The first half of the book contains over 50 categories of school terminology. The last half of the book contains the same terminology arranged in alphabetical order so that the reader who needs a specific word can quickly locate it. Several choices of words and phrases are provided where appropriate to allow for regional variations. Use of this book with the Bilingual Dictionary of School Terminology (which contains sentence patterns), Reporting to Parents, Spanish for the School Nurse's Office, and School Office Spanish, for word and phrase substituions, will immeasurably mulitply the user's ability to communicate. This reference book is an invaluable resource for school personnel regardless of fluency level.

"This is a comprehensive Spanish language program that provides immediate access to functional language skills for non-Spanish-speaking medical, school, and office secretaries and receptionists. The language component utilizes phonetic encoding to present the most important Spanish commands, questions, and phrases pertinent to secretarial and receptionist work. No prior knowledge of Spanish necessary."--Publisher description.