Audioscript to accompany Destinos

This new Beginning Spanish text is a brief version of the successful ¿Sabías que…?, perfectly designed for those programs that are interested in an innovative task-based approach but whose curriculum necessitates a briefer text.

This highly innovative beginning Spanish text is both task-based (requiring students to use Spanish to complete specific goals or tasks) and content-based, including readings from a variety of disciplines. ¿Sabías que...? represents the practical application of the theories and research presented in Lee and VanPatten's methods text, Making Communicative Language Teaching Happen (a natural companion volume for instructors using this text). The new edition is accompanied by a new CD-ROM, a new Online Learning Center, and more!

Instructors, writers, translators & students alike, will find this dictionary of difficulties an exceptional tool of reference. Not only are complete & precise definitions furnished, but specific applications by topic, ie: literature, journalism, or other technical areas, are categorized & explained. These special features facilitate its use & make this a valuable source of information. Included in the 135 page appendix are a summary of basic Spanish grammar & a guide to verb conjugation, spelling, abbreviations & punctuation.

"Los animales, empezando por la araña, se van preparado para un viaje. Piensan en las cosas que precisan: abrigo (los animales cuyo nombre empiece por la A), bolso (los animales con la B), crema para el Sol (los animales con la C)... Cuando cada animal está listo, llama por sus amigos (Abeja llama por la avispa, por la Azor, por la Araña...) y van tomando asiento... Así pasa con todas las letras del alfabeto, hasta que al final... empieza a llover. Se descubre al final del cuento que se trata del ARCA DE NOÉ. La idea es que el animal principal de cada página esté configurado,...

Forty-seven reading passages from the world of journalism and advertising, on a wide variety of topics, suitable for beginning and intermediate students of Spanish and for native speakers who need remedial reading.

"Destinado a estudiantes que, partiendo de un nivel inicial, aspiran a un dominio practico del espanol comunicativo y a un acercamiento a la cultura de los paises hispanos. En dos niveles, describe el funcionamiento de la lengua y practica cuestiones morfosintacticas atendiendo a la realidad de su uso."