Spanish Tutor: Grammar and Vocabulary Workbook (Learn Spanish with Teach Yourself): Advanced beginner to upper intermediate course

by Juan Kattán-Ibarra, Angela Howkins

Do you want to communicate easily and freely in Spanish?
Master Spanish grammar and broaden your vocabulary with your very own Spanish Tutor . This contemporary interactive workbook features 200 activities across a range of grammar and vocabulary points with clear goals, concise explanations, and real-world tasks. By studying and practicing Spanish grammar you'll understand how the language really works and be able to speak Spanish with clarity and ease.

What will I learn?
The Spanish Grammar and Vocabulary Workbook covers a comprehensive range of the most useful and frequent grammar and vocabulary in Spanish. You can follow along unit by unit, or dip in and dip out to address your weak areas. As you progress, you will be introduced to new vocabulary and combine it with the grammar to complete extensive exercises. You will then practice the language through authentic reading and writing practice. You will achieve a solid upper intermediate level* of Spanish grammar.

Is this course for me?
The Spanish Grammar and Vocabulary Workbook can be used as a standalone course or as a complement to any other Spanish course. It offers extensive practice and review of essential grammar points and vocabulary and skills building. The personal tutor element points out exceptions and gives tips to really help you perfect your Spanish.

What do I get?
This Spanish workbook offers a range of clear and effective learning
-200 activities across a range of grammar and vocabulary points
-Unique visuals and infographics for extra context and practice
-Personal tutor hints and tips to help you to understand language rules and culture points
-Learn to learn section offers tips and advice on how to be a good language learner

25 short learning units each
-communication goals to guide your studies
-grammar explanations with extensive exercises
-vocabulary presentations and activities
-reading and writing sections to consolidate your learning

*This workbook maps from Novice High to Advanced Mid level proficiency of ACTFL (American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages) and from A2 Beginner to B2 Upper Intermediate level of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) guidelines.

What other courses are available?
For further study and practice, see Get Started in Spanish (ISBN 9781444174922) and Complete Teach Yourself (ISBN 9781444177244).

Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for over 75 years .

Genres: Spanish Literature

224 pages, Paperback

First published September 15, 2015

Reviews

[Anna Katherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m obsessed with the Teach Yourself language series, and Spanish Tutor is my favourite. It helped me tremendously to brush up on my grammar skills and solidify them in my brain, and I highly recommend it to those who are looking to brush up on or refresh their Spanish. 100% recommend, will review Italian Tutor once I’m done with it!

[Yavor Vlaskov · Rating 2 out of 5]

The grammar explanations and their presentation is great; the exercises are good, but their presentation is ass. Sure, they didn't want the whole thing to feel *too* bloated I guess, but including exercises to be filled in with incredible little space to fill the words is annoying, all the dopamine from actually writing things in goes directly out the window. It's supposed to be grammar and vocabulary workbook, workbooks are supposed to be filled in, I am not going to be copying all of your sentences down in a separate notepad, if I wanted that I'd be using a conventional learning system.
All and all, I wouldn't buy it again, I could get well written grammar elsewhere in plenty of offerings that may be better in that one thing they have set our to do, half of the book is absolutely not enjoyable and makes me want to skip it, this is not how self-study should feel like. I'd recommend the No Nonsense Spanish workbook instead of this one, maybe combined with Easy Learning Spanish complete grammar, the mileage you will get out of it will be similar but the No Nonsense Spanish is an absolute joy to use compared to this one.

P.S. Not to mention the minor annoyance I get at the start of the book saying "hey, if this information is not enough, buy the other book", and then every lesson. You made your point, you have other books, and this is potentially a subpar product that is not intended to be complete, stop rubbing it in, I already regret my purchase.