Collins Easy Learning Spanish Pronunciation

Description

A step-by-step guide to Spanish pronunciation that will help you to build your confidence and communicate better in Spanish. If your Spanish accent is letting you down, Easy Learning Spanish Pronunciation is perfect for you. You'll see and hear how to soften the influence of your mother tongue and speak clear Spanish everyone will understand. Aimed at beginners and at intermediate students who want to undo bad habits, Easy Learning Spanish Pronunciation focuses on spoken Spanish, and will help you to improve your pronunciation, confidence and fluency. The booklet and audio CD will guide you through how to pronounce each sound and gives real-life examples of where these sounds are used. It will help you recognize why your native language makes you mispronounce certain sounds and which sounds you therefore need to focus on. There are also plenty of opportunities for you to practice the Spanish sounds while listening to the native Spanish speaker on the audio CD. One of the sections focuses on pronouncing items from a typical Spanish menu, so you can be sure you will always be understood.
The booklet also contains illustrations of the mouth showing how to make Spanish sounds and memorable cartoons to help you remember pronunciation rules. In addition to teaching you how to pronounce Spanish words accurately, Easy Learning Spanish Pronunciation also covers the differences between the Spanish and English alphabet, stress and rhythm, the differences between accents within Spain and provides information on the differences between the Spanish spoken in Spain and Latin America. Easy Learning Spanish Pronunciation is a fun and enjoyable way of putting the finishing touches on your Spanish accent!

Author description

Caroline Smart is an experienced author and editor. Responsible for introducing photos of practical items such as road signs, food labels, transport tickets and time tables into Collins phrase books, she also edited Collins Speak series as well as co-writing course material for LiveMocha. Combining language learning and yoga, she created the Nod Off series published by The Publishing Cupboard.