Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish
Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish

Author: Joseph J. Keenan

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 0292779836

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Many language books are boring—this one is not. Written by a native English speaker who learned Spanish the hard way—by trying to talk to Spanish-speaking people—it offers English speakers with a basic knowledge of Spanish hundreds of tips for using the language more fluently and colloquially, with fewer obvious "gringo" errors. Writing with humor, common sense, and a minimum of jargon, Joseph Keenan covers everything from pronunciation, verb usage, and common grammatical mistakes to the subtleties of addressing other people, "trickster" words that look alike in both languages, inadvertent obscenities, and intentional swearing. He guides readers through the set phrases and idiomatic expressions that pepper the native speaker's conversation and provides a valuable introduction to the most widely used Spanish slang. With this book, both students in school and adult learners who never want to see another classroom can rapidly improve their speaking ability. Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish will be an essential aid in passing the supreme language test-communicating fluently with native speakers.

Spanish Conversation (Blokehead Easy Study Guide)
Spanish Conversation (Blokehead Easy Study Guide)

Author: The Blokehead

Publisher: Publisher s21017

Published: 2015-06-10

Total Pages: 5

ISBN-13: 605038665X

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Though learning Spanish might seem difficult at first, once you have mastered the basics it will be much easier for you to learn other Latin and Indo-European languages such as Italian, German, French, and Russian. From learning a few key phrases and basic Spanish grammar, you can already begin conversing with native speakers and make your travels or even your everyday journeys more interesting and enjoyable. Grab The Easy Study Guide now!

Conversational Spanish Dialogues for Beginners and Intermediate Students
Conversational Spanish Dialogues for Beginners and Intermediate Students

Author: World Language Institute Spain, Madrid

Publisher: Midealuck Publishing

Published:

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13:

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It can be very frustrating when you cannot communicate with Spanish speaking people and trivial things can be a cause of major annoyance, especially when you cannot explain yourself using Spanish. The best way to improve your Spanish is by reading a book from which you can learn realistic Spanish conversation. This book contains 100 Spanish short stories for beginners and intermediate students and allows new Spanish speakers to hone their reading skills and learn dialogue and typical expressions used in daily life. This book is focused to learn Spanish conversation for beginners and basic intermediate learning level. The first 40 conversations are most suitable for beginners, the Spanish conversations are casual, and each story is followed by simple learning questions.The next 40 short stories based on dialogue are more for intermediate students and those who are interested in reading good short stories with entertaining content. The last 20 short stories are longer and are more for advanced students and those who need to expand their Spanish vocabulary. The book offers the best of both worlds, combining a conversational Spanish learning book for beginners and an entertaining Spanish short story book for intermediate students. Learning Spanish dialogue and conversation has never been more fun! Get you copy now! LEARNING SPANISH DIALOGUES THROUGH CONVERSATIONAL SHORT STORIES 100 SPANISH CONVERSATIONS AND SHORT STORIES INCLUDING LEARNING QUESTION AND VOCABULARY TRANSLATION SPANISH SHORT STORIES FOR INTERMEDIATE LEVEL LEARNERS WITH ENGLISH PARALLEL TEXT

Conversational Storytelling in Spanish-English Bilingual Couples
Conversational Storytelling in Spanish-English Bilingual Couples

Author: Olga Pahom

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2024-10-17

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1350405140

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For more than three decades, the percentage of people who married someone of a different race, ethnicity, culture, or linguistic background has been on the rise in the United States, but the communication practices of such couples have remained understudied. Combining bilingualism, gender studies, and conversation analysis, this book explores and describes the storytelling practices and language choices of several married heterosexual Spanish-English bilingual couples, all residing in Texas but each from different geographic and cultural backgrounds. Based on more than 900 minutes of conversations and interviews, the book offers a data-driven analysis of the ways in which language choices and gender performance shape the stories, conversations, and identities of bilingual couples, which in turn shape the social order of bilingual communities. Using a combination of methodologies to investigate how couples launch, tell, and respond to each other's stories, the book identifies seven main factors that the couples see as primary determinants of their choice of English and Spanish during couple communication. The use of conversation analysis highlights the couples' own practices and perceptions of their language choices, demonstrating how the private language decisions of bilingual couples enable them to negotiate a place in the larger culture, shape the future of bilingualism, and establish a couple identity through shared linguistic and cultural habits.

Prosodic Patterns in English Conversation
Prosodic Patterns in English Conversation

Author: Nigel G. Ward

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-03-14

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1316863557

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Language is more than words: it includes the prosodic features and patterns that we use, subconsciously, to frame meanings and achieve our goals in our interaction with others. Here, Nigel G. Ward explains how we do this, going beyond intonation to show how pitch, timing, intensity and voicing properties combine to form meaningful temporal configurations: prosodic constructions. Bringing together new findings and hitherto-scattered observations from phonetic and pragmatic studies, this book describes over twenty common prosodic patterns in English conversation. Using examples from real conversations, it illustrates how prosodic constructions serve essential functions such as inviting, showing approval, taking turns, organizing ideas, reaching agreement, and evoking action. Prosody helps us establish rapport and nurture relationships, but subtle differences in prosody across languages and subcultures can be damagingly misunderstood. The findings presented here will enable both native speakers of English and learners to listen more sensitively and communicate more effectively.

Learn Spanish for Beginners
Learn Spanish for Beginners

Author: Pro Language Learning

Publisher: Pro Language Learning

Published:

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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Spanish Made Simple – Speak Spanish Fluently with Real-Life Conversations and Everyday Phrases for Absolutely Beginners Would you like to: - Easily understand Spanish conversations? - Develop confidence when speaking with natives? - Travel abroad and speak Spanish instead of English? But you: - Are overwhelmed with other daily tasks? - Feel like you need to live with locals in order to actually learn it? Right from the first lesson, you will start understanding Spanish better. This book is made for you to follow daily lessons by improving your understanding and speaking abilities. That way even if you start from scratch you will learn quickly a new vocabulary and build Spanish-speaking habits. The best part? This book was made by someone who has a very hectic and busy schedule. I was looking to make the ultimate guide for those of us with 15-30 minutes available a day… and sometimes even less. That way, no matter how busy you are you can still learn Spanish and become fluent quickly. Here is what this beginner's guide can offer you: - Knowledge for Absolute Beginners: Learn the fundamentals that will serve you for the rest of your Spanish learning journey. - Vocabulary Practices: Learn the essentials words and phrases that will make you understand Spanish speakers while traveling in a matter of days - Speaking Spanish with Confidence: The interactive lessons will help you build confidence when you speak with native Spanish speakers - Daily Practices: You will be able to learn anywhere – at the airport, in your car, or even while waiting at the grocery store This is not just a short basic course. This book will take you from an absolute beginner to a fluent Spanish speaker. You need to follow the guide and properly apply the words. If you do that in a few weeks you will already understand and speak Spanish. Scroll up, click on "Buy Now" and Get Your Copy Now!

Epistemic Stance in English Conversation
Epistemic Stance in English Conversation

Author: Elise Kärkkäinen

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 9781588114440

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This book is the first corpus-based description of epistemic stance in conversational American English. It argues for epistemic stance as a pragmatic rather than semantic notion: showing commitment to the status of information is an emergent interactive activity, rooted in the interaction between conversational co-participants. The first major part of the book establishes the highly regular and routinized nature of such stance marking in the data. The second part offers a micro-analysis of "I think," the prototypical stance marker, in its sequential and activity contexts. Adopting the methodology of conversation analysis and paying serious attention to the manifold prosodic cues attendant in the speakers utterances, the study offers novel situated interpretations of "I think." The author also argues for intonation units as a unit of social interaction and makes observations about the grammaticization patterns of the most frequent epistemic markers, notably the status of "I think" as a discourse marker.

English Conversation Practice
English Conversation Practice

Author: K.S. Sunita

Publisher: Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd

Published:

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 8120793412

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This book, with illustrative, practical, real-life situations one can easily identify with, guides the learner, step-by-step, through the intricacies of English grammar and usage, to widen his/her vocabulary and powers of expression. It is an invaluable and indispensable companion for all who wish to acquire proficiency in the art of English conversation. K. S. Sunita, Annie Pothen and Dr. Sumita Roy teach English at the Osmania University College for Women, Hyderabad. They have been closely associated with the English Language Teaching Cell (ELTC) of the college. They participate actively in national seminars and are the authors of many publications on a variety of subjects.