Itipurú y el monstruo del océano

* Approach reflects a belief in the value of discourse analysis, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics in the fields of second language acquisition and applied linguistics. * Goal is to train teachers to teach the Spanish language as a communicative system rather than as a set of grammatical rules--therefore it includes relevant information on Spanish pragmatics and sociolinguistics. * Written entirely in Spanish. * Each chapter includes review questions and exercises. * CD-ROM integrates samples of the course material so that the readers can see and hear native speaker examples of aspects of...

The system includes: * Two audio CDs with the voice of author Santiago Reynaga as well as four native speakers of English. * An explanation of every major sound in the English language. And many examples.* A comparison of the English sounds with the similar Spanish sound. How do English and Spanish pronunciation differ? Which English language sounds are “traps” for Spanish speakers? * Each chapter on sounds includes the “Listen & Compare” section. Hear the difference on CD. Then repeat the English pronunciation. You said it. You did it. * Lessons on advanced aspects of pronunciation,...

From vulgar insults to religious oaths, colloquialisms to clichés, the personality and passion of a language can be found in its slang. Spanish is no exception, as the McGraw-Hill Diccionario del Argot makes clear. This monolingual Spanish dictionary provides the most authoritative reference to all aspects of non-standard Spanish, with more than 12,000 entries supported by 20,000 citations. The broad range of sources, from literature to newspapers and TV, reflects the full spectrum of contemporary usage in Spain. For scope and depth as well as bibliographic reference, this is an essential...

Esta obra es parte de una verdadera historiografía de un periodo cruento y dramático para nuestro pueblo. El libro, hasta ahora, consta de tres volúmenes: Girón: la verdadera historia, La segunda derrota: de Girón a la crisis de los cohetes, y el que reseñamos a continuación. Escritos en un estilo ameno que mantiene el interés, los libros recogen para la historia un material mucho más amplio de lo que sus títulos sugieren. Constituyen, en realidad, un bosquejo histórico de la lucha del pueblo cubano por su liberación. Vincula además todas esas etapas --que sacan del anonimato a...