Sabias Que

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.

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.

A través de una serie de ensayos escritos por autores y críticos de la talla de Vicente Quirarte, Carlos Monsiváis y José Emilio Pacheco, James Valender nos presenta el arte y el pensamiento de un hombre y poeta ejemplar, que aunque nació en Sevilla, casi podría considerarse mexicano: Luis Cernuda, el poeta español más rebelde de la generación del 27.

The Pasajes series is one of the most widely used and highly respected programs for intermediate Spanish courses in North America. As in previous editions, Pasajes is a multi-volume component program. Pasajes, Fifth Edition, consists of three volumes--a review grammar, a cultural reader, and a literary reader--that are coordinated by theme and by language, chapter by chapter, across all three books. The result is a very flexible program that can be used in any combination and thus is easily adapted to suit a wide variety of instructors and intermediate courses. The Fifth edition of Pasajes...

Presents English definitions of over four thousand Spanish language idioms and colloquialisms, grouped according to Spanish key word, and includes example sentences, matching English expressions, and a Spanish-English index.

Le français et l'espagnol, langues des pouvoirs coloniaux durant plusieurs siècles et langues de nombreux peuples et États du monde, font partie d'une dynamique sociale extraordinaire au cours du 20e siècle, due à la mobilisation sociale et à la migration, à l'émergence de la radio, du cinéma, de la télévision et d'internet, sans oublier l'épanouissement de l'école et sa pratique langagière. El presente libro se propone dos objetivos: por un lado, quiere contribuir a la discusión sobre aspectos teóricos del cambio lingüístico con respecto a las lenguas estándar, y, por...