William C. Harvey

Written for intermediate students taking Spanish on a high school or college level, this book can be used in the classroom as a main text or as a textbook supplement. It covers every aspect of Spanish grammar and correct usage, beginning with verbs and analyzing verb tenses, the passive voice, reflexive verbs, verb usage in the subjunctive mood, imperative command verb forms, and uses of verb infinitives. The book's subsequent sections cover nouns, modifiers and the other parts of speech, with discussion of various interrogative forms, words that express negation, feminine forms, demonstratives and possessives, pronouns, diminutive and augmentative word formations, and more. Contemporary idioms are interspersed throughout the text, and the book's many exercises give students plenty of solid practice. Cartoon illustrations throughout the book help to demonstrate points of Spanish grammar.

Complete Spanish Grammar Review

Barron's Educational Series

Este programa de idiomas de nivel intermedio ampliado y actualizado está diseñado para ayudar a los hispanohablantes a adquirir un dominio del inglés estadounidense. Es una guía de seguimiento y autodidacta ideal para los hispanos que han dominado el programa Inglés para Latinos, Nivel 1, pero también puede ser útil para cualquier persona que ya tiene algún conocimiento básico de inglés. El audio en línea utiliza diálogos hablados y entrenamiento para enfatizar la pronunciación correcta del inglés estadounidense informal. This expanded and updated intermediate-level language program is designed to help Spanish speakers gain proficiency in American English. It is an ideal follow-up and self-teaching guide for Hispanics who have mastered Barron's Inglés para Latinos, Level 1, but it can also be helpful to anyone who already has some basic knowledge of English. The online audio uses spoken dialogues and coaching to emphasize correct pronunciation of informal American English.

Ingles Para Latinos, Level 2 + Online Audio

Presents a guide to the aspects of the Spanish language most useful for professionals in the health care field that covers basic grammar and specialized vocabulary.

Spanish for Health Care Professionals

This book is designed to help doctors, nurses, and medical assistants communicate in Spanish with Latino patients and their families who have little or no command of English. Fully updated text includes the addition of vocabulary for informing families about patients' medical care or death; instructing patients on how to navigate online forms; a sample disclosure and consent form in both Spanish and English; and a new section on working with medical interpreters. Every Spanish word in the book is followed by its phonetic pronunciation. The book also provides easy-to-follow tips on understanding colloquial spoken Spanish. Author William Harvey concentrates on words and phrases likely to be used in a medical setting. True-to-life dialogues dramatize situations pertaining to pregnancy, broken bones, pediatric care, heart and lung diseases, pharmacy prescriptions, and much more.

Revised and updated with new phrases and vocabulary, new questions and answers, and new tables presenting basic English verbs, this favorite language-learning program is for Latinos in the United States and Canada who need to develop a practical, working use of spoken English, and who want to learn quickly and informally. Author William Harvey bypasses the dull rules of grammar and takes the practical route by presenting a series of informal conversations by speakers who converse in normal idiomatic American English. Emphasis is placed on correct pronunciation, and many helpful tips are offered, including short-cuts to clear spoken English expression and comprehension. Amusing cartoon-style illustrations help to convey understanding of English. The two cassettes supplement material in the book and present language learners with the sound of informal American English as it is spoken in everyday situations.

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