Pasos 2 Spanish Intermediate Course 3rd edition revisedCoursebook and CDs Author:Rosa María Martín, Martyn Ellis Pasos is the course for anyone wishing to learn Spanish. Whether learning for work or pleasure, Pasos gives a thorough grounding in the language enabling learners to speak, read, write and understand a language. — In Pasos 2, the language skills from Pasos 1 are consolidated and extended, allowing learners to develop an ability to communicate con... more »fidently at a higher level. They will also gain an insight into the history, customs and everyday life of modern Spain and Latin America. The course encourages active and realistic use of the language over a wide range of topics and situations throughout its fourteen topic-based lessons. There is a wealth of up-to-date authentic reading and listening materials as well as speaking and writing tasks based on everyday situations. The tasks draw on learners' opinions, experience and knowledge of the world and are set against a background of more controlled presentation and practice of essential grammatical items.
Page-by-page references to CD tracking will improve navigability and with the audio component now included within the book, Pasos 2 will be a useful resource for the learner studying alone as well as the student in the classroom.« less