Diccionario Espanol-Ingles/ English-Spanish

This perennial best-seller is written for Advanced Grammar and Composition or Advanced Composition and Conversation classes. Grammatical explanations are given in English to facilitate comprehension. Numerous excercises help improve oral, written, and vocabulary skills. The contextualized exercises focus on contemporary situations students are likely to encounter. With updated literary and cultural readings, "Repase y Escriba includes an "oral exchange," to make the text more useful when stressing conversation. New sections provide hints on the "art" of writing and rules for punctuation and...

SONIDOS, SABORES Y PALABRAS features a diverse range of activities and exercises based on each song. These activities will have students call upon prior knowledge, reflect and empathize with the lyrics, and make connections to their own experiences. The thought-provoking group activities require students to analyze the meaning behind the songs, as well as investigate and discuss how they relevantly reflect Latin cultures today. Suitable for self-study, building vocabulary, and developing reading and listening skills.

This advanced Spanish grammar text, written with a strong linguistic perspective, is intended both for upper level grammar courses as well as for introductory courses in Spanish linguistics. It focuses in particular on those rules of the Spanish language that explain syntax and its components, especially those that are traditionally difficult for students of Spanish. The flexible organization of the text will allow the instructor to cover chapters (and material within chapters) in a manner that best serves his/her curricular objectives. In addition, the combination of mechanical and creative...

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.