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* 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...

."la conquista armada de Mexico le costaria mas dolores de cabeza al Caudillo que beneficios. Para que querria conquistar por la fuerza an pais que hace mucho pertenece a Estados Unidos en materia economica y cultural?" Jairo Calixto Albarran-periodista, Excelsior; analista politico.

Esta obra trata temas centrales de la investigacion fraseologica, como son: el trabajo con corpus fraseologicos informatizados, la fraseologia multilingue, fraseologia diatopica del espanol tanto peninsular como americano, la fraseodidactica, fraseologia especializada, el tratamiento lexicografico, asi como la traduccion de las UF, entre otros. "

[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...