Special Costa Rican Spanish Survival Course (Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

Christopher Howard (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 30 pages
• Publisher: Costa Rica Books; Pap/Cas edition (June 1986)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 1881233200
• ISBN-13: 978-1881233206
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,408,520 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Christopher Howard has resided in Costa Rica for over 30 years and is Costa Rican citizen. During this time, he has had the opportunity to gather a plethora of information about living, retiring and investing in Costa Rica. It is not surprising that he has first-hand knowledge and insight into all aspects of Costa Rica's culture and its people. Because of his expertise, he is a frequent lecturer at numerous retirement and investment seminars. He has also appeared on the NBC Today Show and CNBC World Business News and was interviewed for Good Morning America.

Mr. Howard has extensive foreign language background, having earned a B.A in Latin American studies and a Masters degree in Spanish from the University of California. The author writes columns titled "Learning the Language" for the Association of Residents of Costa Rica's magazine La Voz, "Short Cuts for Learning Spanish" for the newspapers AM Costa Rica and Inside Costa Rica and the Costa Rica Living News Group.

Christopher has written 14 language and travel guidebooks about Latin America including 16 editions of the perennial bestselling "New Golden Door to Retirement and Living in Costa Rica", "Official Guide to Costa Rica Spanish" and the one-of-a-kind "Guide to Real Estate in Costa Rica."

Due to a multitude of requests from the readers of his guidebooks, Christopher Howard began to offer monthly relocation and retirement tours to Costa Rica starting in 1997. Since then he has personally helped thousands of people move to Costa Rica successfully through his one-of-a-kind licensed tours, seminars and private consultation services. Please see www.liveincostarica.com for more information about his unique tours.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A simple way to learn Costa Rican Spanish, February 27, 1999

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This review is from: Special Costa Rican Spanish Survival Course (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

I own a Spanish language institute in San José, Costa Rica. We recommend our students purchase this ONE-OF-A-KIND booklet and cassette. By no means is it a complete course in the Spanish language but it contains everything the beginning and intermediate students need to know: correct pronunciation, handy everyday expressions and phrases and an extensive list of Costa Rican expressions. The author has a Master's Degree in Spanish from the University of California and writes a weekly newspaper column for "Central America Weekly" about short cuts to learning Spanish. His column and book have helped 1000's of English speakers master the basics of survival Spanish.