Spanish Living Language
Spanish Living Language
What are some really good books that help learning the Spanish language?
I am already fluent in Spanish, but I lack the comprehension of common slang, and common phrases that one would hear living in a Spanish speaking world. Are there any good books for this? Please do not tell me about 501 verbs in Spanish or some Spanish dictionary, I would like titles of books that tells the "real" Spanish that is spoken outside of grammar texts produced in the United States.
Wouldn't a person, as in a REAL,spanish speaking person be need in that area?
Spanish teacher here on exchange
Cristina Lopez-Jose of Barcelona, Spain, joins the staff at Keokuk High School this year. She is teaching Spanish through the U.S. Department of Education’s teacher exchange program.
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