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Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish by Joseph J. Keenan (2015, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity of Texas Press

ISBN-100292761937

ISBN-139780292761933

eBay Product ID (ePID)202443247

Product Key Features

Number of Pages240 Pages

Publication NameBreaking Out of Beginner's Spanish

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2015

SubjectSpanish

TypeLanguage Course

Subject AreaForeign Language Study

AuthorJoseph J. Keenan

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight13 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal468.3421

Table Of ContentForeword and Forewarning Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Ten Ways to Avoid Being Taken for a Gringo 2. Minding Your Verbal Manners 3. Tricksters 4. Our Fellow Human Beings 5. The Secret Life of Verbs 6. The Twilight Zone 7. Sixty-four Verbs, Up Close and Personal 8. Cranking Up Your Spanish 9. Snappy Answers 10. Invective and Obscenity 11. Which Is Which? 12. Say It Right 13. Spanish Roots 14. The Big Mix Appendix A. Spanish's Anglicisms and Barbarisms Appendix B. Nuances, Translation Tips, and Words and Phrases Influenced by English Appendix C. English's "Hispanisms"

SynopsisMany language books are boring--this one is not. Written by a native English speaker who learned Spanish the hard way--by trying to talk to Spanish-speaking people--it offers English speakers who have a basic knowledge of Spanish hundreds of tips for using the language more fluently and colloquially, with fewer obvious "gringo" errors. Writing with humor, common sense, and a minimum of jargon, Joseph J. Keenan covers everything from pronunciation, verb usage, and common grammatical mistakes to the subtleties of addressing other people, "trickster" words that look alike in both languages, inadvertent obscenities, and intentional swearing. He guides readers through the set phrases and idiomatic expressions that pepper the native speaker's conversation and provides a valuable introduction to the most widely used Spanish slang. With this book, both students in school and adult learners who never want to see another classroom can rapidly improve their speaking ability. Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish will be an essential aid in passing the supreme language test--communicating fluently with native speakers., Celebrating its twentieth anniversary and over 115,000 copies sold, here is the essential, entertaining guide to speaking Spanish like a native, with a new preface by the author.

LC Classification NumberPC4121