Diccionario de modismos

An introductory course with dialogues that introduce vocabulary and grammatical concepts, practice exercises, and word puzzles.

"'Español escrito' is a first-course textbook designed specifically for college students educated in the United States whose first language is Spanish. The text's main goals are two: to acquaint students with Spanish in its written form, and to expand students' o verall knowledge of the language. To these ends, 'Español escrito' focuses on reading development, orthography, identification of the parts of speech, lexical expansion, and facility in composition"--Preface, p. v.

Este diccionario tiene varias finalidades: la primera, contribuir a la educacin lingstica de nios y adultos de la enseanza elemental. La segunda, ser un instrumento til para la enseanza del espaol a los hablantes de lenguas indgenas. La tercera, servir a quienes han cursado su primera enseanza, desean conocer mejor la lengua espaola y pretenden formarse un criterio ms claro y mejor documentado acerca de ella.

Three self-teaching study units to gain the basics of conversational Spanish to help you communicate with Spanish-speaking students, and their parents.