Gramatica Historica de la Lengua Castellana (Classic Reprint)

El objetivo de este libro es proponer diversas estrategias didácticas que favorezcan la enseñanza del léxico en el aula de español como lengua extranjera. La autora de este manual reflexiona sobre qué se entiende por competencia léxica y analiza los medios de aprendizaje que favorecen su adquisición. Al mismo tiempo, el volumen presenta una orientación esencialmente práctica, como reflejan las actividades de comprensión oral y escrita que se incluyen al final de cada capítulo y el solucionario donde se encuentran las respuestas a tales ejercicios. En definitiva, esta obra...

Provides coverage of over ninety thousand words and phrases and 130,000 translations of contemporary Spanish and English, as well as sections on grammar, culture, and communication.

What cities were there in early 16th-century Spain? With how many inhabitants? Were they fortified? And how many leagues apart were they? Those are the questions that Ferdinand Columbus tried to answer in his Vocabulary containing the names of the places and kingdoms of Spain. The present edition reconstructs the "cosmographic" endeavor of Christopher Columbus’ youngest son based on two codices from the Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina of Seville.

Designed for more advanced introductory-level students, Spanish for Communication develops the basic language skills necessary for successful communication in everyday situations. At the beginning of each lesson, a realistic dialogue provides the context for the introduction of grammar and vocabulary, which is then reinforced through questions, situational roleplays, and realia-based activities and is correlated to Basic Spanish Grammar.