Vicente Blasco Ibañez

This highly innovative beginning Spanish text is both task-based (requiring students to use Spanish to complete specific goals or tasks) and content-based, including readings from a variety of disciplines. ¿Sabías que...? represents the practical application of the theories and research presented in Lee and VanPatten's methods text, Making Communicative Language Teaching Happen (a natural companion volume for instructors using this text). The new edition is accompanied by a new CD-ROM, a new Online Learning Center, and more!

Seminar paper del año 2003 en eltema Romanística - Español, literatura, cultura general, Nota: 1,8, Universitat de Barcelona (Spanische Philologie), Materia: Seminar, Idioma: Español, Resumen: El siglo XIII fue de una complejidad apasionante en la historia de la literatura española. Todo el proceso de reconquista del territorio de España, tras la invasión árabe, tuvo dos aspectos negativos que retrasaron el desarrollo cultural y de las manifestaciones literarias: el primero la desconexión lógica que se produjo de España con el resto de Europa, el segundo fue el hecho de que...

El cine documental is an innovative intermediate/advanced textbook that provides students with the tools needed to communicate accurately and appropriately in Spanish. Learning is centered on cultural themes related to thought-provoking documentaries from around the Spanish-speaking world. Through the culturally rich and linguistically authentic medium of documentary film, El cine documental provides the experience of listening to many varieties of authentic speech in context, and stimulates conversation and critical thinking by immersing students in the target cultures. Organized to provide...

[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...