Vistazos Listening Comprehension

A multi-part telenovela which presents the vocabulary, grammatical structures and functions of Spanish in a natural, conversational way, emphasizing comprehension through context and actions. Tells the story of Raquel Rodriguez, an attorney from Los Angeles, who is hired by an aging Mexican industrialist to investigate a long-buried secret about his past. Her quest takes her to Spain, Argentina and Puerto Rico.

Sol y viento: En breve is an exciting new film-based introductory Spanish program that seamlessly integrates the feature-length film Sol y viento into the instructional and learning experience for both students and instructors. This brief version of Sol y viento: Beginning Spanish (McGraw-Hill, 2005) presents a briefer text that is easily managed for programs with fewer contact hours or as an intensive high beginner course. The movie Sol y viento, created specifically for beginning language learners, was filmed on location in Chile, Mexico, and the United States. The film tells the story of a ...

El auge de la aplicación tecnológica en las Humanidades hace necesario el debate, la reflexión y el intercambio entre especialistas de distintas áreas de conocimiento con el objetivo de juzgar críticamente los avances, superar los retos generados y valorar las transformaciones metodológicas que están experimentando las disciplinas humanísticas tradicionales. El presente volumen está conformado por una serie de contribuciones en las que confluyen dos intereses vertebradores: los estudios medievales y las Humanidades Digitales. En sus páginas, se atiende a cuestiones filológicas,...

Revised and updated with new phrases and vocabulary, new questions and answers, and new tables presenting basic English verbs, this favorite language-learning program is for Latinos in the United States and Canada who need to develop a practical, working use of spoken English, and who want to learn quickly and informally. Author William Harvey bypasses the dull rules of grammar and takes the practical route by presenting a series of informal conversations by speakers who converse in normal idiomatic American English. Emphasis is placed on correct pronunciation, and many helpful tips are...

Introducción a la lingüística española provides a systematic overview of key areas of Spanish linguistics, including the sound system, forms of words, syntactic patterns, the development of the language, and regional, social and contextual variation. Written entirely in Spanish from the viewpoint of contemporary descriptive linguistics, it employs a flexible approach that incorporates trends from different theoretical perspectives as well as the most recently published research.

This introductory program presents the fundamentals of the Spanish language with emphasis on communicative competence and contemporary culture. The text's wide range of structured and open-ended activities build all four skills. Computer Study Modules offer additional practice of vocabulary, grammar, and reading comprehension.