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El cine documental is an innovative intermediate/advanced textbook that provides students with the tools needed to communicate accurately and appropriately in Spanish. Learning is centered on cultural themes related to thought-provoking documentaries from around the Spanish-speaking world. Through the culturally rich and linguistically authentic medium of documentary film, El cine documental provides the experience of listening to many varieties of authentic speech in context, and stimulates conversation and critical thinking by immersing students in the target cultures. Organized to provide...

This book introduces students to literature through a collection of twelve short stories and related exercises designed to improve the reader's ability to speak and write in Spanish. Activities that build reading comprehension and grammar reviews are built into the context of each story to help eliminate any fear of reading in a foreign language. Interesting topics of current issues —such as child abuse, ecological catastrophe, homosexuality, migration, and aging—are written by a balanced selection of male and female new authors. For those familiar enough with the Spanish language to want ...

En este libro, además de ampliar conocimientos sobre tiempos verbales, auxiliares, modales, artículos, estructura pasiva, estilo indirecto, condicionales, se ofrecerán explicaciones acerca de los falses friends y las diferencias entre inglés británico y americano para expresarse con mayor corrección. Además de aprender el vocabulario relacionado con las nuevas tecnologías en el hogar, las vacaciones y la educación, el lector se familiarizará con el sistema de prefijación y sufijación ingleses para ampliar su vocabulario. También se proporcionarán expresiones para que el lector...

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!