Beginning Spanish for Teachers of Hispanic Students

A glossary of terms to assist health aides in translating for Spanish-speaking populations. Other health workers at various degrees of professional skills may also find the document useful. The Glossary is arranged from English to Spanish. It contains words, sentences, idioms and colloquial expressions. For the person whose first language is English, the question format may not be too helpful. The chief benefit is a familiarity with the folk vocabulary, and rephrasing highly technical directions into words which the patient will understand. The concepts and terminology are simplified so that...

Después del éxito de La Pandilla, las autoras nos presentan Colega, un material que se puede utilizar con niños más pequeños, a partir de los 7 años. El título del manual, Colega, alude al principal protagonista de la historia, un perrito. La gran novedad es que, para motivar a los alumnos, Colega, existe es un perro de peluche que los profesores van a utilizar a lo largo del año; él será el encargado de presentar muchas de las estructuras comunicativas para practicarlas en clase.

"The series is set around themes relating to children's everyday experiences and environment such as greeting friends, colours, songs, clothes, foood and drink, and parts of the body. The series is set in a Caribbean context to make the learning of Spanish relevant to students across the Caribbean." -- Back Cover.

Puntos de partida offers the most teacher- and student-friendly textbook on the market as well as a host of exciting new features, most notably a state-of-the-art Instructor Edition. This Instructor Edition offers more teaching apparatus than any other introductory Spanish book on the market. An enlarged trim size, extensive annotations, and other special features sets Puntos de partida apart from every book on the market, both physically and because of the breadth and quality of the marginal annotations.