Publisher's Synopsis
New editions of these intensive language-immersion courses Mastering Language Series have been updated with new references, and up-to-date vocabulary and idioms. The books now feature topic heads and other important items in a second colour for quick and easy reference. Students can now select between audio components, choosing either tape cassettes or compact discs. These comprehensive language programs are the same as those that the U.S. Government uses to teach foreign languages to personnel in the diplomatic service and other internationally related government agencies. Students who complete them successfully will have much more than a few foreign phrases at their disposal, but will possess a solid understanding of a new language. The programs are ideal for classroom instruction but are also designed so that serious individuals who want to become fluent in a second language can teach themselves. These courses teach every aspect of their target language: vocabulary, grammar, conversing, reading, writing, and listening comprehension. Each program comes boxed with a paperback book and either audiocassettes or compact discs.
