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 ...

An excellent resource to improve students' vocabulary, revise grammar, and introduce literary analysis. Un libro excelente para mejorar el vocabulario, repasar gramática y desarrollar habilidades de análisis literario.

Provides coverage of over ninety thousand words and phrases and 130,000 translations of contemporary Spanish and English, as well as sections on grammar, culture, and communication.

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....

Las monografías sobre formación de palabras siempre han recogido en el dominio de la derivación por sufijación las series de nombres de agente, instrumento, lugar y acción. Históricamente, la creación de nuevos nombres se ha dividido en unos cuantos tipos muy productivos que han venido a coincidir con las categorías conceptuales mencionadas. Así se ven recubiertas importantes necesidades designativas de nuestro mundo espiritual y material. En esta obra se seleccionan los sufijos considerados como más representativos de esta función designativa y se lleva a cabo un análisis...