101 Conversations in Mexican Spanish: Short Natural Dialogues to Learn the Slang, Soul, & Style of Mexican Spanish (Spanish Edition)
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Improve your spoken Spanish from home with 101 real-world conversations in intermediate Mexican Spanish. Real Mexicans don’t speak like your textbook… so it’s no wonder you struggle with the slang and expressions of spoken Mexican Spanish! This book fixes that. For the first time, you’ll learn to move beyond beginner level, and speak Spanish in the real world! With 101 authentic conversations in intermediate Mexican Spanish, and a brand-new story in this edition, you’ll become confident in the words, phrases and expressions you need to communicate like a local. 101 Conversations in Mexican Spanish transports you into a real-world, brand-new story that unfolds between eight Mexican characters, told by the people themselves. Over 15,000 words of real Mexican Spanish, you’ll immerse yourself in a gripping Mexican drama and get an education in natural Spanish in the process. In this story, you will read about Tavo, an everyday simple man living in the city of Guadalajara. He is an office worker in TechnoLine and the sole financial support for his elderly parents. One day, a new man takes over managing Tavo’s office. He is Abram, the CEO’s nephew, and he does not like Tavo… Here’s what you’ll get: 101 conversations in intermediate Mexican Spanish, so you can learn the real Spanish spoken in the street, understand spoken Mexican slang with ease, and have local expressions roll off your tongue more fluently Over 15,000 words of dialogue - an unparalleled resource that will immerse you in Spanish, at a level you can understand. You’ll learn real spoken Spanish without getting lost or overwhelmed Real, daily spoken Mexican Spanish throughout - it’s as if we held up a microphone and recorded the exact words coming out of people’s mouths - so you can learn the expressions that real people use on the street (not in textbooks). You’ll sound more authentic when you speak and make Spanish-speaking friends more easily. Situational dialogues from typical daily circumstances, so you can prepare yourself to survive realistic Mexican Spanish encounters, in shops, cafés, and on the street, making meeting people second nature Conversations that are carefully written to be accessible for intermediate learners (B1-B2 on the CEFR), so you can learn from real, spoken conversations, without having to go through the rollercoaster of difficult conversations with strangers Each conversation is limited to around 15 lines of dialogue (150 words), so you can get that crucial sense of achievement and motivation when you finish each conversation, and say “I actually understood all of that!” Word lists with English definitions in every chapter, so you can get instant translations of any difficult words. This means you can focus on enjoying the story rather than wasting time in a dictionary (Kindle & Paperback only) Summaries of each conversation which contextualise each dialogue, so you can easily follow the plot and enjoy the story without getting lost Created by Olly Richards, internationally-renowned language teacher and author, 101 Conversations in Mexican Spanish gives you an experience in real Spanish that you won’t find anywhere else. You’ll be better prepared for using Spanish in the real world, speak with more confidence, and take a giant leap towards fluency in Spanish! SCROLL UP AND GRAB YOUR COPY NOW Review: Held My Interest, Kept Me Reading and Learning - I am a life-time student of Spanish, from high school into retirement years. I have taken many conversational courses in the US, immersion courses in Mexico, and now three years of courses as a retiree in Chapala, MX. I have accumulated over all this time a huge box of Spanish textbooks, dictionaries, and flashcards...The result has been some learning but lots of frustration and boredom with it all. 101 Conversations in Mexican Spanish has been a revelation and a JOY! I love this little book, its characters, story and brief chapters of dialogue with glossary of key words and phrases. The simplicity of real-world conversations make you move from chapter to chapter with growing confidence and usable vocabulary. Anyone who has or has had a job, coworkers, bosses and family can relate to the unfolding story. Congrats Olly on providing a new way of learning USEFUL Spanish...pain-free!!!!! Review: Que Chido! - I’m loving this book. Olly not only explains the benefits of using conversations (as opposed to only narrative). He explains how to use these conversations well. His introduction is short, sweet, and very helpful. Olly explains the difference between extensive and intensive learning. This is crucial if we want to align our expectations to our actions and vice versa. Finally, the content is Mexican and enjoyable! So many Mexican phrases are used, there really aren’t a lot of resources that hit the niche of spoken Spanish and even fewer that focus on Mexican-specific Spanish. This is an excellent resource and I can’t wait for the audio to be released!
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K**S
Held My Interest, Kept Me Reading and Learning
I am a life-time student of Spanish, from high school into retirement years. I have taken many conversational courses in the US, immersion courses in Mexico, and now three years of courses as a retiree in Chapala, MX. I have accumulated over all this time a huge box of Spanish textbooks, dictionaries, and flashcards...The result has been some learning but lots of frustration and boredom with it all. 101 Conversations in Mexican Spanish has been a revelation and a JOY! I love this little book, its characters, story and brief chapters of dialogue with glossary of key words and phrases. The simplicity of real-world conversations make you move from chapter to chapter with growing confidence and usable vocabulary. Anyone who has or has had a job, coworkers, bosses and family can relate to the unfolding story. Congrats Olly on providing a new way of learning USEFUL Spanish...pain-free!!!!!
R**S
Que Chido!
I’m loving this book. Olly not only explains the benefits of using conversations (as opposed to only narrative). He explains how to use these conversations well. His introduction is short, sweet, and very helpful. Olly explains the difference between extensive and intensive learning. This is crucial if we want to align our expectations to our actions and vice versa. Finally, the content is Mexican and enjoyable! So many Mexican phrases are used, there really aren’t a lot of resources that hit the niche of spoken Spanish and even fewer that focus on Mexican-specific Spanish. This is an excellent resource and I can’t wait for the audio to be released!
C**A
Exactly as advertised.
This is a story told through conversations between main characters. It's a nice introduction to the way people speak "en la calle." On the downside, the story doesn't interest me that much because it concerns a problem at work and how the internal dynamics of an office setting impact three friends. On the other hand, the workplace language is really helpful to learn. The verdict: I got it at a really low price and am happy about that. Even at the normal price, this would be worth the money. I just wish that I found it more interesting.
W**N
Excellent, inexpensive e-book for Intermediate level learners
This short book is presented in an excellent digital format, which is often not the case for e-books. The chapters are brief (2-4 pages each with an enlarged font) which is perfect for the teaching method advocated by the author, Olly Richards, a rather well-known polyglot who has mastered at least 8 different languages, having begun with this one, Spanish. The content is exactly as promised, very accessible (comprehensible as he puts it) for a B1-2 Spanish learner. Using the author's recommended approach, one can easily read and re-read each chapter multiple times in one sitting. If there is any criticism of the book from me, it would be that the chosen vocabularia translations at the end of each chapter are often the most obvious, often cognates, for which no translation is necessary. I highly recommend this book, extremely inexpensive in the digital form, to any B1-2 level student of Spanish, not just those interested in Mexican Spanish.
N**E
Olly's books are no doubt the best to learn Spanish from compared to the competition!
Olly has the best approach to learning a language in general with his website: I will teach you a language. I bought Olly's book 101 simple conversations in Spanish and loved it. My Spanish improved immensely reading and studying this book. The vocab lessons at the end of each chapter catapult learning, This new book: 101 Conversations in Mexican Spanish is written wonderfully, as it clearly has the learner in mind and caters to the readers needs by showing real life, compelling dialogue that is really used. I have contact with Mexican clients at my job and have read the first few chapters and it was a pleasure to see a lot of the dialogue mimic phrases that my Mexican clients have said to me. Mark A.
L**E
Great book for spanish learners!
The story was great and I love the fact that the key words and phrases were translated at the end of each chapter. I hope to see more books like this for spanish learners.
J**T
I had a ball reading this book.
I have been studying Spanish for a while with various resources. I am just finishing up the Rocket Languages Spanish course. Currently I subscribe to Lingquistica 360's news service app. I throughly enjoy reading the news in Spanish every morning. It gives word and phrases that you will not come across in most courses. The app highlights some vocabulary in red, which, when touched, give an English translation. I enjoy the app but it is work. In contrast Olly Richard's book was pure fun. The vocabulary fit like a glove. I knew or was fimiliar with most of the words. I could figure out most of what I was unfamilar with. This made the reading go very quickly, which provide a feel for how the language is actually spoken. Time and time again I founds myself thinking, "Oh, that's how you would say that." Words like quedar and llevar, which have multiple meaning and uses, were more comprehensible when experienced in real conversation. I could not resist reading the story aloud, acting out the emotions. We all learned our mother tongue in conversation. Olly's book provides a similar experience. I cannot recommend it enough.
B**S
Loving this book!
The story is really good, about Tavo who works with his friends and their having to deal with work stuff and some new douche bag hired by nepotism, and Tavo also helps his parents a lot. The conversations in Spanish are easy to follow and have short vocabulary lists after each conversation. The vocab list doesn't show every single word or phrase but most of them. Not all of it makes sense so I feel like I do use Google Translate more than Olly the Polyglot thinks you should be, but after I read it once without looking anything up, I read the vocab list and translate some things, then read it again, and I can follow the conversation in my head in English and I read it in Spanish. Highly recommend this one.
J**A
En serio muy buen libro :)
¡Está buenísimo! Yo doy clases de español y me ha encantado este libro. Cada capítulo tiene tamaño perfecto para una lección, además de que en verdad tiene expresiones mexicanas. Hay pocos libros de enseñanza del idioma del español mexicano. Este es muy accesible y útil.
J**S
Entertaining, Readable, Engaging, Effective
My wife found Olly's courses on line. She bought the Spanish program and we've been studying it together the past 3 months. I bought us this book of 101 conversations in Mexican Spanish as we are fans of Mexico and have vacationed there the past 3 years. What a thrill to read and feel like we can get the gist of the story. This year we've tried various methods and Olly's is by far the most natural and engaging. The story is entertaining and allows for simple conversations. We have a Mexican Spanish tutor and when we review parts of this book, she agrees that the slang and soul of Mexico is embodied here. We highly recommend his method, his books, and love immersing in the language. We read aloud to each and look forward to hearing it on audio as we do listen to the book we study in his course.
G**Y
Great Spanish learning resource
This is a great resource for learning Spanish for a beginner/intermediate level learner. Not textbook learning but actual conversations that you can follow. I found the story realistic and interesting so that you wanted to keep going. There are handy vocabulary lists at the end of each chapter covering colloquial expressions that you just can't look up in a dictionary.
S**K
Easy and highly enjoyable to read
Like the other 101 Conversations books by Olly Richards, this is a breeze to read. The short chapters really help you read ‘just one more’ and the glossaries of new words and phrases really help when it’s in Mexican Spanish. It’s an addictive read and I highly recommend it.
H**L
Great material for a bargain
The dialogues are pretty short, so you can finish one easily whenever you find time to pick up the book, so that makes for some leisurely, relaxed learning. The language flows naturally and is not stilted like in your usual textbook dialogue and since the dialogues make up a story, it is more interesting to work with than a normal language book. Apparently there will be an audio book some time later, so you can listen to the dialogues which will be even better, because you could listen to the dialogues while cooking, cleaning, etc., so you can keep immersing yourself in the material without even having to schedule extra time for it.
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