The Everything Essential Spanish Book - (Everything(r)) by Julie Gutin (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Learning Spanish can be easy and fun!

Hola! If you've always wanted to learn Spanish, here's a quick and easy way to get started. Whether you're planning a vacation in Mexico or adding a valuable second language to your resume, The Everything Essential Spanish Book will help you order the right dish in a restaurant, answer customer's questions, or converse with locals when traveling.

With easy-to-follow instructions and simple explanations, this portable guide covers the most important Spanish basics, including:

• The Spanish alphabet and translation
• Greetings and conversation starters
• Common questions and answers
• Verb tenses and sentence structure

Don't just learn to repeat words and key phrases--learn to understand them on your own terms and at your own speed. The simple step-by-step approach and lively examples will have you speaking--and understanding--Spanish in no time!

About the Author

Julie Gutin is a professional editor and writer with a B.A. in Spanish and Comparative Literature from Boston University. She was a volunteer teacher for the Boston Red Cross English-as-a-second Language program, teaching English to native speakers of Spanish and Portuguese. She lives in New York City.

Fernanda Ferreira, PhD, is a native speaker of Portuguese and has been teaching the language at the college level since 1993. She has completed a doctorate in Spanish and Portuguese from the University of New Mexico. Dr. Ferreira has been teaching at Bridgewater State University since 2001, where she is a tenured professor and former chair of the foreign languages department. Dr. Ferreira lives in Brockton, Massachusetts.