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™...

Cuando un matrimonio se rompe, se abren nuevas perspectivas de futuro y se analiza el pasado para descubrir las causas del fracaso. Es lo que les sucede a los protagonistas de esta historia a bordo de "El Ascensor" que los lleva al divorcio, e ignoran hasta qué punto cambiará sus vidas. --Quatrième de couverture.

An excellent resource to improve students' vocabulary, revise grammar, and introduce literary analysis. Un libro excelente para mejorar el vocabulario, repasar gramática y desarrollar habilidades de análisis literario.

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...

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...