Spanish is the language base for this guide. All Spanish
words are given the general or specific meanings of Spanish currently spoken in
Argentina. Spanish is the language to which the English definitions and the
Portuguese equivalents are compared. The Chinese is matched to English
definitions.
This guide is designed after the "vocabulary
first" method of language instruction as advocated by the author. It
teaches a basic vocabulary by word association.
Robert D. O'Brian is a retired attorney and corporate business consultant. He has taught English to Japanese business executives and is a graduate of the Army's Japanese language and familiarization course at Fort Holabird, MD. He has degrees from The University of Notre Dame (B.S.), New York University (M.B.A.) and, Seton Hall University (J.D.).