Full Description
This new 5th edition includes an up-to-date culture and vocabulary guide, allowing you to broaden your knowledge of contemporary language and customs.
Do you want to learn Spanish or brush up what you know already? Are you looking for a course with a traditional approach to language learning, based on solid grammatical foundations, translation skills and practical vocabulary? If so, this is the course for you.
The material covers a variety of everyday topics in a simple, concise manner. There are plenty of examples and explanations to illustrate how the language works and to build confidence. Each unit, designed to build systematically on what you have already learned, contains:
- clear grammar explanations
- vocabulary lists
- reading material consisting of a story, dialogue or letter
- questions for speaking practice
- exercises
- 32pp test-yourself section giving you extra practice and allowing you to monitor your progress as you go through the course, helping you keep on top of tricky grammar points and regularly testing the vocabulary you're learning.
There are also revision units to help you practise what you are learning. At the back of the book, an exercise key enables you to check your answers while grammar and vocabulary sections provide a useful reference.
The accompanying online audio will help you with listening and speaking. In addition to a full pronunciation section, it contains reading passages and dialogues from the course book, followed by comprehension questions in Spanish, together with model answers.
Download our free app, Teach Yourself Library, from the App Store or Google Play to access the free audio.
Contents
Lesson 1: El campesino
Lesson 2: La escuela del pueblo
Lesson 3: La casa de Manuel
Lesson 4: Las moscas
Lesson 5: Carta desde Sevilla
: Revision 1
Lesson 6: El estanco
Lesson 7: Los burros
Lesson 8: Los planes
Lesson 9: La fiesta de cumpleaños
Lesson 10: El hombre de negocios
: Revision 2
Lesson 11: La señora Carmencita
Lesson 12: América latina
Lesson 13: El marinero
Lesson 14: La llegada del transatlántico
Lesson 15: Comunicaciones
: Revision 3
Lesson 16: Un viaje accidentado
Lesson 17: España vista por los extranjeros
Lesson 18: Contraste
Lesson 19: Visita a una fábrica
Lesson 20: El indiano
: Revision 4
Lesson 21: Las comunidades autónomas de España (1)
Lesson 22: Las comunidades autónomas de España (2)
Lesson 23: Don Quixote
Lesson 24: La economía española
Lesson 25: En la frontera
: Revision 5
: Self-assessment tests
: Key to the Exercises
: Vocabularies
: Audio content
