Materiales interactivos, actividades y juegos para la clase de inglés

Aimed at third-year students of Spanish, this book fills a need not met by other Spanish conversation textbooks. It facilitates lively and meaningful conversations via a variety of texts, including newspaper and journal articles, short stories, and passages from novels, as well as visual material and detailed guides for three films and novels. The texts have universal resonance and are designed to complement and enrich each other. A wide assortment of creative activities enhances comprehension, analysis, spontaneous discussion, and role-playing. The book includes online resources for each...

"Traducciâon, competencia plurilingèue y espaänol como lengua de herencia (ELH) explores the connections between Spanish heritage language (SHL) education and translation competence. The volume identifies strategies to represent the linguistic experiences and practices of SHL students in the context of professional translation and interpreting training. Based on an empirical study with undergraduate students, this monograph provides insight on how to develop translation skills in three ways: as a plurilingual strategy, a pedagogical activity, and a professional skill. Because of its...

One of the core authors of the '60s boom in Latin American fiction, Julio Cortázar made a contribution of international importance to the development of the short story as a literary form. This collection spans his writing career and includes La Noche Boca Arriba and Final del Juego (1956), Las Babas del Diablo (1959), La Isla a Mediodia (1966), Recortes de Prensa and Queremos Tanto a Glenda (1981) and Botella al Mar (1982). Of the seven stories, some are famous examples of his contribution to the genre of 'fantastic' literature, while others demonstrate his social and political concerns....

A pesar de que nos defendamos más o menos en inglés, todos, en mayor o menor medida, tenemos dudas a la hora de elegir la palabra, expresión o construcción adecuada de una frase. "¿Cuál es la diferencia entre specially y especially?", "¿Es further o farther?", "¿En serio que en inglés no se dice footing?", "¿Por qué los ingleses dicen sorry todo el tiempo?", "¿Los phrasal verbs son demasiado informales para un texto escrito?", "¿Qué demonios es un phrasal verb?"... El British Council, familiarizado desde hace varias décadas con las dudas que se plantean a los estudiantes que...