Latinoamérica

The Tesoros (Treasures) program is an exciting and innovative first year media-based Spanish program that addresses the increased faculty interest in and need for media-based products in beginning Spanish programs. The Tesoros product is one in which the entire course content is delivered completely on CD-ROM through an engaging, mystery-based story that motivates students to learn the language in a medium that is captivating, pedagogically sound, and fun. A full range of print materials (including a textbook and workbook/lab manual) is available to accompany the CD-ROM.

Diana y sus amigos se preparan para participar en la fiesta de carnaval de su instituto. En esos mismos días, alguien intenta raptar a Diana para sacarle un secreto que la chica comparte con sus padrinos y que nadie debe conocer por el momento.

De la pampa argentine au sommet des Andes, du Mexique secoué par le tremblement de terre, au typique village castillan... Une humanité vaste et multiple dont le point commun est la langue : l'espagnol, qui relie ces hommes et leurs mondes. Ici, le petit gitan chétif côtoie le noir pêcheur de crabes des îles, l'aile du condor venge l'Indien humilié et le son alterné des tambours amenés par les esclaves de Guinée rythme la folle danse de la Saint-Jean, près de la côte caraïbe. Humour, émotion et ancienne sagesse en treize nouvelles.

Mujeres de hoy: textos, voces e imagenes is a content-based collection of works by Spanish, Spanish American, and Latina women designed for upper-level literature courses. Each chapter, which includes two literary selections by women writers, examines different sides of the same topic under exploration. These topics explore contemporary issues that challenge current thinking such as immigration, minority groups, race, religion, social status, and ecology. Yet Mujeres de hoy also speaks to the issues that affect the human experience - such as procreation and the construction of a gendered...