Spanish Short Stories For Intermediate Learners: Eight Unconventional Short Stories to Grow Your Vocabulary and Learn Spanish the Fun Way! (Spanish Edition) Paperback – November 14, 2016

I loved the idea immediately when I came across it. I think it would have been better if Mr. Richards chose to use some classic books of stories originally written in Spanish. These are stories written by Richards and translated into Spanish (and I am guessing translated into the other languages he is trying to teach?).The story plots in this book are easy to follow, but it does not flow, and is not at all natural in feel. I am intermediate Spanish speaker, and am much more able to read and comprehend a book of presentations on a university level (Isabel la Católica y la Evangelización de America) than I am this current tome. Love the idea, not happy with the execution.

I enjoyed the first two books so making the decision to purchase this book was very easy. By the time I made it through this book I was ready to read a more mainstream book...I picked Las Brujas BTW....I read a chapter to my kids each night (in English) then I re-read in Spanish (to myself).To be completely honest I was a bit reluctant to dive into these types of books because writing compelling stories in your native tongue is challenging enough. The subtle brilliance to these stories is the use of tenses that match the readers level. If you've studied the many tenses of Spanish (as a person learning Spanish as a second language) it's a great feeling to see them being used in context. Granted, you may not understand the word(s) but if you know the conjugation rules, youcan figure out the context of what is being said. From there you can have a fairly good guess and then those words will less likely escape your memory in the long run.Now, there might be some inaccuracies but I believe the purpose of these is two-fold:1. Understanding the general jist2. Learn some wordsI got to the point where I was buzzing through these chapters and didn't bother with the comprehension questions - I didn't understand every word but learnt a few new ones and saw some words I'd previously learnt in context. The point here, I believe, is to use this book as you would any other book you read for leisure. Enjoy the story and move on. I wouldn't try to translate every word (like I tried to do intially) it's a boring, useless excercise and takes the joy out reading.Trust me, when I started reading the first book it was pretty painful - excruciating in fact - but keep going and things get easier and more enjoyable.

One of the things I struggle with most when studying Spanish is finding material that is interesting... and at my level. This book of intermediate level Spanish stories, which I think is probably about A2/B1, are a great tool for my Spanish project. They are sufficiently interesting and entertaining that I am enjoying reading them, and even more importantly, that I don't my mind re-reading them as the author recommends. The vocabulary is relevant and useful to my needs in Spanish, and the topics range broadly, so that each story is quite unique from the others. The author has chopped each story into three chapters so that even in a relatively short sitting, you can get through a reasonable chunk of text, enjoy the associated feeling of accomplishment, and then there is a summary and review questions to check your understanding. A great tool, I hope for a second book of intermediate level stories in Spanish soon!

This book is exactly the same as this 2019 edition https://amzn.to/31bw4aS Short Stories in Spanish for Intermediate Learners even though it has a different cover image, publish date and ISBN.

Spanish short stories for beginners, is the best option I choose, I read Olly richard, spanish short stories from cover to covercouple of time the more I read the more I understand, it is fun the way the story is written, and the vocabulary and of every story it is great. Since I started read Olly Rrechard the Author of the book my spanish is great, I have been told by my friend Native speaker.So I recomended Olly Richard Spanish for beginner to every one who interest in the languages. Don't pass those books. Rose Barbaro

I am an intermediate level Spanish learner. This book was perfect because I did understand the stories, but at times had to concentrate on the exact verb forms. I also learned new vocab and new expressions. I will re-read it until I remember all of the new. A couple of the stories are a bit strange and seemed like there may have been better choices. But all in all, this book is very good to work on fluency.

These stories are great practice for intermediate Spanish students. The first two stories are pretty awful, but I still learned a lot. The next two are quite a bit better, and are even a little suspenseful. These are NOT literary stories. They are written for review, not good plotting or character development. But they're very helpful improving Spanish.

The stories are captivating and well written. They're easy to follow , but still challenging by introducing new vocabulary and showing more complex sentence structures. With the difficulty level progressing story by story you do get a sense a learning and an increase in skill. Anyone serious about learning Spanish as a second language should buy this book.

Fantastic short stories with questions at the ned of each story with a answer check as well. Very important to show one understands fully what one has read.

Great short stories - some appealed more than others but great for dusting off my language skills.

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Excellent. I've really struggled to progress and the methodology and language used in the stories have made a difference already. It's really building my confidence and I'll definitely buy more.