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Seminar paper del año 2008 en eltema Romanística - Español, literatura, cultura general, Nota: 2, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (Romanistik), Idioma: Español, Resumen: Hace dos mil años el latín era la lengua que dominaba el territorio mediterráneo. Ésta era hablada por los romanos en la península itálica, y también usada en el comercio mediterráneo desde la costa atlántica hasta Asia Menor, una extensión sin precedente en Europa. Se estableció incluso fuera del ámbito comercial como lengua cotidiana lejos de Italia, en territorios distantes con poblaciones...

Three boys. Three stories. And one sport that unites them - and maybe not the one you'd expect.For as long as they can remember, best friends Mario and Carlos have talked about playing professional baseball one day like one of their idols, Rafael Soriano of the Yankees. Though they have only played the game on the streets of the neighborhood, growing up the boys often repeated the same conversation about someday wearing the pinstriped uniform and giving post-game interviews to the press - in English and Spanish! It was wishful thinking, to be sure, but common for many young boys raised in the ...

Identidades offers a content-rich communicative presentation for students entering Intermediate Spanish - meeting you where you are and moving you realistically to higher proficiency levels. Drawing on skills students have developed in other course areas, Identidades further develops these abilities by taking a process-oriented methodology to skill building. Rich in cultural content, Identidades helps you draw parallels between your own identity and the cultural identities of the Spanish-speaking world. This Books á la Carte Plus Edition is an unbound, three-hole punched version of the...

This book introduces students to literature through a collection of twelve short stories and related exercises designed to improve the reader's ability to speak and write in Spanish. Activities that build reading comprehension and grammar reviews are built into the context of each story to help eliminate any fear of reading in a foreign language. Interesting topics of current issues —such as child abuse, ecological catastrophe, homosexuality, migration, and aging—are written by a balanced selection of male and female new authors. For those familiar enough with the Spanish language to want ...