Overview
Main description
It's easy to teach yourself Latin American Spanish!
Complete Latin American Spanish: A Teach Yourself Guide provides you with a clear and comprehensive approach to Latin American Spanish, so you can progress quickly from the basics to understanding, speaking, and writing Latin American Spanish with confidence.
Within each of the 24 thematic chapters, important language structures are introduced through life-like dialogues. You'll learn grammar in a gradual manner so you won't be overwhelmed by this tricky subject. Exercises accompany the texts and reinforce learning in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. This program also features current cultural information boxes that reflect recent changes in society.
Features:
One and five-minute introductions to key principles to get you started
Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience
Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress
Extra online articles at www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of the basics of the language
Table of contents
What is your name? / Where is it? / They open at eight / What do you do? / A table for two / How much does it cost? / Holiday plans / Travelling / A message / I used to live in Spain / I would like to hire a car / Have you been to Cuzco? / Go straight on / Pronunciation / Key to the exercises / Transcript of listening comprehension texts / Table of irregular verbs / Glossary of Latin American Terms / Spanish-English vocabulary / English-Spanish vocabulary / Index
Author comments
Juan Kattán-Ibarra holds degrees in foreign-language teaching from the Universities of Chile, Michigan State and London. He taught Spanish at Ealing College and Shell International and was an examiner for the University of London School Examinations Board.
