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Ewan Dow es director del Centre for Language Studies, University of Surrey. Regresó a su país en 2006, tras desempeñarse durante cuatro años como profesor en las ciudades chinas de Cantón (en Guangdong University of Foreign Studies) y Beijing. Hu Hua Ouyang obtuvo el título de Doctor en City University of Hong Kong. Su tesis doctoral ha sido recientemente publicada por Peking University Press. En la actualidad es director del Centro de investigación educativa en lengua inglesa de Guangdong University of Foreign Studies en Guangzhou, Cantón República Popular China y el Chinese...

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.

Épocas y avances offers a communicative-humanistic approach to second language acquisition. It emphasizes particular aspects of the history, literature, art, society, geography, language, and culture of Spain and Latin America through a series of readings and related activities specifically designed to enhance linguistic proficiency. The cuaderno de trabajo is designed to: Reinforce and enhance the vocabulary and grammatical structures learned in the principal text Provide an additional review of fundamental concepts Offer oral comprehension practice with an original audio program for each...

Borges himself chose the poems for this collection, focusing not on meaning, or theory or autobiography, but simply the intense pleasure at the moment of rereading; in his words, this is a "hedonistic" assortment.