Barron's E-Z Spanish / Ruth J. Silverstein, M.A., Heywood Wald, Ph. D., Allen Pomerantz, Ph. D. ; general editor, Nathan Quiñones.

Your speaking skill -- How to use this book -- Basic pronunciation guide -- Lecciones Preparatorias -- 1: La casa: house (home) -- 2: Una oficina: office -- 3: La ciudad: city -- 4: Los alimentos: foods -- 5: Acciones: actions -- 6: Descripciones: descriptions -- 7: El cuerpo humano: human body -- Part 1: Structures And Verbs -- 1: Que es mas importante?: noun and the definite article (singular) uses and omissions -- 2: Adone queremos vivir?: noun and the definite article (plural) uses and omissions -- 3: Que necesitas tu par ser feliz?: present indicative tense: regular AR conjugation -- 4: Quien es mas fuerte?: present indicative tense: regular ER and IR conjugations -- 5: Vacaciones? No, gracias: interrogative words -- 6: Los hombres somos muy inteligentes: indefinite articles: un, una, unos, unas, alguno, ninguno -- 7: El secreto da la felicidad: cardinal numbers 1-31; time, days, months, dates, seasons -- 8: Asi es la vida: irregular verbs of the present indicative tense -- 9: Personalidads y enojos: uses of the preposition a -- 10: Ser pobre es muy dificil: uses of the preposition de -- 11: Quien es mejor?: ser (to be) -- 12: Ramon esta enfermo: estar (to be); contrasting uses of estar and ser; the present progressive tense -- 13: El cuarto de charla: descriptive adjectives and limiting adjectives -- 14: Ahora juan es necesario!: cardinal numbers: 31 to 3 billion; use of mas, menos, tanto; comparisons -- 15: Quiero esa casa!: ordinal numbers; shortening of some adjectives; comparisons -- 16: La solucion de gustavo: formation and use of the direct commands for "you" singular (usted), "you" plural (ustedes), and "ourselves" (nosotros) -- 17: Nuestros hijos son nuestro orgullo: possessive adjectives -- 18: Cuantos recuerdos!: demostrative adjectives -- 19: Alta tecnologia, aqui y ahora!: common adverbs; exclamatory que -- 20: Generaciones: stem-changing verbs of AR and ER infinitives -- 21: Cuanto trabajo!: complementary infinitive: after prepositions and tener que, para, por -- 22: Que vida tan cruel!: prepositional pronouns -- 23: Asi es el mundo : direct object pronouns -- 24: Entreguenme sus votos!: indirect object pronouns -- 25: Que nos gusta?: Gustar (to be pleasing, to like) -- 26: Tito fue, vio y decidio: preterite indicatives: regular verbs -- 27: Si pero: preterite indicative: irregular verbs -- 28: Juan nunca fue persona facil: nunca, nada, nadie, ni-ni, ninguno, tampoco in emphatic and unemphatic negation -- 29: Dos grandes descubrimientos: imperfect tense -- 30: Lunas de miel inolvidbles: future and the conditional tenses -- 31: Numero equivocado!: reflexive verbs -- 32: Mi nieto, el medico: stem-changing verbs of IR infinitives -- 33: Distintos estilos: present perfect tense -- 34: Puesto vacante: familiar commands for Tu -- Part 2: Idioms And Dialogues -- 1: Expresiones corteses polite expressions -- 2: El tiempo, la edad, las sensaciones the weather; age; sensations -- 3: La hora, la fecha telling time; dates -- 4: En el trabajo at work -- 5: Un sabdo en el parque Saturday in the park -- 6: La cita; expresiones temporales the appointment; expressions of time -- Spanish-English vocabulary -- English-Spanish vocabulary -- Verb reference chart -- Answer key -- Index.

From the Publisher: Known for many years as Barron's Easy Way Series, the new editions of these popular self-teaching titles are now Barron's E-Z Series. Brand-new cover designs reflect all new page layouts, which feature extensive two-color treatment, a fresh, modern typeface, and more graphic material than ever-charts, graphs, diagrams, instructive line illustrations, and where appropriate, amusing cartoons. Meanwhile, the quality of the books' contents remains at least as high as ever. Barron's E-Z books are self-help manuals focused to improve students' grades in a wide variety of academic and practical subjects. For most subjects, the level of difficulty ranges between high school and college-101 standards. Although primarily designed as self-teaching manuals, these books are also preferred by many teachers as classroom supplements-and for some courses, as main textbooks. E-Z books review their subjects in detail and feature both short quizzes and longer tests with answers to help students gauge their learning progress. Subject heads and key phrases are set in a second color as an easy reference aid. Barron's heavily revised and updated E-Z Spanish presents a beginner's introduction to speaking, understanding, and writing in Spanish, with emphasis on oral proficiency. All stories and exercises have been modernized.