Spanisch in Kolumbien. Phonetik, Lexik und Morphologie

With culturally thematic chapters and a traditionally organized grammar sequence, this is a solid and complete introductory course. It is ideal for instructors who want a balanced, contemporary course but not necessarily an innovative methodology. Although chapter changes in the new edition include an overall shortening, a trimming of grammar detail, and adding more visually-based activities, the basic methodology remains unchanged.

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!

A series of interviews on the subject of the Pope's visit to Cuba from Jan. 21-25, 1998, by the following persons: Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Frei Betto, Roger Etchegaray, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Wayne Smith, Assata Shakur, Charles B. Rangel, Miguel Barnet, Raúl Suárez, Jesús Montané, Ricardo Alarcón; also includes speeches given by the Pope and Fidel Castro during that time.

Todo idioma en sí mismo es una historia fascinante y completa. La lengua castellana habla tanto de lo que somos como de nuestra herencia, la cual ha sido concebida con la amalgama de diversas materias culturales a través de los siglos. La evolución de todo idioma sobreviene de un cambio de creencias y costumbres, del surgimiento de mitos e tabúes, de modas que se transforman, de revoluciones culturales y tecnológicas, de estremecimientos sociales o políticos; y el ritmo de esos cambios acompaña al de las generaciones sin respetar los límites que los conservacionistas del habla...