A la perfeccion! para dominar la Mecanica de la Escritur

The book, unique in its kind, includes a total of 28 writers representative of 13 different Latin American countries, from those who are part of the canon such as Isabel Allende, Gioconda Belli, Liliana Heker, Nancy Morejon, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, Alfonsina Storni, Gabriela Mistral, and Julia de Burgos to emergent voices, such as Cecilia Bustamante, Rosina Valcarcel, and Gladys Ilarregui. This anthology will be the perfect text to give an overview of contemporary poetry and short story by leading Latin American women writers. The range of countries...

Beginning Medical Spanish. Oral Proficiency and Cultural Humility is designed for medical professionals and supporting staff with no prior knowledge of Spanish who need to develop oral language skills and cross-cultural sensitivity to establish relationship-building communication with their Spanish-speaking patients. This hospital-tested program teaches how to connect with patients of limited English-speaking ability and offer them the quality care they seek. Role-play activities allow students to develop their oral proficiency in meaningful contexts and contribute to a creative and dynamic...

Sus primeras 100 palabras en inglés is specifically designed to take into account the difficulties faced by Hispanic learners of English. It explains (in Spanish) the basic principles of English pronunciation, especially where is differs from Spanish, then presents 100 basic words grouped by everyday topics. The learner can test his or her knowledge using the many word games, matching exercises, word searches, and memory tests.

En su decimotercer volumen, Caldern presenta una nueva poesa bilinge que extiende su cosmovisin tanto sobre el mundo real como las ideas transcendentales que desarrollan una vida contemplativa. El colibr es el poema que introduce este libro. Una buena cantidad de poemas vienen escrito en forma de prosa, tal que se pueden leer como historias breves. La cosmovisin de Caldern le dar al lector distintas ventanas de cmo l ha internalizado y descifrado esta cosa interesante llamada - la vida cotidiana. Incluso, aqu se encontrarn unas canciones que bailan al ritmo de la rima y del comps del poeta....

A very accurate symbolic representation of the way in which the intellectual as a social role expresses himself in relation to other estates within the medieval world is the exordial miniature of a Milanese Codex, the ms. Biblioteca Nationale Braidense AD XIII 30 (ca. 1400), preserving Petrarch’s moral treatise De remediis utriusque Fortunae. The symbolism of the image refers not only to the diversification of society and the recognition of this diversity as a defining vision of human community, it also casts a special light on the position of the intellectual as a public dignity, as a...