Teach Yourself Latin American Spanish

This is a complete course in understanding, speaking and writing Latin American Spanish. If you have never learnt Spanish, or want to improve on existing skills and apply them to Latin America for holiday 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 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 guidelines on language learning the course contains thirteen carefully graded units of dialogues, culture notes, grammar and exercises; pronunciation guide; grammar summary and vocabulary list.

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.