Mundo unido

This advanced Spanish conversation book features a series of essays on a broad range of important, substantive, and interesting contemporary topics, together with vocabulary notes and explanations. A variety of exercises test readers' comprehension of the essays and encourage them to express a statement of personal opinion or interpretation about the issues raised in, or related, to the essay. Topics progress from the most easy subjects to the most abstract, and include: Costumbres alimenticias en el mundo actual. El dinero, la inflación y el desempleo. El estrés y sus consecuencias. El...

Chile, lengua y cultura, de las autoras Sonia Toledo Azócar y Gloria Toledo Vega, es un manual de español lengua extranjera que recoge contenidos gramaticales y culturales, asociados a la enseñanza de nuestra lengua en contexto de inmersión. Esta obra está orientada a hablantes no nativos de español de nivel intermedio avanzado y a profesores de español como segunda lengua que deseen profundizar en aspectos complejos de la enseñanza - aprendizaje del sistema verbal en español, como es el caso de la distinción entre ser y estar, los pasados del Indicativo y el contraste modal...

With culturally thematic chapters and a traditionally organized grammar sequence, this is a solid and complete introductory course. It is ideal for instructors who want a balanced, contemporary course but not necessarily an innovative methodology. Although chapter changes in the new edition include an overall shortening, a trimming of grammar detail, and adding more visually-based activities, the basic methodology remains unchanged.

Images of Latin America offers a historical and cultural overview of Hispanic America: from pre-Columbian cultures to the contemporary cultures of each country. This work-a wealth of information, to analyze in depth the processes that occurred after the arrival of the Spanish to America, and devotes special attention to the events occurred in the twentieth century, country by country.