商品簡介
50 Ways to Improve Your Spanish: A Teach Yourself Guide: How to use this book / 1 Using the dictionary / Avoiding literal translations – look for synonyms / 2 Which word for you? / Tú / vosotros / usted / ustedes / American usage / Be consistent / 3 Kommon speling errers / Basic rules of spelling / misspellings with z and qu / ”Double “s” will cause distress!” / Remember the CaRoLiNe rule for permitted double consonants! / 4 Capital offence – capital or small letter? / Spanish saves ink and effort and avoids using capitals unless… / 5 Say it right – pronunciation points / Including commonly mis-stressed works e.g. significa; preocupa; continúo / continuo; / Pronouncing h; -r- and –rr-: pero, perro; ch; g / j; c / z / 6 Accentuate the positive / Rules on written accent / irregular stress / question words / pronouns / use of accent to distinguish meaning: mi / mí; latest ruling on when to accentuate solo, etc. / 7 Eliminate the negative / 8 Masculine or feminine? / Basic rules with common exceptions and points to watch, / 9 Gender Issues / Nouns of either gender / Changes meaning / 10 Article or no? / Where Spanish / English usage differs
作者簡介
Keith Chambers has wide experience teaching Spanish in secondary schools and adult education.