Camino al espanol

This
book is a comprehensive course, aimed at students
with no previous knowledge of Spanish, that will
take them to approximately the level required for
university entrance. It is also suitable for ‘fast
track’ learning such as for university students or
their equivalents who need to establish the
linguistic basis for advanced study of the language.
The book is planned with the classroom in mind
and its design reflects the need to make the learning
process as active and stimulating as possible. It
could also be a useful teach yourself course for
highly motivated students who are unable to join a
class.
As a team of university teachers who have been
working together for some time, we draw on
practices associated with communicative
approaches to language learning. Students are
encouraged to use the language and participate
actively in class from the outset. At the same time,
due attention is given to academic rigour to enable
students to read and write with high levels of
competency and accuracy. In short, balanced
attention is paid to all four language skills
(speaking, listening, reading and writing) because
we see them as supportive of each other.
Our team comprises two native English
speakers, two native Peninsular Spanish speakers
and a native speaker of Latin American Spanish
(from Colombia), and we hope that the authentic
materials we offer give some acknowledgement of
the diversity of the Spanish language of which
some four-fifths of the speakers live outside Spain.
We give specific guidance on the main differences
in pronunciation and usage between Peninsular and
Latin American Spanish.


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