NTC's Spanish Grammar

El cuento hispánico: A Graded Literary Anthology , Eighth Edition, is designed for intermediate college Spanish reading courses. This book provides students with a collection of fi rst-rate Spanish-language short stories with which to expand their reading skills and their knowledge of Hispanic culture as por- trayed in these works. Although literary excellence was the primary crite- rion in selecting stories, an effort was also made to choose tales that can be read in one sitting.

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La vitalidad de una lengua no s lo se mide por su cantidad de habitantes, sino tambi n por el n mero de mbitos en los cuales es capaz de rendir frutos cabales. Ciencia, tecnolog a, comercio, educaci n, literatura, finanzas y diplomacia, entre otros, son mbitos fundamentales que, de no ser abarcados adecuadamente, acarrean una incapacidad de designar el mundo contempor neo y una consecuente p rdida de prestigio que puede precipitar, a mediano o a largo plazo, un proceso de decadencia: los hablantes perciben su lengua como pobre, los ajenos a ella no ven utilidad alguna en aprenderla y entonces ...

El libro completo de frases ilustradas le permite comunicarse plenamente en otro idioma, aunque no lo domine. De este modo puede comprar billetes de avión, reservar habitaciones en un hotel, llevar un coche a reparar o pedir comida en un restaurante. El libro de frases contiene más de 1.800 modismos y palabras dispuestas claramente en términos de temas como los derechos de aduana, hoteles, servicios, transporte, talleres, atracciones, entretenimientos, salidas a comer, deportes y ocio. - Más de 1.800 expresiones y palabras ilustradas - Agrupación precisa y clara sobre temas y subtemas -...