Vicente Blasco Ibañez

Proverbs, poems, and songs illustrate points of grammar in this concise yet complete intermediate-level review. Abundant exercises follow each lesson and include readings, cultural information, and opportunities for conversational practice.

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.

¡A que sí!, is a provocative post-intermediate Spanish conversation book that will motivate students to developcultural awareness and express opinions through oral and written discussion on a variety of timely, personally relevantissues. Each theme-related unit is supported by creative activities and engaging authentic materials, including dozens of new selections in literature, journalism, films, songs, and cartoons.

Los diccionarios monolingües son objetos verbales particulares: se arrogan, aparentemente, la facultad de informar acerca de la lengua en su totalidad, como verdaderos y legítimos representantes de ella; se les concibe como catálogos verdaderos de la lengua de la comunidad lingüística, no como obras de autores particulares, sujetas a gustos, modas y biografías, sino como lengua en sí, como la lengua de la sociedad en conjunto. El objetivo de este libro es explicar a la lingüística, con sus propios instrumentos de teoría y de método, qué es un diccionario monolingüe y por qué es...