Latin American Spanish

Each student of Spanish, whether a native speaker or a second-language learner, invariably encounters inexplicable rules of grammar. The authors of Gramática española, draw on years of classroom experience to focus on such grammatical topics that cause the most problems for advanced students of Spanish, especially the difficult rules that explain syntax and its components. The text’s flexible organization allows for coverage of material in a manner best-suited to classroom objectives. In addition, thought-provoking and challenging exercises appear at different levels throughout each...

El lector podrá encontrar la etimología de unos 15.000 topónimos diferentes y sus más de 11.000 gentilicios reales acuñados para sus habitantes. La obra se complementa con tres apéndices:.- Una relación de topónimos, localizaciones, gentilicios y apodos no incluidos en el cuerpo del diccionario..- Una selección bibliográfica imprescindible..- Un índice inverso de gentilicios con referencia al topónimo al que se encuentra asociado.

This is an anthology of ten short stories dealing with a broad range of Spanish American literary themes: love, hate, vengeance, justice, oppression and solidarity. A reading guide offers tips for reading in Spanish and provides guidelines for predicting a story's major events. Following each story are two different sections of comprehension activities, as well as exercises on key modismos (idioms) and grammar structures.

Ensayos de arte y literatura cubana: Regino Boti, Lydia Cabrera, Eliseo Diego, Fina Garc a Marruz, Lorenzo Garc a Vega, Jos Lezama Lima, Virgilio Pi era, Jos Manuel Poveda, Cintio Vitier / Eduardo Abela, Cundo Berm dez, Mario Carre o, Carlos Enr quez, A