Spanish Idioms

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This brief version of the successful ¿Sabías que…? is perfectly designed for Beginning Spanish programs that are interested in an innovative task-based approach but whose curriculum necessitates a more concise text program. Accompanied by an outstanding ancillary package, Vistazos represents the practical application of the theories and research presented in Lee and VanPatten’s methods text, Making Communicative Language Teaching Happen. With this new edition the authors have worked on a group of select text activities that are available in an optional online format through Quia™...

In Spanish. This volume, while including many of the usual anthology pieces from Spanish poetry, provides a sampling of the major genres of poetry associated with Spains older literary traditions, omitting only the classical epic. In addition to English prose translations, this collection also includes a seventeen-page introduction intended to define the genres and to indicate briefly the lines along which they developed. Includes selections from these poets of the Renaissance: Juan Boscn, Cristbal de Castillejo, Garcilaso de la Vega, Gutierre de Cetina, Francisco de la Torre, Hernando de...

Hemos definido e identificado las lenguas usko-mediterráneas. Las lenguas vivas actuales pertenecientes al grupo son el vasco, las caucásicas (checheno, armenio, georgiano, etc) y el bereber, muy modificado por la influencia árabe. Existen, además, lenguas muertas del mismo grupo: el etrusco, el ibérico-tartésico, el guanche, el lineal A cretense, el egipcio antiguo-jeroglífico, y otras de Oriente Próximo (hitita, eblita, elamita y sumerio). El idioma etrusco, como su cultura, fue base del latín y la cultura romana. Las palabras presuntamente de origen latino que se encuentran en...