STREET SPEAK and BIZ SPEAK explore some of the most popular slang and idioms that are actively used and understood by virtually every native-born American. This exciting new series teaches American-English the way it is really spoken. Students are kept active and involved through each lesson by a variety of entertaining dialogues using slang and idioms plus fun and innovative activities such as:

	STUDENT BOOK 2 in each series is scheduled to be released in 1999.
	All Student Books are in full color... every page!
	AND... the price has been discounted from $16.95 to $14.95!

Street Spanish 1 let's you quickly become an insider by presenting some of the most popular slang terms used throughout the many Spanish-speaking countries. With the help of entertaining dialogues, word games and drills, crossword puzzles, and word searches, you'll soon be able to understand the everyday language used on the street, in homes, offices, stores, and amon family and friends.
Book: $15.95 US / Audio Cassette: $12.50 / ISBN: 0-471-17970-1 / 233 pages

If a native Spanish-speaker were to say to you,“You're taking my hair!” “¡Me estás tomando el pelo!”, you may not know how to respond... unless, of course, you've read David Burke's second volume in the Street Spanish series. This entertaining guide will lead you through an exciting domain of imaginative and popular Spanish idioms using dialogues, vocabulary lessons, entertaining word drills and games including crossword puzzles, fill-ins, find-a-word charts, and dictations.
Book: $15.95 US / Audio Cassette: $12.50 / ISBN: 0-471-17971-X / 244 pages

You've mastered Spanish slang, conquered popular idioms, yet still feel like an outsider. The reason is simple. You haven't discovered the third piece to understanding everyday Spanish; popular expletives and obscenities those back-alley words and phrases constantly used in movies, books, and conversations between native speakers the first step-by-step guide of its kind to explore the most common curses, vulgarities, and obscenities used in many Spanish-speaking countries.
Book: $15.95 US / Audio Cassette: $12.50 / ISBN: 0-471-17972-8 / 238 pages

This unique slang dictionary and thesaurus offers English equivalents and usage tips for over one thousand Spanish terms, including slang words, idioms, colloquialisms, and obscenities. It also offers an extensive thesaurus featuring hundreds of "naughty" slang synonyms and expressions for common English words and phrases all destined to make you feel like an insider in no time!
Book: $16.95 US / ISBN: to be announced / page count to be announced

This fully-illustrated guide explores yet another inside language that must be mastered in order to be considered truly fluent in French: idioms — those quaint and quirky expressions are impossible to understand literally (like “You're pulling my leg!”) but are used in any conversation between native speakers. This book is packed with word games, dialogues using idioms, crossword puzzles, find-a-word grids, and special tips guaranteed to make you au jus (“up-to-date” or, literally, “juiced up”) before you know it!
Book: $15.95 US / Audio Cassette: $12.50 / ISBN: 0-471-13899-1 / 268 pages

This is the first step-by-step guide of its kind to explore the most common curses, crude terms, and obscenities used in France. This entertaining book is designed to help you understand the rudest taxi drivers, the most impertinent salespeople, and even the author's Aunt Mimi! Chapters include: Dating Slang, Non-vulgar/Vulgar Insults & Put-downs, Name-Calling, Body Parts in Slang, Sexual Slang, Bodily Functions, Sounds & Smells, plus the many uses of Merde, & Foutre.
 Book: $15.95 US / Audio Cassette: $12.50 / ISBN: 0-471-13900-9 / 239 pages