Lectura y Escritura Avanzadas A Level Practice Book

Complements advanced level Spanish course books by providing practice in reading and understanding longer texts. Students will also develop the vocabulary needed to understand and talk about important issues in modern Hispanic society. It encourages an analytical method of study, and the eight photocopiable self-study units are based on authentic texts dealing with topics such as 'Estereotipos culturales' and 'La biodiversidad'. Lively, interesting and carefully graded, the exercises begin with identification of key words and comprehension questions followed by detailed and precisely focused...

¿Alguna vez has oído hablar de un granjero espacial? Los agricultores espaciales son astronautas que han recibido una formación especial para aprender a cultivar plantas en el espacio exterior. Aprenda sobre el desafío de la agricultura en el espacio ultraterrestre con este libro STEAM de gran interés creado en colaboración con la Institución Smithsonian. Presenta un desafío STEAM práctico que es perfecto para espacios de creación y que guía a los estudiantes paso a paso a través del proceso de diseño de ingeniería. Establezca conexiones profesionales en STEAM con el...

Is conversational Spanish turning a little too tricky for you? Do you have no idea on how to order a meal or book a room at a hotel? If your answer to any of the previous questions was ‘Yes’, then this book is for you! If there’s even been something tougher than learning the grammar rules of a new language, it’s finding the way to speak with other people in that tongue. Any student knows this – we can try our best at practicing, but you always want to avoid making embarrassing mistakes or not getting your message through correctly. ‘How do I get out of this situation?’ many...

Se trata de una pregunta que nos inquieta solo de pensarla, tan profundamente dependen nuestras vidas y sociedades del mundo científico-tecnológico de la electricidad. Entre los grandes protagonistas de ese mundo, destaca un serbio que después de estudiar ingeniería en Graz (Austria), emigró en 1884 a América, instalándose en Nueva York; un serbio de imaginación y habilidades descomunales, un excéntrico sin miedo a lo desconocido, que gozaba montando espectáculos para promover sus inventos: Nikola Tesla (1856-1943). Es difícil apreciar cuánto debemos a sus inventos: sus ideas y...

Even the smallest tide pools are actually entire ecosystems! The creatures that call a tide pool home are connected through food chains that represent the passing of energy from one living thing to another. Readers discover how these unique food chains all come together as they view a helpful tide pool food web. Fun fact boxes accompany informative text about life in a tide pool. Detailed photographs of tide pool ecosystems introduce readers to a variety of cool creatures.