3rd Edition
Colloquial Spanish The Complete Course for Beginners
About this book
1 Encuentros
Meeting people
2 ¿De dónde eres?
Where are you from?
3 ¡Taxi!
Taking a cab
4 Direcciones
Directions
5 Viajando
Travelling around
6 Comiendo en un restaurante
Eating out
7 Una visita al médico
A visit to the doctor
8 Buscando piso
Flat-hunting
9 Al teléfono
On the phone
10 En la oficina
At the office
11 Problemas familiares
Family problems
12 Escribiendo a casa
Writing home
13 Un robo
A robbery
14 Esperanzas para el future
Hopes for the future
15 Una invitación
An invitation
Ready-reference grammar
Key to exercises
Spanish–English glossary
English–Spanish glossary
Index
Biography
Untza Otaola Alday was a Spanish lecturer at FCO Language Group (1992–2007) and taught a large number of students posted to Spain and Latin America on a one-to-one basis, running many courses from intensive to pre-exam. Untza has a BA in Modern Iberian and Latin American Studies at UCL, UK and an MA in the teaching of Modern Languages from the Institute of Education. She is also a specialist in testing and worked for Language Testing Associates (1991–2005). She has been the managing director of Gateway Language Services since 2007. The company has delivered language training to the FCO, the Cabinet Office, the House of Commons and the Met, amongst other government departments.
