Vistazos Listening Comprehension

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.

This highly innovative beginning Spanish text is both task-based (requiring students to use Spanish to complete specific goals or tasks) and content-based, including readings from a variety of disciplines. ¿Sabías que...? represents the practical application of the theories and research presented in Lee and VanPatten's methods text, Making Communicative Language Teaching Happen (a natural companion volume for instructors using this text). The new edition is accompanied by a new CD-ROM, a new Online Learning Center, and more!

Seminar paper del año 2018 en eltema Romanística - Español, literatura, cultura general, Nota: 1,3, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Idioma: Español, Resumen: El cambio de lenguas no es casualidad. Se pueden dar razones concretas para el surgimiento, la muerte y los restos de una lengua. Este trabajo se concentra en el contacto lingüístico entre el alemán y el castellano en la Colonia Suiza Nueva Helvecia (Uruguay) y él entre el italiano y el castellano en Buenos Aires (Argentina). Se presenta la historia migratoria del siglo XIX y XX en la región rioplatense y se analizan las...

Kein Blatt vor den Mund nehmen – no tener pelos en la lengua ist ein zweisprachiges phraseologisches Wörterbuch Deutsch-Spanisch mit synchronem Ansatz. In allgemeinen Wörterbüchern werden idiomatische Einheiten meist nur unvollständig und unsystematisch behandelt bzw. es werden wesentliche Aspekte nicht berücksichtigt. Diese Lücke schließt das neue Wörterbuch, das von einem Team aus drei spanisch- und zwei deutschsprachigen Forscherinnen mit langjähriger Erfahrung im Bereich der kontrastiven Linguistik erstellt wurde. Das Wörterbuch enthält mehr als 4.000 idiomatische Wendungen...

LOVE In The Taming of the Shrew, Katharina learns to love Petruchio only after she has learnt to be an obedient wife. Romeo and Juliet’s love is destined to end in tragedy. In Twelfth Night, love is romantic but also painful, while in Othello love turns into jealousy. And in the final story, Antony and Cleopatra’s passionate love has tragic consequences. Dossiers: The Life of William Shakespeare Courtship and Marriage in Elizabethan Times

ESPACIOS is a 2-semester intermediate Spanish program developed to accommodate the diverse needs of today's language learners and educators. ESPACIOS supports the many reasons students take Spanish by presenting grammar, vocabulary, and opportunities for communication within the exploration of a variety of different spaces: personal and public; historic and contemporary; cultural and social. The breadth of themes, countries, and content mediums exposes students to a more informed perspective to each given topic. Through this exploration, students expand on what they know about the...