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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.

Hi, my name is Bertha Estela and my passion is teaching languages. In fact, I have taught English as a foreign language for over forty years, all the way through grade school up to university level. One day, twenty years ago during Summer school, due to an emergency, the university where I was teaching English requested me to help them out the next day - substituting a teacher of Spanish who had fallen sick. I didn ́t give it a second thought ...¡¡¡¡ piece of cake!!!. Next morning , there I am, standing in front of a group of 20 enthusiastic and eager American teachers full of questions...

Con el paisaje de fondo de una ciudad imaginaria, Menina, habitada por seres inanimados que cobran vida, el peculiar protagonista de esta historia, Tron, nos cuenta su vida mientras espera en un desguace que llegue su hora ... De repente, un acontecimiento inesperado y unos cuantos arreglos transforman su fatal destino y vive una segunda vida alegre y apacible.--Quatrième de couverture.

"The tests offer practice in all four papers of the exam : reading and use of English, writing, listening and speaking"-- Back cover.