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This intensive course is expressly designed to lead the adult beginner to a comprehensive knowledge of Spanish. The course gives balanced attention to the four key language skills: the development of listening comprehension and speaking skills is supported by quality audio materials recorded by native speakers, while answer keys support written work and grammar-acquisition exercises, and facilitate independent study. Authentic written materials develop important receptive skills and encourage the transition to independent reading. - Based on a style of Spanish easily understood by most...

What cities were there in early 16th-century Spain? With how many inhabitants? Were they fortified? And how many leagues apart were they? Those are the questions that Ferdinand Columbus tried to answer in his Vocabulary containing the names of the places and kingdoms of Spain. The present edition reconstructs the "cosmographic" endeavor of Christopher Columbus’ youngest son based on two codices from the Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina of Seville.

The editors and fourteen other research linguists discuss--in English and in Spanish--the African influence on Caribbean phonology, dominant sociolinguistic attitudes in Puerto Rico, and historico-legal aspects of bilingualism in colonial Hispanic America.

This courses teaches Spanish systematically using the following rules: 1. Only one word is introduced each lesson (there are a couple of exceptions, and the reasons are explained in the course). 2. Each new words must be used in every new word, new sentence and dialogue created in that lesson. 3. All words need to be repeated multiple times in subsequent lessons to ensure constant revision. Audio is built into the course, with over 400 audio files embedded (check supporting devices) This course systematically teaches 100 Spanish words. Knowing 100 of the most common Spanish words can help you ...