Spanish Visual Language Guide [Paperback]

Karl-Heinz Brecheis (Illustrator), Rudi Kost (Series Editor), Robert Valentin (Series Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2003 | ISBN-10: 0764122800 | ISBN-13: 978-0764122804 | Edition: Bilingual

International travelers will value this quick-reference vocabulary and phrase builder. Hundreds of color photos and cartoon-style illustrations present visual images of words and phrases that travelers typically need when they are getting around in Spain or Latin America. Here's how to ask for gasoline when driving into a service station—with pictures and bilingual phrases and answers to dramatize the situation. Here too are words and pictures depicting all kinds of food and drink—a pineapple, a mug of cold beer, a sandwich, a fresh apple. The book is color-coded along page edges according to topics to help travelers find what they're looking for in a hurry. General topics include transportation, accommodations, food shopping, department store shopping, furniture and appliances, sports and recreation, and many others. This good-looking book also makes a handy reference source for language students.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Hundreds of color photos and illustrations present visual images of words and phrases you need when you?re traveling in Spain or Latin America. All illustrations are labeled in English and Spanish, and are divided into general topics, separated and designated for quick reference by tinted page edges in different colors. More than 800 illustrations will help you find 5,000 key words and phrases?and find them fast!

Visual Language Guides Available in
French * Italian * Spanish * English for Spanish Speakers

[art captions]
Traveling Bag:la bolsa de viaje
Towel: la toalla
Iron: la plancha
Por favor, enséñemelo en este libro.
Please show me that in this book.
Crib: la cama para el niño
Bandage: la tirita
Avocado: el aguacate

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series; Bilingual edition (April 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764122800
• ISBN-13: 978-0764122804
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 4.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,181,179 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun reference book to jazz up your Spanish study program, October 27, 2005

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Classic TV Fan "Lee" (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spanish Visual Language Guide (Paperback)

The book has a number of sections organized by themes such as weather, food and dining, shopping, traveling, and the human body. For a change of pace, if you always wanted to learn the word for an item such as sunglasses, skirt, windshield, vanilla ice cream, bandaid, heart, or bottle of perfume, you can find the word. There are lots of photos also. You can easily find a number - every page number is written in Spanish. The book contains some words and phrases for a tourist or casual student of Spanish. You will not learn lots of substantive grammar here, but, in a worst-case scenario, if you are in a store with a number of Spanish-speaking employees, you can always point to a picture! For the price, it is a pleasant change of pace from books about reading and writing Spanish.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great service, September 3, 2009

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Elena M. Cieslak "babydarlins" (Las Vegas, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spanish Visual Language Guide (Paperback)

I needed this book for a fall Spanish for Travelers class at UNLV. If I had to buy it at a book store it would have cost $13 but I was able to get it brand new with shipping for just over $7 and never had to leave the house! Thank you so much!