Puntos de Partida

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

'Pasaporte compilado A' consta de diez módulos, cada uno formado por los cuatro ámbitos de uso de la lengua (Ámbito personal, Ámbito público, Ámbito profesional y Ámbito académico) para poder utilizar la lengua de una manera adecuada a cada situación.

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...

"Statistical analysis of lexicon used in Primero sueño, part of a series of linguistic studies of literary works by Mexican authors. Useful only to specialists and linguists"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.