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[This] is a high-intermediate to advanced-level reader that invites students to link their study of Spanish with the many professional opportunities in other disciplines and to explore in particular the fields of communications, social services, business, education, health professions, law, tourism, computer applications, and engineering. The reading selections in [this book] profile people, work environments, and key issues associated with a wide variety of occupations in the United States and in the Spanish-speaking world. [This book] aims to expand [students'] appreciation of the Spanish...

Seminar paper del año 2021 en eltema Romanística - Español, literatura, cultura general, Nota: 1.3, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen (Romanisches Seminar), Materia: PS II: Narraciones biopolíticas, Idioma: Español, Resumen: El presente trabajo científico se divide en tres partes. En la primera parte se comienza con un breve resumen de la trama. La segunda parte constituye la parte principal en la que se analizan las narraciones biopolíticas y los mecanismos de poder que se adscriben a la soberanía. En esta parte, se analizan los estilos de gobierno de Basilio y de Segismundo...

* 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...

This collection of papers addresses the wide variety of questions that arise when Spanish (or any language) comes into contact with other languages. Which languages are used and under what circumstances? How do languages change and affect each other in a bilingual or multilingual environment? How do societal pressures, cultural stereotypes, and individual attitudes affect language use and development, or even result in the death of a language? Spanish in Contact is organized into three sections, examining contact situations in Spain, Latin America, and the United States. The authors look at...