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FACETAS is a brief and multi-faceted intermediate Spanish program ideal for use in one-semester courses. It incorporates relevant literary and cultural readings and integrates two kinds of video. The first is a specially-shot sitcom featured in every lesson. The second showcases three original short films by contemporary Hispanic filmmakers. FACETAS' interactive, student-friendly approach focuses on real communication in meaningful contexts, giving students a rewarding learning experience as they strengthen their language skills and develop cultural competency.

* Approach reflects a belief in the value of discourse analysis, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics in the fields of second language acquisition and applied linguistics. * Goal is to train teachers to teach the Spanish language as a communicative system rather than as a set of grammatical rules--therefore it includes relevant information on Spanish pragmatics and sociolinguistics. * Written entirely in Spanish. * Each chapter includes review questions and exercises. * CD-ROM integrates samples of the course material so that the readers can see and hear native speaker examples of aspects of...

El Diccionario panhisp�nico de dudas en un diccionario de car�cter normativo, esto es, se trata de una obra que orienta sobre el buen uso del espa�ol, el ideal de m�xima correcci�n al que un hablante tiende en situaciones formales de comunicaci�n. El Diccionario panhisp�nico de dudas se basa en el uso real del espa�ol y, por ello, todas las impropiedades y recomendaciones se ilustran en �l con ejemplos extra�dos de textos reales procedentes en su mayor�a de los bancos de datos de la RAE. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts guides users throughout the ...

Written in clear and simple Spanish, this book introduces the grammatical and phonetical systems of Spanish by means of a contrastive analysis of Spanish and English. Presents a systems analysis to be used as a basis for error analysis in the classroom. Briefly outlines a model of language acquisition and discusses the relationship between linguistic theory and teaching methodology. Gives overview of articulatory phonetics and contrasts Spanish phonetics with English; develops the system of phonological rules of Spanish; and treats the formation of the verb tense-mood system. Considers...