This book is a catalogue of basic and frequently used words and phrases that fulfill crucial communicative functions. They constitute conversational openings, responses, follow ups, initiatives, and endings or closures. It is indispensable for the beginning as well as for the advanced learner of Spanish to acquire and master these tools for successful communication, sociability, politeness, and cultural integration. Thus, besides it being a list of expressions and their explanations, this text also instructs on the proper use of those tools. It introduces and exercises the conversational, interactional and social skills required to achieve communicative fluency.
The method contains definitions, explanations, Spanish synonyms, English equivalents, linguistic and pragmatic comments, social and cultural orientations, examples, conversations, and exercises.
The "keys" treated are:
A eso de
Algo por el estilo
A lo mejor
Al tiro
A propósito
Así que
A ver
Bueno
Claro
Con razón
Da lo mismo
Entonces
Es que
Fíjate
La vedad es que
Menos mal
Nada que ver
No es para tanto
No, es que
O sea
Pasa
Por si acaso
Total
Professor Rivano Fischer has used the material with countless generations of students both of the University of California and of Stanford University
The method contains definitions, explanations, Spanish synonyms, English equivalents, linguistic and pragmatic comments, social and cultural orientations, examples, conversations, and exercises.
The "keys" treated are:
A eso de
Algo por el estilo
A lo mejor
Al tiro
A propósito
Así que
A ver
Bueno
Claro
Con razón
Da lo mismo
Entonces
Es que
Fíjate
La vedad es que
Menos mal
Nada que ver
No es para tanto
No, es que
O sea
Pasa
Por si acaso
Total
Professor Rivano Fischer has used the material with countless generations of students both of the University of California and of Stanford University
