El Gimmick: Espanol Hablado

by Adrienne

Book Overview

This text, part of Adrienne's Gimmick series of language instruction and reference, offers an effective approach to speaking and understanding Spanish by teaching the language as it is actually... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393044777
• ISBN13: 9780393044775
• Release Date: April 1977
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Real Spanish as it is really spoken

This book is not your typical phrase book - it will actually teach you Spanish that doesn't sound like it came out of a textbook. Just as beginners all need to learn to say phrases like, "the sky is blue" etc., intermediate and advanced learners also have priorities at those more advanced skill levels that are just as important. Are you be able create phrases like, "She stood me up" or "He swindled me" or "I don't want to put you out?" Would you be able to understand them if they were spoken to you? Many of the problems with learning idiomatic expressions can be remedied with this book. It is basically broken down into three sections - 1) verbs, including common idiomatic expressions; 2) more common expressions utilizing the verbs you have learned, plus synonyms and antonyms; and 3) very slangy expressions, or modismos. This book is for anyone, beginner to advanced, who really wants to learn Spanish as it is really spoken.