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This essential bilingual reference for learners of Spanish or English is current, complete, authoritative, and easy to use. It contains nearly 100,000 terms and expressions, including basic vocabulary, selected place names, proper names, abbreviations, acronyms, and the most current technical terms. Words are clearly illustrated in context, and to further assist learners of both Spanish and English, grammar summaries of each language are given.

Épocas y avances offers a communicative-humanistic approach to second language acquisition. It emphasizes particular aspects of the history, literature, art, society, geography, language, and culture of Spain and Latin America through a series of readings and related activities specifically designed to enhance linguistic proficiency. The cuaderno de trabajo is designed to: Reinforce and enhance the vocabulary and grammatical structures learned in the principal text Provide an additional review of fundamental concepts Offer oral comprehension practice with an original audio program for each...

Maximiano Cortés Moreno es Licenciado en Filología Anglogermánica, Máster en Formación de Profesores de Español como Lengua Extranjera y Doctor en Didáctica de la Lengua y la Literatura por la Universidad de Barcelona (España). En 1988 empezó su labor docente como profesor de lengua inglesa en institutos de Enseñanza Secundaria en España. Continuó en Eslovenia como profesor de español y de catalán. Desde 1993 imparte clases de lengua y cultura españolas, así como de didáctica del español como lengua extranjera en varias universidades de Taiwán. Desde 2002 viene colaborando...

With culturally thematic chapters and a traditionally organized grammar sequence, this is a solid and complete introductory course. It is ideal for instructors who want a balanced, contemporary course but not necessarily an innovative methodology. Although chapter changes in the new edition include an overall shortening, a trimming of grammar detail, and adding more visually-based activities, the basic methodology remains unchanged.