Vistazos: Un curso breve

This highly innovative beginning Spanish text is both task-based (requiring students to use Spanish to complete specific goals or tasks) and content-based, including readings from a variety of disciplines. ¿Sabías que...? represents the practical application of the theories and research presented in Lee and VanPatten's methods text, Making Communicative Language Teaching Happen (a natural companion volume for instructors using this text). The new edition is accompanied by a new CD-ROM, a new Online Learning Center, and more!

Builds English grammar skills for Spanish speaking people. Shows how verbs in their many forms and tenses are used in conversation.

Beginning Medical Spanish. Oral Proficiency and Cultural Humility is designed for medical professionals and supporting staff with no prior knowledge of Spanish who need to develop oral language skills and cross-cultural sensitivity to establish relationship-building communication with their Spanish-speaking patients. This hospital-tested program teaches how to connect with patients of limited English-speaking ability and offer them the quality care they seek. Role-play activities allow students to develop their oral proficiency in meaningful contexts and contribute to a creative and dynamic...

Este libro forma parte del curso Perfeccionamiento del español a través de textos teatrales. Es un curso compuesto por doce libros en los que se utilizan textos del teatro clásico español de los siglos XVII-XX y dirigido principalmente a los estudiantes de idiomas de las clases superiores y de la universidad, pero también muy útil para quien quiera profundizar en el conocimiento de la Lengua de forma amena e instructiva. Cada uno de los libros contiene una breve biografía del autor, las características de su obra dramática, una presentación de la obra elegida y un fragmento...

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...