Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice with CD-ROM

Gain confidence in your Spanish-language communication using the method trusted by more than 200,000 students

The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice gives you a good grasp of grammar so you can build your skills and confidence in communication. Each grammatical concept is explained and illustrated with engaging sentence examples; you'll also get extensive exercises offer practice at applying this knowledge in everyday conversation.

This book/CD-ROM package includes:

• More than 400 exercises, in addition to 200 exercises on the accompanying CD-ROM
• A Pre-Test that identifies your strengths and weaknesses and a Post-Test that helps you review your progress, both on the CD-ROM
• Bonus online content, including audio exercises as well as internet-based activities focused on key cultural website across the Spanish-speaking world

Topics include: Pre-Test Verbs, The present tense, Ser & estar, Stem-changing verbs & verbs with spelling changes, The preterit tense, The imperfect tense, The future & conditional tenses, Reflective verbs, Passive constructions, The perfect tenses, The gerund & the progressive tenses, The subjunctive in noun clauses: present & present perfect subjective, The imperfect subjective & past perfect subjective conditional sentences, The subjective adverb & adjective clauses, Commands, The infinitive Nouns and Their Modifiers, Pronouns, Nouns & articles, Adjectives, Demonstratives & possessives, Personal pronouns: subject, object, prepositional, Relative pronouns Other Elements of the Sentence, Adverbs, Prepositions, Interrogative words & question formation, Negative & indefinite words, Numbers; dates; time, Idiomatic Usage, Idiom, expressions, & proverbs, Word formation & diminutives, ¡Ojo! Common errors & pitfalls

Review + Practice = Confident Communication in Spanish!

The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice, CD-ROM Edition, will transform the way you look at Spanish grammar—from a set of easily forgotten rules into stepping stones toward accurate and confident communication. Combining concise review with extensive practice, this book provides the ultimate way to polish your Spanish language skills.

Organized into 28 lessons, The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice offers:

• Clear, concise explanations of all the grammar topics, illustrated from examples from everyday life
• More than 400 exercises with Answer Key to help you master Spanish grammar and vocabulary
• Vocabulary boxes providing the terms and expressions that will enhance your ability to express yourself

Exclusively on the CD-ROM

• An innovative program of audio exercises that re-create authentic situations and develop listening skills
• Diagnostic and Review Tests with 180 exercises to determine your skills and monitor your progress
• 200 varied and challenging exercises that cover all aspects of grammar

System requirements: PC only: Windows 2000, XP

Ronni L. Gordon, Ph.D., is a prominent author of foreign language textbooks, reference books, and materials for multimedia. She received her Ph.D. in Spanish language and Spanish and Latin American History and Literature from Rutgers University, and taught at Harvard and Boston University. She is an education consultant specializing in curriculum development in foreign languages, literature, and history, and teacher training.

David M. Stillman, Ph.D., is a well-known writer of foreign language textbooks, multimedia courses, and reference books. He holds a Ph.D. in Spanish linguistics from the University of Illinois and taught at Harvard, Boston University, and Cornell. He is a professor at The College of New Jersey where he teaches Italian, Spanish, French, and Hebrew.