Spanish Around the House: The Quick Guide to Communicating with Your Spanish-Speaking Employees - Softcover

Díaz,José; Nadel,María

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071444378 ISBN 13: 9780071444378

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2005

Synopsis

Your easy-to-follow guide for communicating with and understanding Spanish-speaking employees

Spanish Around the House gives you the knowledge and tools you need to understand, interact, and build stronger working relationships with your Spanish-speaking personnel.

This easy-to-navigate guide requires little or no previous Spanish language abilities. From basics and pronunciation to grammar, Spanish words spelled phonetically, tips on interviewing potential employees, and more, this timely and vital guide features:

• More than 4,000 key words and phrases--with Spanish pronunciation
• What to say and not say when interviewing potential employees
• A sample bilingual job application
• Important information about Latino culture

About this title

About the Author

José Díaz is a Spanish teacher at Hunter College High School. He is the author of several Spanish study guides for high school students.

María Nadel has more than thirty years' teaching Spanish on the secondary level and has coauthored three Spanish textbooks and study guides.

From the Back Cover

Break the language barrier and learn to communicate better with the people who work with you every day

As the Spanish-speaking population in the United States increases, the ability to understand and to be understood in Spanish is evolving into an essential need. If you want to close the communication gap and build stronger relationships with the Spanish-speaking workers you encounter every day, Spanish Around the House will give you all of the knowledge and tools necessary, even if you have no previous Spanish language instruction.

This easy-to-navigate guide to practical Spanish features:

• More than three thousand key words and phrases--including phonetic spellings--for use in the kitchen, nursery, garage, garden, laundry, retail shops, and more
• Tips on interviewing potential employees and a sample bilingual job application
• A quick overview of basic Spanish grammar and pronunciation
• A mini bilingual dictionary for quick reference

Whether you're at a grocery store, auto repair shop, doctor's office, your own home, or your business, communicating with Spanish-speaking personnel in their own language will not only improve your skills but will help you forge new relationships, cement old ones, and expand your cultural horizons.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071444378
• ISBN 13: 9780071444378
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304