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Buch, Englisch, 340 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Colloquial Series

Alday

Colloquial Spanish

The Complete Course for Beginners
3. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-77610-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Complete Course for Beginners

Buch, Englisch, 340 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Colloquial Series

ISBN: 978-1-032-77610-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd


Colloquial Spanish: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Spanish as it is written and spoken today. Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Spanish in a broad range of situations.

Each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. This third edition has been revised throughout to bring it up-to-date, reflecting cultural changes, and offering additional exercises, new vocabulary, and updated dialogues.

Key features include:

- A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills

- Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar

- An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises

- Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations

- Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in Spain

- An overview of the sounds of Spanish

- An answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries, and English translations of dialogues

Colloquial Spanish is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

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Undergraduate Core


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About this book

1 Encuentros

Meeting people

2 ¿De dónde eres?

Where are you from?

3 ¡Taxi!

Taking a cab

4 Direcciones

Directions

5 Viajando

Travelling around

6 Comiendo en un restaurante

Eating out

7 Una visita al médico

A visit to the doctor

8 Buscando piso

Flat-hunting

9 Al teléfono

On the phone

10 En la oficina

At the office

11 Problemas familiares

Family problems

12 Escribiendo a casa

Writing home

13 Un robo

A robbery

14 Esperanzas para el future

Hopes for the future

15 Una invitación

An invitation

Ready-reference grammar

Key to exercises

Spanish–English glossary

English–Spanish glossary


Untza Otaola Alday was a Spanish lecturer at FCO Language Group (1992 – 2007) and taught a large number of students posted to Spain and Latin America on a one-to-one basis, running many courses from intensive to pre-exam. Untza has a BA in Modern Iberian and Latin American Studies at UCL, UK, and an MA in the teaching of Modern Languages from the Institute of Education. She is also a specialist in testing and worked for Language Testing Associates (1991 – 2005). She has been the managing director of Gateway Language Services since 2007. The company has delivered language training to the FCO, the Cabinet Office, the House of Commons, and the Met, amongst other government departments.



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