Schaum's Outline of Spanish Vocabulary, 3ed (Schaum's Outline Series),   ISBN:9780071543910

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What do I want from a vocabulary book?

Groups of similar vocabulary grouped together. This book provides that.

My biggest complaint is the quality of the paper used in the book. It's like newsprint.

The illustrations are also very basic; just black lines on the newspaper paper.

If I'm going to spend hours looking at pictures and memorizing vocabulary words, I'd rather pay more and have nicer paper and color pictures.

This book does provide a decent selection of vocabulary words at an inexpensive price.

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I bought this book for a continuing ed spanish class at the local community college, and I find it to be a great vocabulary builder. All the new vocabulary is organized around settings. So, for example, there is a chapter on words that would be useful to know in a grocery store in one chapter, or in a doctor's office in another chapter, etc.

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This book contains 30 chapters each based on a content theme, such as airplane travel, sports, government and politics, clothes, food, hospital care, etc. Every chapter contains a narrative or dialogue which introduces new words relevant to the theme of the chapter. Then the learner can respond to questions based on the narrative or dialogue. Other vocabulary learning exercises include: identifying items in a picture; responding to questions based on a picture; giving synonyms; or other similar exercises. Having illustrations is a real plus because it gives the learner an opportunity to associate the item directly with the Spanish word. Chapters often include comments on regional variations and expressions. The other book I read by the author, Conrad Schmitt (Spanish Grammar), was also well done.

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Schaum's Outline of Spanish Vocabulary, 3ed (Schaum's Outlines)
This product has served it purpose greatly. I have been able to utilize this product with the course I am taking at the university I am attending. I hope to use it when I begin to teach in one year.