Gramatica Historica de la Lengua Castellana (Classic Reprint)

FACETAS is a brief and multi-faceted intermediate Spanish program ideal for use in one-semester courses. It incorporates relevant literary and cultural readings and integrates two kinds of video. The first is a specially-shot sitcom featured in every lesson. The second showcases three original short films by contemporary Hispanic filmmakers. FACETAS' interactive, student-friendly approach focuses on real communication in meaningful contexts, giving students a rewarding learning experience as they strengthen their language skills and develop cultural competency.

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.

This intermediate Spanish program emphasizes skill building through five coordinated components: grammar, literary readings, cultural readings, an activities manual, and a workbook/lab manual. The core text provides a comprehensive review of grammar and a communicative, interactive focus with realia, class polls, and storytelling activities. The literary reader contains essays, short stories, plays, and poetry from some of the major authors of the Hispanic world. The cultural reader provides students with a broad overview of Hispanic culture and society while helping them to develop reading...

La Dra. Herrero, especialista en sociolingüística árabe y, más concretamente, en árabe marroquí, es autora de numerosos artículos y une a su experiencia docente en universidades como la Autónoma de Madrid, la Universidad de Cádiz o la Universidad de Almería, a la que pertenece en la actualidad, el haber pronunciado conferencias así como realizado estancias de investigación en otras universidades ( Georgetown University en Washington D.C., Universidad Central de Las Villas, Cuba ). La autora propone un marco teórico integrado para el análisis de las lenguas orales. Este marco...