EMS Translator Field Guide

In its 5th edition, Fonética y fonología españolas remains an indispensable resource for students of Spanish as a second language. This comprehensive text covers the essential components required for fluency, with a detailed treatment of phonetics and phonology that provides a powerful framework for the study and practice of spoken language. A focus on the application of articulatory methods enables English speakers to hone advanced pronunciation skills. Extensive attention to dialect phenomena found in Latin American and Peninsular Spanish introduces readers to fascinating sociolinguistic ...

Hi, my name is Bertha Estela and my passion is teaching languages. In fact, I have taught English as a foreign language for over forty years, all the way through grade school up to university level. One day, twenty years ago during Summer school, due to an emergency, the university where I was teaching English requested me to help them out the next day - substituting a teacher of Spanish who had fallen sick. I didn ́t give it a second thought ...¡¡¡¡ piece of cake!!!. Next morning , there I am, standing in front of a group of 20 enthusiastic and eager American teachers full of questions...

Spanish and English texts of the most loved and commonly used prayers are presented in large, readable type in an easy-to-follow, facing-page, parallel presentation. The English text appears on the left page, with the Spanish text directly across from it on the right. Besides the most common prayers (Hail Mary, Apostles' Creed . . .), this treasury of prayer includes the Ordinary of the Mass, prayers for confession and Communion, prayers of devotion, prayers for the sick and deceased, the Ten Commandments, the Stations of the Cross, the Rosary, prayers from the ancient Hispanic liturgy,...

Una guía esencial para enriquecer las habilidades del hablar para personas de raíces hispanas Conversaciones Escritas Lectura y Redacción en Contexto ofrece un texto importante para personas con raíces de habla hispana que quieren mejorar su habilidad de conversar el idioma. El autor explora cultura contemporánea y temas de la comunidad con ayuda de trabajos interesantes. Cada capítulo contiene un mínimo de dos lecturas de varios temas que presentan diferentes aspectos de debate particular. Escrito por Kim Potowski una experta en lingüística hispana Contiene actividades de escritura...