Many language books are boring—this one is not. Written by a native English speaker who learned Spanish the hard way—by trying to talk to Spanish-speaking people—it offers English speakers with a basic knowledge of Spanish hundreds of tips for using the language more fluently and colloquially, with fewer obvious "gringo" errors. Writing with humor, common sense, and a minimum of jargon, Joseph Keenan covers everything from pronunciation, verb usage, and common grammatical mistakes to the subtleties of addressing other people, "trickster" words that look alike in both languages, inadvertent obscenities, and intentional swearing. He guides readers through the set phrases and idiomatic expressions that pepper the native speaker's conversation and provides a valuable introduction to the most widely used Spanish slang. With this book, both students in school and adult learners who never want to see another classroom can rapidly improve their speaking ability. Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish will be an essential aid in passing the supreme language test-communicating fluently with native speakers.

Advanced Beginning through Advanced Intermediate Conversational Spanish uses a functional approach to teach students the language skills needed to communicate in a variety of everyday situations, such as asking for directions, taking public transportation, and ordering food. A complete conversation course can be built around this useful text. - Authentic news articles, tour schedules, entertainment announcements, photos, and more. Give students a practical context for learning and highlight important cultural features. - Grammar and vocabulary integrated throughout the text. Reinforce development of oral and written skills.

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Step By Step, these twenty lessons, with charming and helpful illustrations, will enable you, regardless of previous language training, to read, write and speak Spanish in the shortest possible time. The Cortina Method has been time-tested and is the quick, easy and natural way to learn a language. It has received the approval of teachers, students, schools, colleges and business firms all over the world. Guide To Pronunciation And Spelling Explains how to pronounce the sounds, words and phrases of the language through simple phonetic symbols based on English spelling. Rules of spelling are also explained. Twenty Conversational Lessons These lessons include useful vocabularies and everyday conversations. Alongside of each word and sentence is given the correct pronunciation and English translation. Easy-to-understand grammatical footnotes are combined in this Method to make your language study effective and interesting. Complete Reference Grammar Provides a complete and clear explanation of every rule of structure. It is cross-referenced with and adds to the explanation in the conversational lesson footnotes. Bi-Lingual Dictionary Spanish-English/English-Spanish Dictionary contains all useful words and terms you need to know, so you can locate them easily. Over 2,500,000 Cortina Method language books have been sold.

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This unique and delightful e-book from one of New York City’s top language schools will teach you Spanish in the easiest, most effective way possible—by combining illustrations of everyday situations with Spanish text and clickable audio. There are no separate audio files or apps to download. Simply click on the images on each page to hear the captions and dialogue spoken by native speakers and repeat what you hear. The emphasis on conversational Spanish, broken down into common phrases and lexical chunks, will teach you to speak and understand Spanish as it is actually spoken, and you’ll pick up grammar and syntax naturally without even realizing it. This immersive textbook is ideal for self study or the classroom, for beginner to intermediate students, and includes: * More than 1400 illustrated scenarios accompanied by captions and dialogue in colloquial Spanish; * Over 200 essential Spanish verbs, with illustrated examples and simple tables covering 11 tenses and moods; * Special thematic sections on 20 topics including food, family, work and travel; and * Links to 100 grammar and usage notes that explain the concepts demonstrated in each section. (But if you read the illustrated pages on your own a few times, you may not need them!) Idlewild’s method is based on the latest research on language acquisition and more than a decade of experience teaching group classes in New York City and online. Idlewild’s classes have been named “Best of New York” by New York Magazineand have been recommended by The New Yorker, Time Out, Vox and Condé Nast Traveler, among others.

Prepared for the adult or college student who wants to attain a speaking knowledge of Spanish spoken in Hispanic America, this book places more emphasis on communication and comprehension than on grammatical depth. It does not presuppose a knowledge of Spanish or experience with a second language. Emphasis is on repetition. Each lesson includes the following components: vocabulary to be repeated many times and memorized; informal explanation of grammar in lay terms; descriptions of Hispanic culture; suggestions for impromptu dialogues and conversation and for learning to think in Spanish; and extra vocabulary for enrichment. Chapters cover introductions, family, time and weather, occupations, home, travel, restaurants, shopping, the human body, post office and bank, holidays, supermarkets and open air markets, airports, and entertainment. (LB)