Use the 1,000 plus words in this book to facilitate meaningful connections between Spanish and English. If you can read and understand Spanish, this knowledge can be employed to improve your reading vocabulary in English. If you can read and understand English this knowledge can be employed to improve your reading vocabulary in Spanish. This book includes "158 Study Sets" indicating the similarities between the Spanish and English words. The dictionary definitions are similar and very closely related in both languages. Remember words only have meaning when expressed in the context of complete thoughts and written in sentences. Your progress is up to YOU. For more advanced practice lessons, write sentences or even paragraphs using the language with which you are familiar and then translate them into the language you are improving.