Amor por sorpresa

Exam Essentials is our major British English exam preparation series combining exam preparation, practice, and tips for the revised Cambridge English exams. This effective combination of testing and teaching has proved a popular formula with teachers and students. The first two practice tests in each book are 'walk-through' tests. Students are carefully guided through the tests and shown how they work and what they have to do to succeed in each part of the exam. Additional step-by-step support for the Writing paper is offered in all the tests. All of the tests are written by experts in the...

Developed for beginning and intermediate-level courses, Graded Spanish Reader: Primera etapa features works by renowned Spanish and Latin American literary figures, including prominent women writers. Selections of fiction, poetry, and drama are supported by a comprehensive pre-reading and post-reading apparatus designed to engage students as readers, writers, and speakers of the Spanish language. Brief discussion of literary figures and tropes prepares students to understand the meaning and function of figurative language. Biographical sketches and cultural context provides students with a...

En este libro, por poca atención que se ponga al leerlo, se verán ejemplos de épocas puristas del autor y otros de su posición más tolerante, más realista, producto de los años que lleva dedicado al oficio de aconsejar sobre el buen uso del español. En la primera parte, en la colección de pequeños artículos en los que se comentan palabras o giros que, en principio, son o eran censurables, se mezclan textos escritos desde 1993 hasta el 2000, y hay algunas recomendaciones, algunas censuras, que no tendrían razón de ser si se escribieran hoy; pero se han mantenido, precisamente,...

[This] is a high-intermediate to advanced-level reader that invites students to link their study of Spanish with the many professional opportunities in other disciplines and to explore in particular the fields of communications, social services, business, education, health professions, law, tourism, computer applications, and engineering. The reading selections in [this book] profile people, work environments, and key issues associated with a wide variety of occupations in the United States and in the Spanish-speaking world. [This book] aims to expand [students'] appreciation of the Spanish...