Easy Spanish Step-By-Step (Step By Step)

The book advertises that you can learn Spanish in 15 easy lessons. For one thing, the lessons are quite long and dense, containing a lot of information to learn in just one lesson. Why not break up the information into shorter lessons that would be easier to digest?

Another frustrating thing about using this text is that it won't help you to speak in anytime soon. Isn't part of the fun and impetus in learning a foreign language conversing with others? You don't even get to the past tense until 200 pages into the book. Try conversing with someone and not using the past tense...it's frustrating and just doesn't work.
Also, my native-speaking tutor is constantly pointing out inaccuracies and unnatural language usage.

I've discovered the Madrigal book, and this has made learning fun and easy!

I began teaching a community enrichment class in Spanish and was looking for something less cumbersome in a textbook. After considering many different texts I chose Easy Spanish. This book is not overwhelming for most people having their first experience with Spanish and is very inexpensive. It lacks graphics which may account for the reasonable price but I was able to make up for that with handouts in class. Most people were interested in travel and this book is small enough to take along allowing for continued study; right when its needed most. I also like the organization, although its a little fast as regards grammer, it does allow people to develop some basic conversational skills quickly. All of the grammatical concepts and vocabulary are reintroduced in readings in the following chapters which provides great reinforcement and a sense of achievement.

I am new to the language and this book allows me to learn at a nice pace. My husband and I are taking beginning Spanish and this book is a great help.

I used this book with my class of 18 Latin students for a mini course in Spanish. In very little time, the students were able to understand, speak and read short paragraphs.

Since my students already had a language background, they had a head-start on the material.

This is a great book for a motivated learner with some grammar background.

Used this book in a Spanish course and it made the course enjoyable. Book was well organized and easy to follow. I would recommend this book for learning spanish quickly.