Teach Yourself Latin-American Spanish Hb [Paperback]

Juan Kattan-Ibarra (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 21, 1994 | Series: Teach Yourself

Designed for adult learners seeking to acquire practical communication skills in Latin-American Spanish. This book is suitable for beginners or for those wishing to refresh or advance their knowledge. There is also a book/cassette pack available.

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Language Notes

Text: English, Spanish

From the Back Cover

This is a complete course in understanding, speaking, and writing Latin American Spanish. If you have never learned Spanish, or want to improve your skills for use in Latin America on vacation or business travel, then Teach Yourself Latin American Spanish is for you.

Juan Kattan-Ibarra has created a practical course that is both fun and easy to work through. The units are set in a variety of Latin American countries and present the major linguistic variations and a broad range of cultural background information. Juan explains everything clearly along the way and gives you plenty of opportunities to practice what you have learned. The course structure enables you to work at your own pace, arranging your learning to suit your needs.

The course contains:
*Thirteen carefully graded units of dialogues, culture notes, grammar, and exercises
*A grammar summary
*A pronunciation guide
*A vocabulary list

By the end of the course you will be able to cope with a whole range of situations in any of the Spanish-speaking Latin American countries. You will be able to take a fully active part in the culture and everyday life of Spanish-speaking people in Latin America. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Teach Yourself (April 21, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340595159
• ISBN-13: 978-0340595152
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,829,068 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars conversations -- at last!, April 4, 2000

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This review is from: Teach Yourself Latin American Spanish Complete Course (Paperback)

When I took French in college, the emphasis was on everyday conversations, not rote memorization of vocabulary and verb endings. For a long time I've looked for a Spanish book that used the conversation method, and, for me, this book is it. I find it far easier to remember Spanish words and phrases in the context of casual conversation, as in this book, rather than from a lengthy vocabulary list. I do think the audio tape will help with pronunciation -- otherwise, I recommend this book heartily.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars All-in-all, quite helpful, June 9, 2002

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"larrytheanvil" (Mount Vernon, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teach Yourself Latin American Spanish Complete Course (Paperback)

A great idea, especially for Americans who are much more likely to go to hispanoamerica than Spain. Lots of info, but not really specific enough. One day maybe there will be a version for each country (Mexico, Agnetina, etc.) It is too easy to confuse local idioms and receive confused looks when you try to use this book as gospel. Still, it is helpful, and well-formatted.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book for learning spanish, January 14, 2009

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Noel Franklin (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teach Yourself Latin American Spanish Complete Course Audiopack (Paperback)

This is a great book for beginners to intermediate Latin American Spanish learners. The book not only shows you conjugation of regular verbs but also irregular verbs in addition to unique sentence structure. In the back of the book is a summary of what you learned and serves as an excellent reference for reinforcement learning. It teaches you the past, present, and future tenses of verbs as well as other frequent ways that are used to say the latter. I'm on my 3rd book already because the first book I bought I used it so much I wore it out. My second book I lost. But the book was so good that I had to buy it again. My girlfriend speaks Spanish and I've been trying to learn it ever since we got together. I've purchase a number of books from large to small but this one is the one I refer to and use way more frequently then the others. The only thing I wished this book came with was flash cards. But besides that it is a great book.