Colloquial Spanish (Colloquial Series) [Audio Cassette]

Untza Otaola Alday (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0415030269 | ISBN-13: 978-0415030267 | Publication Date: April 21, 1995 | Edition: Cas & Book

Colloquial Spanish Is specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Spanish. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
What makes Colloquial Spanish your best choice in personal language learning?
* interactive - lots of exercises for regular practice
* clear - concise grammar notes
* practical - useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide
* complete - including answer key and special reference section.
Cassettes accompany the course to help you with listening and pronunciation skills. By the end of this rewarding course you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in a broad range of situations.

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Language Notes

Text: English, Spanish --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Untza Sale has been a Spanish lecturer at FCO Language Group since 1992. She has taught a large number of students posted to Spain and Latin America on a one to one basis and has also run many courses from intensive to pre-exam courses. She studied Modern Iberian and Latin American Studies at UCL and did an MA in the teaching of Modern Languages at the Institute of Education. She is also a specialist in testing and has worked for Language Testing Associates since 1991.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Routledge; Cas & Book edition (April 21, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415030269
• ISBN-13: 978-0415030267
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.8 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,827,142 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This book is organized well, and understandable., July 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Colloquial Spanish (Colloquial Series) (Paperback)

Colloquial Spanish is well organized and understandable to the beginner, as well as challenging to the advanced learner. Please don't expect to learn Spanish in a week or even two. You must study, study, and this book with tape set can help. I would not recommend purchasing only the book. The tapes that corresspond are a vital addition. The only drawback I can see, is this...there is an abundance of information that is not included on the tapes. It would be helpful to have more practice listening to a native speaker on additional tapes. Putting this aside, I would recommend Colloquil Spanish to anyone who desires to study Spanish. Ustedes un buen dia!!! Chao!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars mostly useful for perfecting pronunciation, November 3, 2009

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perekladach (Carbondale, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Colloquial Spanish (Colloquial Series (Multimedia)) (Paperback)

I bought this originally because there is a surprisingly limited amount of material available for learning Spanish as it is spoken in its original home. Almost all of the Spanish material I had used treats the language as it is spoken in the Western Hemisphere, so this filled something of a gap. By practicing with the audio portion of the course it is certainly possible to get a good feel for the sounds of Continental Spanish. I didn't expect to learn a lot of vocabulary I didn't know, so I can't knock the course for that, but the usual irritations that come with these Routledge courses are out in force here- lots of words used in the dialogues and exercises that aren't in either the vocabularies or the glossary and a few that I couldn't even find in my excellent and well-thumbed dictionary. So three stars is as high as I'm willing to go, but for someone wanting to learn Spain Spanish rather than Latin American Spanish this isn't a bad thing to have.