Cantar de Mio Cid: El episodio del león

For business people & travelers, provides helpful advice on how to effectively communicate in a foreign language on the telephone

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.

Vos, tu, usted, vuestra merced son unos cuantos indicadores de la variedad de sistemas de tratamiento en espanol, junto con todo tipo de apodos, hipocoristicos, titulos y demas formulas nominales que, en su conjunto, se estudian desde diversas dimensiones en este amplio volumen. Participan en el cuarenta y dos autores de Europa y America para dar cuenta de los usos y sistemas de trato del espanol, segun determinaciones historicas, geograficas, estilisticas, comunicativas, pero, sobre todo, de identificacion y reconocimiento de los interlocutores en cada relacion social. Se incluyen...

¡Con brío!, Second Edition celebrates the rich diversity of the Spanish-speaking world. This 12-chapter Introductory Spanish program, designed to address the needs and life circumstances of a broad audience, takes a highly practical approach that focuses on useful vocabulary presented through each chapter’s unique visual escenas, functional grammar of high-frequency usage, situational and contextual activities, and cultural selections relevant to everyday life and everyday interactions.