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The EMS Translator Field Guide, Spanish Edition allows the provider to simply point to Spanish questions and explanations, rather than requiring him or her to learn the language or pronounce the words phonetically. When the provider needs to obtain more information from the patient about his or her medical condition, the provider selects a question they wish to ask from a list of queries written in English and then simply points to the corresponding question in Spanish. The Spanish-speaking patient then needs only to answer "yes" or "no" to the questions posed to him or her. The English and...

Los tres artículos que componen este libro dan testimonio de la influencia mutua que, a lo largo de siglos de contacto, se ha generado entre el español y el caló. En primer lugar, el estudio de los numerosos préstamos del caló en el léxico marginal español nos sirve para entender la posterior presencia de algunos de estos préstamos del caló en el español coloquial. En segundo lugar, el caló hablado por los gitanos palentinos demuestra que el caló, todavía vigente en algunas comunidades gitanas españolas, ayuda a potenciar la cohesión étnica del grupo que lo usa a la vez que...

Offers beginners a proven, step-by-step method of teaching oneself to speak Spanish with conversational ease

The student participates in activities in which procedural contents identified as language functions and reading strategies are included. These are necessary to develop the competencies of reading, understanding, writing and expressing oneself in English.