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!

Offering more than 80,000 words and phrases, this is an indispensable, quick and easy reference to the English language for Spanish-speaking users.

What's New in Tringulo?Seven Chapters: The six global themes recommended by College Board plus a mid-year and final exams following the newest Advanced Placement Spanish Language Exam format.Each Chapter: Each of the six or seven recommended thematic sub-contexts will be practiced through the main exam tasks such as Reading Comprehension, Reading and Listening combined Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, Interpersonal Writing and Speaking and Presentational Writing and Speaking.Additional Help for the Teacher: Essential vocabulary presented in Spanish and in context, highlighted cultural...

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...

Maximiano Cortés Moreno es Licenciado en Filología Anglogermánica, Máster en Formación de Profesores de Español como Lengua Extranjera y Doctor en Didáctica de la Lengua y la Literatura por la Universidad de Barcelona (España). En 1988 empezó su labor docente como profesor de lengua inglesa en institutos de Enseñanza Secundaria en España. Continuó en Eslovenia como profesor de español y de catalán. Desde 1993 imparte clases de lengua y cultura españolas, así como de didáctica del español como lengua extranjera en varias universidades de Taiwán. Desde 2002 viene colaborando...