Chile, lengua y cultura

* Approach reflects a belief in the value of discourse analysis, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics in the fields of second language acquisition and applied linguistics. * Goal is to train teachers to teach the Spanish language as a communicative system rather than as a set of grammatical rules--therefore it includes relevant information on Spanish pragmatics and sociolinguistics. * Written entirely in Spanish. * Each chapter includes review questions and exercises. * CD-ROM integrates samples of the course material so that the readers can see and hear native speaker examples of aspects of...

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Ya sea que ejerza sobre el mundo occidental un poder de fascinación o que provoque temores, China ha llegado a ser inevitable. Sin embargo, cuanto más se inmiscuye en nuestra vida cotidiana, más lejana y misteriosa parece. Para abrirnos las puertas del universo y del modo de pensar de los chinos, Cyrille J-D Javary se ha entregado a una especie de inventario a la Prévert contando las mil y una historias que contienen los ideogramas. Concebidos hace treinta y cinco siglos, y permanecido sin cambio en sus principios, estos signos, que son dibujos de ideas, transmiten valores siguiendo una...

Perfect for beginning students of Spanish, this affordable anthology is filled with 41 delightful stories and proverbs based on works of Don Juan Manuel, Luis Taboada, Ricardo Palma, and other noted writers. Complete and faithful English translations are featured on the facing pages of the Spanish text. Exercises are also included.