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Interpreting Spanish

Advanced Language Skills

By Ann McFall, Kent Sproule

Price: $320.00

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About the Book

This innovative language course uses liaison interpreting to teach spoken Spanish to advanced students. Designed to provide an alternative to conversation classes, it is a highly effective aid to language acquisition and consolidation. Interpreting Spanish will improve students' confidence in speaking and discussing a wide variety of contemporary topics.
Students learn a range of transferable skills including:
* oral proficiency in Spanish and English
* presentation skills
* linguistic flexibility
* cross-cultural awareness
Interpreting Spanish is ideal for those who have not taught interpreting before.
The pack includes:
* A tutor's book: how to make lessons a success, with notes on class design, preparation, feedback and assessment
* student handouts: a wealth of photocopiable resources for use in and outside the classroom
* audio cassettes:four hours of dialogues for practice and revision

Reviews

'Together with clear, useful and user-friendly guidance on the skills required to be a good interpreter, the student handouts book provides brief but useful reminders of difficult grammatical points, thematic lists of phrases ... and items of key vocabulary ... The tutor's handbook is equally well written and is a helpful manual for those who have never taught interpreting before ... The price is reasonable given that purchase of the full pack allows the institution to copy the tapes and student handouts for classroom use. A lot of thought has gone into this course, and it is worth consideration by anyone teaching Spanish beyond A level.' Francis Lough, Times Higher Education Supplement

About the Author(s)

Ann McFall and Kent Sproule lecture in the School of Languages at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.