Teach Yourself Latin American Spanish - Book & Tape

A Complete Course for Beginners.

This is a complete course in spoken and written Latin American Spanish. If you have never learnt Spanish before, or if you want to improve on existing skills and apply them to Latin America for holiday or business travel, this book is for you.

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

Based on the Council of Europe's Threshold guidelines on language learning, the course contains:
- Thirteen carefully graded units of dialogues, culture notes, grammar and exercises
- A grammar summary
- A pronunciation guide
- A vocabulary list

The cassette has been specially recorded by native speakers from Latin America to accompany the book. It contains:
- Dialogues
- Questions
- Exercises
- Extra listening practice

By the end of the course you'll 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.