Say It in Spanish!

This retelling of the Mexican legend of Mother Moon provides a delightful and humorous explanation for why the moon changes shape. Children will enjoy the repetitive, predictable text and elaborate illustrations. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

Trabajo de Investigación del año 2010 en eltema Romanística - Español, literatura, cultura general, Nota: 1,3, Universitat de València (Traducción e Interpretación), Materia: Pragmática intercultural, Idioma: Español, Resumen: El objetivo del presente trabajo es el de poner en contraste los diferentes ethos de países de nuestro entorno como Francia, Italia o Alemania tomando como referencia las experiencias personales de cada uno de los componentes del equipo. Uno de nosotros es nativo alemán con un amplio bagaje en el contexto español; otro vivió, el curso pasado en la Sorbona,...

The objective of this book is to develop in the student the capacity to communicate in both oral and written forms, to analyze and infer the text that is to be presented, but also to use the necessary tools so that his learning will be significant and permanent, applying his knowledge, abilities and dexterity, to the solving of everyday problems of life in school and professionally, through the skills and disciplines learned within constructive frame work.

Así Me Gusta is a new three-level course for learners of Spanish. It focuses on communication needs, presents vocabulary and grammar in context, and deals with the multicultural aspects of the Spanish language. The course involves students emotionally in their learning process and is fully endorsed by the Insitituto Cervantes. Así Me Gusta fulfils the requirements of the Common European Framework of reference for languages and prepares students for the DELE exams.

The book studies the relation between the avant-garde and graphic humour in two critical historical periods: the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and the early years of the Cuban Revolution (1959-1961). It focuses on the so-called war magazines in Spain on the Republican side (No Veas, Trincheras, and LEsquella de la Torratxa,among others) and the Francoist side (Vértice and La Ametralladora). In the part devoted to Cuba, the analysis covers the newspaper Revolución and the avant-garde humour magazine El Pitirre, which ran simultaneously to the cultural supplement Lunes de Revolución and...