Spanish Short Stories for Beginners

How to Learn Latin American Accent Quickly with 50 Language Lessons to listen in Your Car, Practicing Grammar and Conversation in Spanish Language (Part 1)

By: Learning Spanish Academy

Narrated by: Jowanna Lewis, Noelia Sokolowski

Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins

Publisher's summary

If you want to learn Spanish quickly and without getting bored, don't waste any more time. Keep reading...

After English, Spanish is the most popular language in the world, with over 35 countries and 600 million people speaking it. I would, therefore, say that choosing to learn it means making an intelligent choice. But learning a new language is not that easy and can be quite boring and tiring if you don't have the right tools to learn it.

This is also why many people choose to travel and dive directly in the place. But it is not such a simple solution for everyone. It will seem like a misplaced question, but science helps you here. Do you know that we memorize and learn information more easily through stories? Because, our brain likes it. It has been so used to stories from an early age, with the tales they told us, cartoons we watched, etc. In this way, we are more inclined to learn. As a result, it is easier to learn and memorize a new language by reading and listening to stories.

Now, I don't want to influence you by saying that mine is the best book in circulation; you will be the judge. As you surely know, there are several books similar to this one for learning Spanish, but they are not really optimal or suitable for beginners for different reasons: complicated terms are used, they have too long stories with no parallel text in English, lack of vocabulary, grammatical errors, lack of techniques and suggestions, and other carelessness issues that you will not find in this book.

The audiobook is divided into two parts.

Here is what you'll find inside:

• Tips and techniques about learning languages and key insights into learning Spanish
• The fundamentals of the Spanish language
• Some of the most complex issues of the Spanish language
• Verb conjugations in the present tense
• 25 dual language lessons in parallel text, broken down into verb tenses
• Core vocabulary which can be used in multiple situation
• The present simple tense with the verbs “ser” and “estar”
• The various ways in which verbs can be conjugated
• The present simple tense with regular verbs
• And much more!

Even if you have never spoken or written in Spanish, there's no need to worry because this audiobook was designed specifically for people like you. In fact, by purchasing this book, you will have the big advantage that only this book offers - that it offers the parallel translation of the stories in English, which will definitively cancel any difficulty in understanding and memorizing the text that you might encounter by purchasing other books.

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Good, helpful book

I think the parts that help me the most are the glossaries within each story that highlights key words and the section of each chapter that translates the entire story in sections. The set up is easy to follow and the stories aren't boring.

Superb book

This is a superb book...largely self-contained. I has the dual facing pages spanish/english, a vocabulary section in the back, notes, and exercises. It's a great book to start out learning Spanish with.

Great way to follow along with the pregnancy

This book provides a fun way to follow the developing baby with helpful tips and advice along the way. Highly recommend.

Relevant Learning Tools

I will say I have not finished this book as I'm trying to work through the Short Stories for Beginners and the 2000 Common Phrases, but my initial review looks very promising.

Love Love!

This book even had playground conversations, which is not usual, and very useful for me. My families here and there at the parks with my young son. I liked this book, and found it very useful!

Wonderful book

It says that there is a short summary at the end of every to help understand the story but it’s in Spanish too and i’m sure how exactly the expects me to understand that summary when I don’t speak . I bought the book to help me learn, if I knew how to listen in Spanish I wouldn’t have bought the book.

Interesting stories

This book is GREAT. I'm definitely a beginner when it comes to Spanish and I'm also a visual learner. I love how the book not only has the story, but a vocabulary list at the end. I liked reviewing the words and gaining a grasp on them. I also enjoyed testing myself with the quizzes about the story and saying my answers aloud for practice. It made it fun for me. I felt like I was actually getting it and learning. I definitely recommend this book for those who want to learn Spanish in an easy and fun way.

I love this book

Definitely intermediate, all but the first story are in past tense and use subjunctive, etc., and they use a pretty wide range of vocab. And it uses the form, which is annoying. But they are actual stories and are engaging overall. And it’s a lot of bang for your buck since it’s a full-length book unlike most graded listeners.

Wonderful spanish learning

The Great thing about this book is the intro on how to listen this book effectively--please don't skip that! The focus is more on finishing the short than knowing every word: believe me, using this method you will look up fewer words, and feel more accomplished as a listener. It really is the best strategy I've ever used for listening a text in another language.

Quickly Elevate Your Spoken

This resource has helped me to practice speaking in a way that flows naturally. It has allowed me to quickly elevate my ability to speak with my languages partners and become more comfortable in conversations.