1001 Pitfalls in Spanish (Barron's Foreign Language Guides)

Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Barron's Educational Series; 4 edition (October 1, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0764143476 ISBN-13: 978-0764143472 Students learning Spanish on both elementary and intermediate levels will find this book a useful supplement to their main textbooks. It reviews the most commonly-made errors in speaking, reading, and writing Spanish. The authors focus on tricky vocabulary, idioms, technical terms, and other details in Spanish grammar and usage that differ markedly from English. This newly updated edition has been given an attractive new layout and cover design with type in a second color to emphasize keys points, as well as a larger page count. Students will also find more examples and exercises with answer keys. Students studying Spanish on both elementary and intermediate levels will find this book to be a useful supplement to their main textbooks. It reviews the most commonly-made errors in speaking, reading, and writing Spanish. The authors focus on tricky vocabulary, idioms, technical terms, and other details in Spanish grammar and usage that differ markedly from English. This newly updated edition has been given an attractive new layout and cover design with type in a second color to emphasize keys points, as well as a larger page count. Students will also find more examples and exercises with answer keys.

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This very useful classroom supplement reviews the most common errors that students make in speaking and writing Spanish. You'll learn to master tricky vocabulary, idioms, technical terms, and other details in Spanish grammar and usage that differ markedly from English. The new fourth edition features an attractive new layout and offers more examples than ever before, as well as exercises and a guide to writing e-mails and text messages.

A supplementary textbook outlining fundamentals of the Spanish language and providing help for common obstacles such as complex sentence structure, vocabulary, and telephone conversations.