Stories from Latin America : Historias de Latinoamerica [Paperback]

Genevieve Barlow (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0844208124 | ISBN-13: 978-0844208121 | Publication Date: January 11, 1995 | Edition: 1

These enduring legends offer insights into the history and culture of Latin American countries. For ease of comprehension, they are told in both Spanish and English, on facing pages.

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Text: English, Spanish

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (January 11, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0844208124
• ISBN-13: 978-0844208121
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #587,448 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intermediate Level - English or Spanish as Second Language, June 26, 1997

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This review is from: Stories from Latin America : Historias de Latinoamerica (Paperback)

This is a wonderful book for those wishing to learn more Spanish or English. As well as being a resource for learning a language, it contains many anecdotes and legends of Latin-American history. The ability to check your comprehension and translation by only looking to the opposite page is excellent. Instead of having a Spanish-English dictionary in the other hand, the text is presented only a quick glance away. This is instrumental in helping the reader stay focussed on the story and the grammar of Spanish (or English). I will be recommending this to fellow classmates as well as buying other "Side-by-Side" books

42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful stories, excellent language-learning tool, April 5, 2002

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This review is from: Stories from Latin America : Historias de Latinoamerica (Paperback)

I've been trying to learn Spanish on my own with limited success over the past 2 years, but I think I'll make alot of progress using bilingual books. Repeated exposure to proper Spanish grammar, verb tenses, and vocabulary is far more beneficial to me than rote memorization from a textbook, and sometimes the stories are so interesting that you forget that you're reading a different language. The folklore of Latin America is brought to life by the stories, which cover many scenarios and countries. My biggest criticsm is that the dictionary in the back should include more words, and the translation could be more literal, if possible. Sometimes, although rarely, words are used that aren't translated and aren't in the dictionary. Nevertheless, I felt my Spanish comprehension and vocabulary improving with each story I read, and I'm looking forward to moving on to Historias de Mexico.

33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Helpful for Intermediate Spanish, April 15, 2000

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This review is from: Stories from Latin America : Historias de Latinoamerica (Paperback)

This is a great book for anyone at the intermediate Spanish level. I particularly enjoyed the fact that the stories were short - each of the 16 stories is about four pages long (four pages each of Spanish and English). My only complaint is that 4 of the 16 legends are from Mexico, which seems a little Mexico-centric, given that there is a companion volume of legends from Mexico available. But that is a minor flaw of a very enjoyable book.