book. You also might want to have someone to help you, and maybe some audio if you want to become really proficient. In all, get ALL three and the three workbooks if you want to get a good grasp of the language. Oh, and as the title says, this is more vocabulary oriented. So you are not hit around with too much grammar. But, by the end, you WILL have most of the grammar you need! (by end, I mean end of the three books) LASTLY, you might want to pair up with someone with this book. A lot of partner activities are in here.

After using this series for years, I think that anyone learning spanish should consider them a very useful resource. I became so attached to my copies that I had to buy copies of the ones I borrowed, and wouldn't sell mine for anything!

If you are new to learning the Spanish language, please read this book. It is very thorough and doesn't go into great detail in the grammar sections (which would cause confusion). It presents a wonderful array of vocabulary via colorful pictures and the exercises in this book are very easy to do, and they can be spoken and/or written.