Inglés para el lugar de trabajo. (English for the Workplace)

Built as a workbook for solo study, this occupational English book for Spanish speakers takes a nonspecific approach by striving to present some of the language a person will likely use to find, keep, and get along in a job of most any type. Harvey divides the material into six sections: basics; personal talk and interview skills; workplace vocabulary (focused primarily on clerical, technical, and heavy industrial work, with the puzzling omission of the restaurant and hospitality service industries); training and staff meetings; workplace problems, including health and safety issues (a particularly welcome section); and language of the business world. Many fill-in-the-blank, word-search, and scrambled-letter puzzles are included, as well as a bilingual glossary of about 1500 words and an appendix on preparing a CV. Harvey, who brings to bear a lot of experience as an instructor and a solid knowledge and Spanish and English in contact, peppers the text with judicious bits of practical advice such as how to conduct oneself in a job interview. English words are accompanied by their phonetic pronunciations based on Spanish; Barron's also offers a two-CD set of audio to accompany the book. Recommended as a self-study aid for motivated learners of English.—Bruce Jensen, Kutztown Univ. Lib., PA