An audio/book course developed by Zabier Gereno, a teacher in Bilbao, the course is in the dialect of Bilbao, the capital of Vizcaya, one of the three provinces of Spain in which Basque is spoken. The course, originally designed for the independent Spanish learner, has been translated into English with additional brief grammatical explanations. Instruction in vocabulary, basic sentences, grammar, verb conjugations and declensions is included.