Colloquial Spanish
The Complete Course for Beginners
Untza Otaola Alday
- 318 Seiten
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Colloquial Spanish
The Complete Course for Beginners
Untza Otaola Alday
Über dieses Buch
Colloquial Spanish: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Spanish as it is written and spoken today.
Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Spanish in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
Colloquial Spanish is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout.
Key features include:
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- A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
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- Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar
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- An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises
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- Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations
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- Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in Spain
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- An overview of the sounds of Spanish
Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Spanish is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Spanish.
Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.
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Lesson One
Encuentros
Meeting people
Countries | Nationalities |
América | argentino/a |
Francia | inglés/a |
Brasil | español/a |
Méjico | francés/a |
Inglaterra | brasileño/a |
Argentina | mejicano/a |
España | americano/a |
Australia | canadiense |
Canada | australiano/a |
Dialogue 1
Meeting the family (Audio 1:4)
Laura | ¡Hola! Buenos días. Soy Laura. |
Teresa | ¡Claro! Hola Laura, yo soy Teresa, la hermana de Carmen. Pero pasa, por favor. ¿Cómo estás? ¿Qué tal el viaje? |
Laura | Muy bien, gracias. |
Teresa | ¿Estás cansada? |
Laura | Un poco. |
Laura | Hello! Good morning. I’m Laura. |
Teresa | Of course! Hello Laura, I’m Teresa, Carmen’s sister. |
Come in. How are you? How was the journey? | |
Laura | Very good, thank you. |
Teresa | Are you tired? |
Laura | A little bit. |
Vocabulary
hola | hello |
buenos días | good morning |
soy | (I) am |
¡claro! la | of course! (literally ‘clear’) |
la | the (feminine) |
la hermana | sister |
de | of |
pero | but |
pasa | come in |
por favor | please |
cómo | how |
estás | (you) are |
qué tal | what about |
el | the (masculine) |
el viaje | journey |
muy | very |
bien | well |
gracias | thanks |
cansada/o | tired |
un poco | a little |
Language points
Introductions using ser ‘to be’
Soy Laura | I am Laura |
¿Eres Carmen? | Are you Carmen? |
Es Juan | He is John |
¿Cómo estás? | How are you? |
Yo soy la hermana de Carmen | I am Carmen’s sister |
Tú eres Carmen, ¿no? | You are Carmen, aren’t you? |
Él es el hermano de María | He is María’s brother |
Ella es la madre de Carmen | She is Carmen’s mother |
Nosotros somos los padres de Lola | We are Lola’s... |