by Gerardo Belmonte (Illustrator), Maria Arlandis (Author) Este libro es perfecto si tienes un nivel intermedio de espa ol pero quieres expresarte de una forma m s natural, especialmente si tienes pensado vivir en Espa a, hacer negocios con espa oles o presentarte al examen del DELE. Con este libro aprender s m s de 450 expresiones coloquiales y refranes que son usadas diariamente en Espa a. Est n organizadas por temas de forma que resultan m s sencillas de aprender. Los temas engloban desde el vocabulario del trabajo hasta el del sexo. Descubrir que expresiones como "de puta madre" tienen un sentido positivo sorprende mucho a los alumnos, pero sin ellas se perder anmuchos matices de la riqueza de la lengua espa ola. Adem s, el libro cuenta con un pr ctico glosario en el que buscar las expresiones y consultarlas directamente. Cada expresi n viene explicada con un ejemplo y ejercicios. Author Biography María Arlandis was born in Valencia, Spain. She studied Spanish Philology at the University of Valencia and one semester at Georgia College State University. Teaching Spanish to foreigners turned into her passion and after years of Spanish experience María Arlandis felt compelled to write a book focusing on everyday colloquial Spanish since she noticed that some of her students felt left out not knowing expressions that the Spanish people use in casual situations. María realized the importance of colloquial language when she lived in France and the United States. Despite knowing French and English "from the books" she found it difficult to wholly understand some of the expressions she heard every day and that she had not been taught in class. Discovering that expressions like "de puta madre" have a positive meaning very much surprises students but without them they would lose many nuances of the richness of the Spanish language. Number of Pages: 112 Dimensions: 0.23 x 10 x 7 IN Publication Date: October 21, 2013