Ingles para Latinos (Spanish Edition)

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By: William C. Harvey
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EDITORIAL REVIEW

Revised and updated with new phrases and vocabulary, new questions and answers, and new tables presenting basic English verbs, this favorite language-learning program is for Latinos in the United States and Canada who need to develop a practical, working use of spoken English, and who want to learn quickly and informally. Author William Harvey bypasses the dull rules of grammar and takes the practical route by presenting a series of informal conversations by speakers who converse in normal idiomatic American English. Emphasis is placed on correct pronunciation, and many helpful tips are offered, including short-cuts to clear spoken English expression and comprehension. Amusing cartoon-style illustrations help to convey understanding of English.

PRODUCT DETAILS

Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
Pub. Date: 1st January 2003
Catalog: Book
Media: Paperback
Format: Bargain Price
Number Of Pages: 208

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USER REVIEWS

sencillo
~ Written on Mar 30, 2009. out of 1 users found this review helpful.

Lo compre para mi madre ella tiene 57 y lo puede entender muy bien, dice que le encanta.

Use together with Speak English Like an American for Native Spanish Speakers
~ Written on Mar 7, 2009. out of users found this review helpful.

Speak English Like an American: for Native Spanish Speakers (Habla ingles como los americanos) Book & Audio CD set (Spanish Edition)

Taken together with Speak English Like an American for Native Spanish Speakers (Habla ingles como los americanos), a very good way to improve your spoken English.

Much better than a generic ESL book.
~ Written on Sep 27, 2007. 4 out of 4 users found this review helpful.

I teach English to adult Latinos, and the generic ESL text (i.e., a book not designed for speakers of a specific foreign language) we were using earlier was just awful. My students really love using this book, and I can absolutely notice a marked improvement in their English. One caveat is that if you are an ESL tutor or teacher, you need to have a good knowledge of Spanish in order to make proper use of this text.

a good place to start
~ Written on Aug 14, 2007. out of users found this review helpful.

Ingles para Latinos is a good first book to study in a group or by yourself with a little help. Practical and user friendly.

does not provide good pronounciation tips.
~ Written on Jun 25, 2007. 2 out of 3 users found this review helpful.

i was looking for a book for a spanish speaking friend that will teach the spanish speaker how to correctly pronounce English words. It's very difficult to do in a book because of the many dialect differences in spanish and because there are many English sounds that don't exist in spanish.

the "th" sound as in "the," or "three" (the spanish speaker from SPAIN or Cuba may be the few who may easily learn this because they tend to pronounce some of z's and s's like "th")

the "sh" sound as in "shoe," "radiation," "sugar," etc.

the letter "v" sound as in "vase" (in spanish, the "v" sound doesn't exist because it's identical to the letter "b." there's not a way to phonetically spell the english letter "v" in spanish without explaining that the "v" is "kind of like a smooth f"

The book doesnt teach the many different ways to pronounce each vowel in English (which is very important for a spanish speaker being that each spanish vowel has only one pronounciation). It doesn't emphasize the differences between:
a as in cap
a as in cape
e as in fed (the spanish "e")
e as in athlete (the spanish "i")
ee as in feed
i as in fit
i as in fight
o as in stop (the spanish "a")
o as in stove (the spanish "o")
o as in money
oo as in foot
oo as in spoon (the spanish "u")
u as in put
u as in puke

I would like to see a ESL program for spanish speakers that focuses on pronouncing as I have described.

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