Author: Angeles Pérez Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company ISBN: Category : Spanish language Languages : en Pages : 392
Book Description
Cassell's Contemporary Spanish is designed to make your Spanish-speaking experience relaxing and uncomplicated. Part 1, "A Concise Reference Grammar", is like a complete refresher course in the basics of sentence structure, verb forms (including modal verbs), gender, mood, tense, and parts of speech. It's filled with examples and focuses on the specific problems English speakers often encounter when they try to learn Spanish. Part 2, "Contemporary Functional Language", demonstrates the practical, modern, everyday workings of the language. It is this section especially that sets Cassell's Contemporary Spanish apart from any other language guide, because it gives you valuable advice for getting along on a day-to-day basis in a Spanish-speaking country - without sounding like an outdated phrase book. Here you'll find guidelines for using the telephone, asking for or giving advice, applying for a job and writing a resume, writing a personal or professional letter, and conducting business matters. This section also tackles the common questions and unnerving language nuances that plague nonfluent Spanish speakers, such as how to tell colloquial and slang expressions from vulgar ones, how to understand regionalisms and local etiquette, and how to avoid mistaking English sound-a-likes for Spanish words. Part 3, "Word Power", is made up of several specialized vocabularies that help you decipher the unique languages of finance and banking; politics and current affairs; shopping; travel; legal matters; media, the arts, and literature; even weather forecasts. There's a reference you can use to build on the verbs, nouns, and adjectives you already know, and a guide to using popular expressions. Withdozens of examples and illustrations, Cassell's Contemporary Spanish is guaranteed to make any visit or extended stay in a Spanish-speaking area relaxing, enjoyable, and hassle-free.
Author: Angeles Pérez Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company ISBN: Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 392
Book Description
Cassell's Contemporary Spanish is designed to make your Spanish-speaking experience relaxing and uncomplicated. Part 1, "A Concise Reference Grammar", is like a complete refresher course in the basics of sentence structure, verb forms (including modal verbs), gender, mood, tense, and parts of speech. It's filled with examples and focuses on the specific problems English speakers often encounter when they try to learn Spanish. Part 2, "Contemporary Functional Language", demonstrates the practical, modern, everyday workings of the language. It is this section especially that sets Cassell's Contemporary Spanish apart from any other language guide, because it gives you valuable advice for getting along on a day-to-day basis in a Spanish-speaking country - without sounding like an outdated phrase book. Here you'll find guidelines for using the telephone, asking for or giving advice, applying for a job and writing a resume, writing a personal or professional letter, and conducting business matters. This section also tackles the common questions and unnerving language nuances that plague nonfluent Spanish speakers, such as how to tell colloquial and slang expressions from vulgar ones, how to understand regionalisms and local etiquette, and how to avoid mistaking English sound-a-likes for Spanish words. Part 3, "Word Power", is made up of several specialized vocabularies that help you decipher the unique languages of finance and banking; politics and current affairs; shopping; travel; legal matters; media, the arts, and literature; even weather forecasts. There's a reference you can use to build on the verbs, nouns, and adjectives you already know, and a guide to using popular expressions. Withdozens of examples and illustrations, Cassell's Contemporary Spanish is guaranteed to make any visit or extended stay in a Spanish-speaking area relaxing, enjoyable, and hassle-free.
Author: Angeles Pérez Publisher: Burns & Oates ISBN: 9780304340507 Category : Spanish language Languages : en Pages : 367
Book Description
One of a series, this Spanish language guide combines the traditional reference grammar with a section on contemporary usage and a third part on vocabulary. Each third concentrates on demystifying areas of common error and confusion for the English speaker and on developing in the user an appreciation of key structures along with a sensitivity to nuance and authentic expression. Part 2 in particular promotes an awareness of register, providing a range of expressions to suit different needs - advising, offering, requesting etc - from the most formal usage to argot and vulgarism. The final word-master section extends productive skills in building on verbs and nouns to extend idiom, using synonyms, avoiding faux amis together with specialist vocabulary for topics such as computer sciences, banking, literature. All examples are fully translated and realia illustrates particular grammar/usage vocabulary points in practice.
Author: Anthony Gooch Publisher: Cassell's ISBN: 9780025229105 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 1138
Book Description
This is the thoroughly revised and updated edition of Cassell?s internationally known Spanish dictionary. Special features of this new edition include New socio-political, economic and colloquial Spanish vocabulary brought into use by recent changes. New comprehensive verb tables. New bibliography of Spanish and English dictionaries. Latin-American usage as well as Castilian and regional dialects of Spain. New-wave socio-political, economic and colloquial Spanish vocabulary brought into use by recent changes. New comprehensive verb tables, bibliography of Spanish and English dictionaries. Incorporates modern scientific, technical, political and industrial terms. Embodies Latin-American terms with local usages in South and Central America as well as the Castilian and regional dialects of Spain. Contains proper names, grammatical information and irregular plural forms.
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