Spanish for Law Enforcement Personnel [With CD]

Each On Target program consists of a miniature Spanish-English phrasebook that accompanies an audio compact disc. This particular program is focused to help police officers and other law enforcement personnel communicate effectively with Spanish-speaking customers. All On Target programs are handsomely packaged and targeted to meet the needs of professionals in many different fields who must communicate regularly with Latinos having little or no command of English. Each phrasebook presents English and Spanish words and phrases categorized according to the various topics that pertain to the target profession—questions and information that the reader is most likely to ask or provide. The CDs cover word-for-word all of the text presented in the phrasebooks. Thus, they offer guidance in pronunciation and listening comprehension.

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This Spanish-English phrasebook with audio compact disc is designed to help non-Spanish-speaking police and other law enforcement personnel communicate with Hispanics who have little or no English. Words and phrases presented in this program apply to accident scenes, crime scenes, and public events where police are used to give directions and keep order. The phrasebook presents English and Spanish words and phrases categorized according to separate subjects that relate to law enforcement and public order. The audio CD covers everything in the book, supplying correct pronunciation for Spanish words and phrases. Here is highly useful language help for police personnel who speak no Spanish but work in Spanish-speaking locales.

William C. Harvey has taught Spanish and ESL on the West Coast, in public schools, community colleges, and in private industry, where he has organized language workshops and seminars. He is the author of several Spanish language learning books, all of which take an informal approach to language teaching.