Vvelo! Beginning Spanish

¡Vívelo! offers a fresh approach to learning the Spanish language. This text emphasizes what readers know and can readily do with the language. The book includes activities that are designed to encourage readers to make cultural comparisons and connections. These activities, such as signature searches, information gap and jigsaw, are incorporated throughout the chapters to encourage a better comprehension of meaning with a purpose. ¡Vívelo! also offers metacognitive strategies to facilitate processing of advanced structures. The heavy emphasis on content and experiential learning empowers ...

Improve your Spanish language skills with authentic texts . The best way to bring the grammar of a language to life is by experiencing it in context, as it is actually used by native speakers and writers. Designed for the intermediate and advanced student, Spanish Grammar in Context puts Spanish grammar into context for you with an array of engaging texts, including newspaper articles, song lyrics, literary texts, and even transcriptions from TV talk shows. . Each chapter focuses on a specific element of grammar. A short text is followed by an explanation of the relevant grammar and several...

This volume contains the Proceedings of an NEH-sponsored seminar on the above topic. The book presents the lectures by Juan Bautista de Avalle-Arce, Jorge E. Gracia, Francisco Miranda, José Rabasa, nineteen essays written by participating faculty, and twelve summaries presented by other scholars.

A concise, useful volume containing more than 12,000 entries; includes more than 60,000 synonyms and 10,000 antonyms.

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.