Good practice for reading in Spanish

I like this book for its many Spanish short stories. The stories are written starting on a very simple level and becoming progressively challenging as you move on through the book. After each story there are exercises that support the new vocabulary and grammer that are introduced in that story. It is a good way to expose yourself to Spanish at your own pace. I think that this book is a good tool for you to self-teach yourself (only if you are already familiar with the Spanish language) and a good supplement for those learning Spanish at a school. I can see how this book could be confusing for someone who is not at all familiar with Spanish. I would say that the typesetting of this book could be improved but I think that the reading practice this book offers far outweighs any design flaws.

If you are a self-starter and motivated, this is for you!

I had four years of high school Spanish back in the 1970's and to this day I am sorry that I did not keep up on learning this wonderful languge.

Although skeptical about the title "Easy Way," I bought this book anyway, and I am glad I did. If you are a self-starter who is just learning the language, or someone like me who wants to get back into it, this is your book.

Logical, methodical, and, at times, entertaining, Spanish the Easy Way will have you well on your way to getting a fairly good handle on this wonderful language. The author introduces a lot of vocabulary, along with logical grammar and sentence structure exercises in order to facilitate a practical understanding of the language.

This book gets 6 stars!

4th Edition is a huge upgrade from the 3d.

This edition of Spanish the Easy way is a tremendous improvement over it's predecessor. 432pgs. chock-full of upgraded grammar instruction, excercises, and new stories/dialogues that adds more material.

This work by Silverstein, et.al. continues to be the gold standard for Spanish instruction at the novice level. You hit the ground running with this resource; there are not any baby steps. For the fast learner as well as the learner who has had previous experience/exposure to Spanish. Will definitely prepare you for the intermediate level, which is covered very nicely by Spanish Now! Level 2.