The Complete Ultimate Spanish: Comprehensive First- And Second-Year Course - Paperback

by Ronni Gordon (Author), David M. Stillman (Author)

Take Your Beginning Spanish to Conversational Fluency with a Two-Year Program in One Book!

If your goal is to achieve conversational fluency in Spanish using authentic grammatical structures and an authentic vocabulary, The Complete Ultimate Spanish is the program for you! This unique 2-in-1 book, containing the bestselling The Ultimate Spanish 101 plus a full second-year program, leads beginning learners step-by-step to conversational fluency.

This program consists of 21 lessons, equivalent to a first- and second-year college course, that can be adapted to fit your own schedule. You will develop language skills essential for communication: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Numerous dialogues, based on everyday situations and reinforced by extensive practice, ensure that you will be ready to put your growing command of the Spanish language into practice.

The Complete Ultimate Spanish features:

• High-frequency vocabulary and clear explanations of sentence structures
• Interesting dialogues based on everyday situations, using authentic language
• More than 400 oral and written exercises that take you from structured practice to free expression
• Clear and consistent format to ensure you can work efficiently
• Appreciation of the Spanish language and Hispanic culture

ON THE APP

Mobile and online resources support and enhance your study:

MORE THAN 200 DIALOGUES recorded by native speakers of Spanish

LISTENING PRACTICE to improve your pronunciation and reinforce sentence structures

AUDIO EXERCISES to put your speaking skills into practice

FLASHCARDS to help you memorize vocabulary and expressions

STUDY ANYWHERE, ANYTIME!

Author Biography

Ronni L. Gordon, Ph.D., is an author of foreign language textbooks, reference books and materials for multimedia. She is an education consultant specializing in curriculum development in foreign languages, literature, history and teacher training.

David M. Stillman, Ph.D., is an author of foreign language textbooks, multimedia courses, and reference books. He is a professor at The College of New Jersey where he teaches Spanish, Italian, Spanish, and Hebrew.