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Ideas is an intermediate or advanced reader that emphasizes the use of reading strategies to help students become more effective readers. It has a unique format, with all readings found in the six chapters of Parte I, which are designed to look like individual magazines on high interest topics such as pets, food, relations between the sexes, and so on. Reading strategies plus exercises, as well as lively activities that stimulate in-class conversation and composition topics make up Parte II. The entire text is in Spanish, including the reading strategies themselves. All readings--from...

"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."

A multi-part telenovela which presents the vocabulary, grammatical structures and functions of Spanish in a natural, conversational way, emphasizing comprehension through context and actions. Tells the story of Raquel Rodriguez, an attorney from Los Angeles, who is hired by an aging Mexican industrialist to investigate a long-buried secret about his past. Her quest takes her to Spain, Argentina and Puerto Rico.

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.