English – Spanish Guide Dictionary

Students quickly discover that learning Spanish becomes easier with this book-and-CD combination because it teaches verbs and verb usage systematically.

This best-selling reader is designed to transition students from reading highly controlled elementary-level materials to appreciating authentic literature. Written primarily in the twentieth century by authors from Spain, Latin America, and the United States, the 29 short stories in Album appear in order of increasing difficulty. Many features, including generous notes and glosses and a range of varied activities, aid comprehension, encourage oral and written self-expression, and promote cooperative learning, as well as critical thinking about the selections. A range of practice reflects the...

Cuando George Borrow se familiarizó, a través de sus contactos con gitanos españoles, con el caló hablado por ellos fue consciente de la importancia que tenía rescatar cualquier texto en caló. Borrow afirmaba en su libro, The Zincali, que el caló hablado por los gitanos españoles se hallaba en un estado de decadencia muy avanzado. Esta urgencia por rescatar cualquier dato relativo al caló fue lo que le llevó a reunir materiales de procedencia muy diversa, y en ocasiones, de escasa fiabilidad. Entre estos materiales menos fiables cuya autenticidad ha de ponerse en cuarentena por no...

Written by renowned experts in the field, this book provides a systematic survey of the current research situation and the need for further research on the place names of the different regions of Spain. The bilingual autonomous regions Galicia, Asturias, the Basque Country and Navarra, Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands are equally covered in the book, making it an indispensable reference not only for scholars of the Romance languages and of Basque but also for specialists in other disciplines such as cartographers, geographers, historians, archeologists, etc.