Colloquial Catalan: A Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series (Book Only)) - Softcover

Ibarz, Alexander; Ibarz, Toni

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138949655 ISBN 13: 9781138949652

Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

Colloquial Catalan provides a step-by-step course in Catalan as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Catalan in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Key features include:

• progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills

• structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar

• an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises

• realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios

• useful vocabulary lists throughout the text

• additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key, a grammar summary and bilingual glossaries

Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Catalan will be an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Catalan.

Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

About this title

About the Author

Alexander Ibarz, Toni Ibarz

From the Back Cover

This course teaches Catalan, as spoken in north-eastern Spain today.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1138949655
• ISBN 13: 9781138949652
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 310