Product Description

A complete guide to Spanish for Travelers. Practical Pronunciation Exercises to Help you Sound Like a Native Spanish Speaker Useful expressions for Real Life Situations That You Will Encounter. Costa Rican Slang. Practical Vocabulary, Including Business and Legal Terms. Includes an English/Spanish-Spanish/English Dictionary.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13139 in Books
• Published on: 2005-04-01
• Released on: 2005-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 156 pages

Review
Pocket-size guidebook jam-packed with information to help you speak like a native Costa Rican. The ONLY book of its kind. -- By Steve Silver Special for Costa Rica Today

About the Author
Christopher Howard has resided in Costa Rica for over twenty years. He has extensive foreign language background, having earned a B.A in Latin American studies and a Masters degree in Spanish from the University of California. At present, the author writes columns titled Learning the Language for the Association of Residents of Costa Rica's La Voz and Short Cuts for Learning Spanish for the newspaper Costa Rica Today.

Customer Reviews

very helpful
This book may not be best for a first book on speaking Latin American Spanish, however, it has been extremely helpful in helping me with pronunciation and local usage of words.

Must have resource!
This is a great, well organized and efficient book. You do not want to go to CR without it... and it will be the only book you need while you are there! I suggest picking it up months before your trip so you can start practicing the most common sayings. Buen Viaje!

Good book! Fun!
I bought this for a couple I was tutoring (Spanish lessons) because they are moving to CR. I found it helpful and even though I already speak Spanish, I had no idea how differently the Ticos do it!