Product Information
A unique approach to Spanish reading comprehension, Spanish for Reading can be used as a textbook supplement in classrooms or by anybody who is teaching himself Spanish. It begins by demonstrating similarities between words and parts of words in Spanish and English, and proceeds to offer practical instruction that will help readers broaden recognition of words and phrases. Each of the book's fifteen chapters concludes with a reading passage, the first of them quite easy to comprehend, and successive passages increasingly complex and sophisticated. Early passages are simple essays on Spain's and the Spanish-speaking world's language, geography, and culture. Later passages are excerpts from well-known works by world renowned Spanish writers, including Jorge Luis Borges, Pablo Neruda, and Gabriel Garcia-Marquez. Students who use this volume methodically will ultimately be reading and understanding these passages in their original, unedited Spanish, without need to seek outside help. Short of spending time in Spain or Latin America, here is as good an introduction to Spanish culture as a student will be able to find anywhere. Photos and line drawings.Product Identifiers
PublisherKaplan Publishing
ISBN-100764103334
ISBN-139780764103339
eBay Product ID (ePID)1100006
Product Key Features
Number of Pages360 Pages
Publication NameSpanish for Reading : a Self-Instructional Course
LanguageEnglish
SubjectSpanish
Publication Year1998
TypeLanguage Course
AuthorFabiola Franco, Karl C. Sandberg
Subject AreaForeign Language Study
SeriesBarron's Foreign Language Guides
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight18.8 Oz
Item Length10.8 in
Item Width7.8 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN97-077917
Dewey Edition21
Target AudienceTrade
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal468.6/421
Lc Classification NumberPc4128.F73 1998