Presentamos la primera y única gran recopilación de vocablos ingleses que son iguales o casi iguales que en español, con más de 3000 palabras de uso corriente. Esta obra es el modo más fácil de multiplicar tu vocabulario en inglés sin apenas esfuerzo.Hay palabras inglesas que provienen del español y palabras españolas que provienen del inglés. También las hay que son muy similares en ambos idiomas debido a que tienen un origen común en una tercera lengua como el latín o el francés.Si deseas poder comunicarte en inglés, una de las claves es tener un vocabulario suficientemente amplio. La memorización de palabras es uno de los aspectos más pesados de aprender un idioma. La finalidad de esta obra es que puedas dar un buen acelerón a tu vocabulario sin apenas esfuerzo. Por ejemplo, recordar que visitar, en inglés es to visit, que contactar es to contact, que admitir es to admit, o que conflicto es conflict, no requiere grandes capacidades memorísticas precisamente. Es bastante fácil y ameno. Con el mismo esfuerzo que te supone memorizar una palabra que no guarda similitud con el español, aquí podrás aprender cinco, ya que en realidad no tienes que memorizarlas, sino simplemente releerlas unas pocas veces y ya no se te va a olvidar que son casi igual que en español.Por tanto imagínate lo fácil que es aprenderlas. De hecho, más que aprenderlas, simplemente tienes que leerlas.Te propongo que cada día añadas 5 de estas palabras a tu vocabulario inglés. Te llevará pocos minutos y en un año tendrás más de 1500 nuevas palabras que harán una gran diferencia en tu capacidad para comunicarte en inglés.Respecto a la pronunciación, para facilitar aun más el aprendizaje, hemos optado por usar una pronunciación figurada, en vez del sistema fonético internacional. De todos modos, la similitud de estas palabras entre inglés y español, hace muy sencilla la pronunciación en la gran mayoría de los casos, simplemente aplicando las normas de pronunciación generales.Y como extra, una lista de PALABRAS ENGAÑOSAS.Del mismo modo que estas palabras son la forma más fácil de ampliar tu vocabulario, hay que tener cuidado con ciertas palabras que se parecen mucho a palabras españolas, pero cuyo significado es bastante distinto. Afortunadamente no son muchas. Por ejemplo, podrías pensar que constipated significa constipado, pero significa estreñido/a. (Seguro que no querrás equivocarte en esto...). O arena, que significa estadio. O large, que no significa largo, sino grande.Por ello, tras las palabras casi iguales, hemos incluido también una lista de palabras que parecen una cosa pero significan otra.

The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary is the ideal dictionary for advanced EFL/ESL learners. Easy to use and with a great CD-ROM - the perfect learner's dictionary for exam success. First published as the Cambridge International Dictionary of English, this new edition has been completely updated and redesigned. - References to over 170,000 words, phrases and examples explained in clear and natural English - All the important new words that have come into the language (e.g. dirty bomb, lairy, 9/11, clickable) - Over 200 'Common Learner Error' notes, based on the Cambridge Learner Corpus from Cambridge ESOL exams Plus, on the CD-ROM: - SMART thesaurus - lets you find all the words with the same meaning - QUICKfind - automatically looks up words while you are working on-screen - SUPERwrite - tools for advanced writing, giving help with grammar and collocation - Hear and practise all the words.

This collection of original papers presents current research on linguistic aspects of the Spanish used in the United States. The authors examine such topics as language maintenance and language shift, language choice, the bilingual's discourse patterns, varieties of Spanish used in the United States, and oral proficiency testing of bilingual speakers. In view of the fact that Hispanics constitute the largest linguistic minority in the United States, the pioneering work in the area of sociolinguistic issues in the U.S. Spanish presented here is of great importance.

(abridged and revised) This reference grammar offers intermediate and advanced students a reason ably comprehensive guide to the morphology and syntax of educated speech and plain prose in Spain and Latin America at the end of the twentieth century. Spanish is the main, usually the sole official language of twenty-one countries,} and it is set fair to overtake English by the year 2000 in numbers 2 of native speakers. This vast geographical and political diversity ensures that Spanish is a good deal less unified than French, German or even English, the latter more or less internationally standardized according to either American or British norms. Until the 1960s, the criteria of internationally correct Spanish were dictated by the Real Academia Espanola, but the prestige of this institution has now sunk so low that its most solemn decrees are hardly taken seriously - witness the fate of the spelling reforms listed in the Nuevas normas de prosodia y ortograjia, which were supposed to come into force in all Spanish-speaking countries in 1959 and, nearly forty years later, are still selectively ignored by publishers and literate persons everywhere. The fact is that in Spanish 'correctness' is nowadays decided, as it is in all living languages, by the consensus of native speakers; but consensus about linguistic usage is obviously difficult to achieve between more than twenty independent, widely scattered and sometimes mutually hostile countries. Peninsular Spanish is itself in flux.

Modern Spanish Grammar: A Practical Guide is an innovative reference guide to Spanish, combining traditional and function-based grammar in a single volume.The Grammar is divided into two parts. The shorter section covers traditional grammatical categories such as word order, nouns, verbs and adjectives. The larger section is carefully organized around language functions and notions such as: giving and seeking information putting actions into context * expressing likes, dislikes and preferences comparing objects and actions.All grammar points and functions are richly illustrated and information is provided on register and relevant cultural background. Written by experienced teachers and academics, the Grammar has a strong emphasis on contemporary usage. Particular attention is paid to indexing and cross-referencing across the two sections. This is the ideal reference grammar for learners of Spanish at all levels, from elementary to advanced. It will prove invaluable to those with little experience of formal grammar, as no prior knowledge of grammatical terminology is assumed and a glossary of terms is provided. The book will also be useful to teachers seeking back-up to functional syllabuses, and to designers of Spanish courses.

While many professional translators believe the ability to translate is a gift that one either has or does not have, Allison Beeby Lonsdale questions this view. In her innovative book, Beeby Lonsdale demonstrates how teachers can guide their students by showing them how insights from communication theory, discourse analysis, pragmatics, and semiotics can illuminate the translation process. Using Spanish to English translation as her example, she presents the basic principles of translation through 29 teaching units, which are prefaced by objectives, tasks, and commentaries for the teacher, and through 48 task sheets, which show how to present the material to students. Published in English.