These innovative language courses in Spanish, French and German use liaison interpreting to teach the spoken language to advanced students. A highly effective aid to language acquisition and consolidation, Interpreting Spanish, French and German will improve students' confidence in speaking and discussing a wide variety of contemporary topics. Students learn a range of transferable skills, including:

• oral proficiency in both the language of study and English
• presentation skills
• linguistic flexibility
• cross-cultural awareness.

The courses in the Interpreting series will provide a popular alternative to conversation classes, and are ideal for those who have not taught interpreting before.Each course pack includes:

• Tutor's Book: how to make lessons a success, with notes on class design, preparation, feedback and assessment and transcripts of dialogues on the cassettes
• Student Handouts: a wealth of photocopiable resources for use in and outside the classroom
• Audio Cassettes: 5-7 hours of dialogues and exercises for practice and revision.

An inspection pack containing sample material is available for each language.

The Thinking Translation series comprises comprehensive and practical translation courses in Arabic, French, Italian, German and Spanish. Each focuses on improving translation quality and gives clear definitions of translation theories. Texts are drawn from sources including technical and commercial texts, to poetry, journalism and song. Translation issues addressed include cultural differences, genre, revision and editing. Accompanying handbooks for tutors are also available, each containing invaluable guidance on using the courses.

Cassettes are available to accompany the German, French and Spanish courses.