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 ...

Take the pain out of learning grammar with NTC's new series of user-friendly handbooks. Each book explains the rules of its language in everyday, jargon-free English, using examples in the foreign language. A comprehensive index makes it easy for learners to find the information they're looking for.

A través de una serie de ensayos escritos por autores y críticos de la talla de Vicente Quirarte, Carlos Monsiváis y José Emilio Pacheco, James Valender nos presenta el arte y el pensamiento de un hombre y poeta ejemplar, que aunque nació en Sevilla, casi podría considerarse mexicano: Luis Cernuda, el poeta español más rebelde de la generación del 27.

This book offers beginners a clear and easy-to-understand guide to the verbs and grammar of Spanish. Ideal for Spanish revision.

One of the core authors of the '60s boom in Latin American fiction, Julio Cortázar made a contribution of international importance to the development of the short story as a literary form. This collection spans his writing career and includes La Noche Boca Arriba and Final del Juego (1956), Las Babas del Diablo (1959), La Isla a Mediodia (1966), Recortes de Prensa and Queremos Tanto a Glenda (1981) and Botella al Mar (1982). Of the seven stories, some are famous examples of his contribution to the genre of 'fantastic' literature, while others demonstrate his social and political concerns....