¡Así se dice!, Level 2, Student Edition

Designed to help the reader become more proficient at communicating in Spainsh about the tourist trade and the hospitality industry.

A definitive portrait of Mario Vargas Llosa traces the life of the Peruvian author, examines his major works of fiction--including Los jefes and La fiesta del chivo--and assesses his place in modern literature. (Literature)

Un libro escrito para el profesorado de idiomas que orienta acerca de la manera de preparar una evaluación que incluya todos los niveles en los que debe aprenderse una lengua: desde la adecuada comprensión y la habilidad para hacer construcciones gramaticales hasta la capacidad de argumentación y del manejo de distintos registros (lenguaje jurídico, periodístico, etc.), al mismo tiempo que muestra las deficiencias y las maneras de resolverlas.

This intensive course is expressly designed to lead the adult beginner to a comprehensive knowledge of Spanish. The course gives balanced attention to the four key language skills: the development of listening comprehension and speaking skills is supported by quality audio materials recorded by native speakers, while answer keys support written work and grammar-acquisition exercises, and facilitate independent study. Authentic written materials develop important receptive skills and encourage the transition to independent reading. - Based on a style of Spanish easily understood by most...

Julio Baena offers a new analysis of Cervantes's last and most controversial novel, Los trabajos de Persiles y Segismunda. Baena's particular focus on the first chapter of this allegorical text, which he sees as a microcosm of the entire novel, allows him to explore the correspondence between microcosm and macrocosm in Cervantes's allegorical text. Placing this work within the intellectual context of its era, Baena uses poststructuralist methodologies to develop the existential implications of Persiles's central cosmological metaphor.