ISBN 10: 188816591X ISBN 13: 9781888165913

Publisher: Maria Oliveira Language Consulting, 2011

Are you ready to make friends and meet new people using your Spanish language skills? This CD will help you by providing 11 fun lessons filled with all new vocabulary, phrases, and sentences that focus on social and personal interactions. You will learn how to greet people, get to know them better, and even ask for a date. Learn the culturally polite way to start a relationship, but also how to decline one. This course is great for self-study and practice, and is also excellent for learning useful, travel-friendly expressions.

About the Author:

Born in the Portuguese Azores Islands, Maria was educated in Portugal, Spain, and the United States. Maria was awarded an M.A. in Spanish also from Sacramento State University in 1986. In her other areas of interest, Maria has completed a degree in psychology, and also spent time in Madrid, Spain where she continued her linguistic and cultural studies.

Review:

Thank you Maria, for everything you ve thought me to this point in my Spanish. Having parents who came from Mexico and a father who thought learning English was hard and who decided not to teach his children Spanish has been a tough experience for me of Mexican descent. The book and the CDs are great and exceptional. Something I can continue to use for years. --Former Student

Maria Oliveira's Spanish Program is both excellent and awesome. Like the movie critics would say two thumbs up to Maria. I think of Maria being one of my mentors, she is a wonderful teacher, very patient and really enjoys teaching. The spanish class is so well organized, the CDs have helped me tremendously, also the class itself really helps one to improve. As Maria mentioned in the first class you have to be patient also very determined that you will master the language. Also it takes years to really master the language. It is more than worth the price for the course. --Former Student