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 ...

Seminar paper del año 2002 en eltema Romanística - Idiomas de América Latina, literatura, cultura general, Nota: 1, San Francisco State University (Spanish Department), Materia: Cumbres de la literatura hispanoamericana, Idioma: Español, Resumen: Uno de los más notables escritores de México, Juan Rulfo, nos demuestran, a través de sus obras, las características más notables de la Revolución mexicana. Podemos apreciar, por ejemplo, en la obra de “Pedro Páramo”, el tratamiento de la mujer, la violencia, el dialecto regional, el hermoso ambiente geográfico, y la gran metáfora...

The editors and fourteen other research linguists discuss--in English and in Spanish--the African influence on Caribbean phonology, dominant sociolinguistic attitudes in Puerto Rico, and historico-legal aspects of bilingualism in colonial Hispanic America.

Seminar paper del año 2008 en eltema Romanística - Español, literatura, cultura general, Nota: 2,3, Universität zu Köln (Historisches Seminar I - Abteilung für Iberische und Lateinamerikanische Geschichte), Materia: Simón Bolívar, Geschichte und Mythos, Idioma: Español, Resumen: La figura histórica de Bolívar en Latinoamérica es tan mitoresca que entre tantos mo- numentos que lo representan, incluso los pocos dedicados a otros libertadores, corren con- tinuamente el riesgo de ser confundidos con la figura de Bolívar. Parece ser que la política histórica latinoamericana ha...

This rich textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the principal concepts and thematic areas of Spanish pragmatics. It is aimed at advanced students of Spanish—upper-level undergraduates and beginning graduate students—who need to hone their language skills for contextually sensitive use of the language. Written entirely in Spanish, with Spanish examples, this volume introduces basic pragmatics, methods of analysis, and new thematic areas such as language and the press and globalization. Theoretical explanations combine with practical exercises in each chapter to help...