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Spanish conversation / Jean Yates, PhD.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Practice makes perfect (McGraw-Hill Companies)Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill Education, [2020]Edition: Premium third editionDescription: iv, 204 pages ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781260462197
  • 1260462196
Other title:
  • Practice makes perfect Spanish conversation
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Contents:
1: Introducing yourself and others -- 2: Expressing opinions, likes and dislikes -- 3: Striking up a conversation -- 4: Making dates and appointments -- 5: Describing people, places, and things -- 6: Expressing wants and needs -- 7: Making requests and offers -- 8: Expressing doubts and uncertainty -- 9: Talking about future events -- 10: Making a case or arguing a point -- 11: Narrating a story -- 12: Retelling a conversation -- 13. Talking about controversial issues.
Summary: Nervous that you're not ready to strike up a conversation with a native Spanish speaker? This book helps you overcome that obstacle and before you know it, you'll be speaking comfortably in your new native language. Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Conversation is organized around twelve units that present realistic conversational situations, from making introductions to giving opinions and from making a date to telling a story. Using these engaging dialogues as a starting point, each unit is packed with helpful instruction on correct pronunciation, syntax, and word usage--in addition to lots of conversation-ready phrases that you will find indispensable as your fluency increases.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 468.3421 Y32 Available 33111009649548
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Gain the skills needed to converse in Spanish with confidence!

Conversing comfortably in a new language can seem like a daunting task. This accessible guide will help you build the skills to communicate in Spanish with confidence. The book is packed with crystal-clear explanations, numerous realistic examples, and dozens of engaging exercises to help you hone your conversation skills. You'll learn how to introduce yourself, make appointments, strike up conversations, and much more.

Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Conversation is organized around 12 units that present specific conversational situations and common, everyday scenarios. Each unit offers helpful instructions on correct pronunciation, grammar, syntax, and word usage. The exclusive McGraw-Hill Language app features streaming audio recordings of all dialogues in the book, plus the answers to more than 100 exercises.

Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Conversation will help you:

* Engage in dialogues that illustrate practical conversations
* Expand your Spanish vocabulary
* Get clarification of new concepts with numerous realistic examples
* Reinforce your new conversational skills through extensive exercises
* Test your understanding of key themes in the book with review exercises, new to this edition
* Improve your pronunciation through audio dialogs and exercises, online and via the McGraw-Hill Language app

1: Introducing yourself and others -- 2: Expressing opinions, likes and dislikes -- 3: Striking up a conversation -- 4: Making dates and appointments -- 5: Describing people, places, and things -- 6: Expressing wants and needs -- 7: Making requests and offers -- 8: Expressing doubts and uncertainty -- 9: Talking about future events -- 10: Making a case or arguing a point -- 11: Narrating a story -- 12: Retelling a conversation -- 13. Talking about controversial issues.

User level: Beginner-Intermediate.

Nervous that you're not ready to strike up a conversation with a native Spanish speaker? This book helps you overcome that obstacle and before you know it, you'll be speaking comfortably in your new native language. Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Conversation is organized around twelve units that present realistic conversational situations, from making introductions to giving opinions and from making a date to telling a story. Using these engaging dialogues as a starting point, each unit is packed with helpful instruction on correct pronunciation, syntax, and word usage--in addition to lots of conversation-ready phrases that you will find indispensable as your fluency increases.

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