Gente de Cervantes

This innovative textbook fulfills the needs of upper-division Spanish students who are pursuing degrees in the health professions, plan to become medical interpreters or just want to improve their proficiency in the language. It provides multiple opportunities to learn vocabulary related to the medical field, reviews hard-to-understand grammatical concepts, describes health-related cultural competence and presents opportunities to discuss issues of concern about the health of Hispanic communities in the US and abroad.

Basada en una noticia real que apareció en un periódico, Federico García Lorca escribe una pieza magistral, Bodas de Sangre, en la que la pasión convierte el amor y el honor familiar en lujuria y deslealtad el mismo día de la boda de dos grandes fortunas. Based on a real piece of news that appeared at a newspaper, Bodas de Sangre by Federico García Lorca is a masterly play in which passion turns love and family honour into lust and disloyalty the same day of the wedding of two great fortunes.

The student participates in activities in which procedural contents identified as language functions and reading strategies are included. These are necessary to develop the competencies of reading, understanding, writing and expressing oneself in English.

Las cinco mujeres aqui reunidas: Maria Asunsolo, Consuelo Sunsin, Lupe Marin, Ninfa Santos y Machila Armida, cada una, en distintas epocas, fue un centro en la vida cultural del pais por el iman de su belleza, por la gracia de sus palabras y por la transgresion de su estilo de vida. Fabienne Bradu ha convocado a una conversacion en la que salen a la luz las historias publicas y privadas de estas mujeres y sus controversias.