Popular Books for Learning Spanish

Many of us keep procrastinating and postponing starting to learn to speak Spanish, with various excuses: no time, no need (everyone speaks English!), it is too hard, I do not have a good book. Not a single of these reasons is valid any more: there are Spanish language courses available for your iPod, online, in the form of games, and there are some really wonderful books that can make your effort to learn Spanish easy and fun. Some of these books have been around for a long time, for a reason, and some are new and innovative.

The Rough Guide to Spanish Phrasebook

The Rough Guide Spanish phrasebook is designed to prepare you for your trip to a Spanish speaking country. It will help you not to get lost, to order the right dishes, talk to the locals, and in general have fun as soon as you arrive, without the help of an interpreter. The book includes various every day scenarios you are very likely to experience, such as finding where the bus station is, how much a vase you admire is, or ordering a glass of wine. All scenarios can be downloaded to your computer or your iPod and listened to on the plane before your arrival. The book also has alphabetised English to Spanish and Spanish to English phrase translations, which can turn your iPod into your personal pocket translator. If your goal is to learn just enough Spanish language to make your trip to a Spanish speaking country more fun, this is a book for you.

Spanish for Dummies

If there is one book that will make learning Spanish language easy and allow you to have fun in the process, it is Spanish For Dummies. The book, and its accompanying CD, are designed by Berlitz famous language experts to be an ultimate, comprehensive hands-on Spanish language tutorial. It covers all aspects of learning Spanish: pronunciation, grammar, extensive vocabulary and a whole set of different situations you might encounter. It is written with a great sense of humor and it makes learning a fun journey you will enjoy taking.

The Spanish for Dummies is designed to help you learn to speak Spanish quickly, but to learn it with proper grammar and with rich vocabulary that covers much more than what you need for a vacation in Guatemala.

Oxford Color Spanish Dictionary

If you think that reading a dictionary is for sad people who have nothing better to do in life, think again. Oxford Color Spanish Dictionary not only has a rich, useful Spanish language vocabulary, but it introduces different Spanish speaking countries through their culture, it describes their holidays, currency and governments. It even has games to help you practice your vocabulary without getting bored. It is a perfect companion once your proficiency in Spanish language gets above the need to ask for the bathroom or a bus station.