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Spanish for Law Enforcement
Patricia RushVentura College
Patricia HoustonPima Community College

ISBN-10: 0131401335
ISBN-13:  9780131401334

Publisher:  Prentice Hall
Copyright:  2005
Format:  Paper; 336 pp
Published:  11/05/2004
Status: Instock


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Part of the Spanish at Work series, this communicative, needs-based approach to language learning is designed to help professionals or pre-professionals in one of the many areas of law enforcement and corrections.   Designed for beginning language students (no prior knowledge of Spanish is assumed), for whom success in the field is vitally important, Spanish for Law Enforcement prepares students to use “real-life language” on the job–immediately.


Features

  • Hands-on communicative focus
    • Offers a “real world” approach to mastering “need to know” vocabulary and core phrases essential to law enforcement.
  • Grammar practice embedded in context
    • Presents grammar in small “bytes” that are easily mastered, pertain to the context of the material, and focus on communication.
  • Practical vocabulary presentation
    • Provides students with manageable amounts of vocabulary supported by art, realia, and photographs.
  • Síntesis extension exercises
    • Provides students with activities that bring the chapter vocabulary, structures, and cultural content together, in order to use Spanish in a realistic way.
  • Culturally focused
    • Features cross-cultural insights significant for speakers of English when interfacing with Hispanics in law enforcement situations.


Table of Contents

Para comenzar
Lección 1 - En la ciudad 
Lección 2 - En la carretera  
Lección 3 - En mi barrio
Lección 4 - Las drogas
Lección 5 - ¡Emergencia!
Lección 6 - Repaso I
Lección 7 - La policía y la comunidad–unidas
Lección 8 - La violencia doméstica
Lección 9 - Delitos
Lección 10 - El crimen
Lección 11 - Tragedias
Lección 12 - Repaso II



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Spanish for Law Enforcement is the fourth book in the Spanish at Work series. This one-volume text integrates thematically related vocabulary, grammar, and culture, and focuses students on the pragmatic, real-world language they will need to communicate with Spanish speakers in law enforcement and corrections settings. With an emphasis on learning to communicate appropriately in real-life situations, students master need-to-know phrases and vocabulary quickly and efficiently.

Highlights:
  • An evenly paced modular format within each chapter contains two vocabulary and two grammar sections.
  • Careful and consistent progression of activities enables students to internalize the material and feel comfortable communicating in real-life situations.
  • End-of-chapter synthesis activities provide ample opportunities for four-skills practice.
  • Readings in Algo mas represent a wide variety of Spanish-speaking cultures that relate to chapter themes.
  • Real-world activities follow each reading, connecting students to the world beyond the classroom.

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