Sabias Que

This brief version of the successful ¿Sabías que…? is perfectly designed for Beginning Spanish programs that are interested in an innovative task-based approach but whose curriculum necessitates a more concise text program. Accompanied by an outstanding ancillary package, Vistazos represents the practical application of the theories and research presented in Lee and VanPatten’s methods text, Making Communicative Language Teaching Happen. With this new edition the authors have worked on a group of select text activities that are available in an optional online format through Quia™...

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, the seventh edition of Pasajes consists of three volumes, all coordinated by theme, chapter by chapter: a review of grammar (Lengua), a cultural reader Cultura), and a literary reader (Literatura). The result is a very flexible program that can be used in any combination and thus is easily adapted to suit the needs of a wide variety of instructors and intermediate courses. The new edition offers a new film feature in Lengua with pre- and...

The goal of this book is to provide tuition and quidance for professionals, professionals-to-be and other interested parties regarding the correct way to express themselves in English in the professional world. In order to make the most of it and do so in a confortable way, the starting level of English knowledge should be at least B1 (intermdiate). These materials are intended, firstly, to support learning within and outside the classroom and, secondly, to enable the student to acquire his/her own the strategies and techniques necessary both to understand and produce a wide range of formal...

El recurso de punto de referencia para el aprendizaje de español en el siglo 21 Ahora la 10ª edición, Dicho y hecho: Beginning Spanish ofrece un programa de lenguaje innovativo el cual ha sido diseñado para estudiantes de hoy en día. Este enfoque de aprender español es fácil de implantar y a través de los años ha demostrado ser innovatico y muy efectivo. La gramática es presentada con explicaciones precisas, simple, con gráficos claros y abundantes frases de ejemplos que establecen conexiones inmediatas entre formas y el uso en la comunicación. Ofrece un conjunto de sistemas de...

Alejandro Morales es un importante escritor chicano contemporáneo que sigue intrigando a lectores. Este estudio explora cómo las novelas de Morales (Caras viejas y vino nuevo, La verdad sin voz, Reto en el paraíso, The Brick People, y The Rag Doll Plagues), en conjunto, reconstruyen la historia del chicano en los Estados Unidos y las implicaciones sociales que resultan de este intento. Por medio del estudio del cronotopo del encuentro, la recuperación de la historia y el compromiso social, la narrativa de Morales examina los elementos que forman la «esencia chicana.» Es importante...