Legends Series, Legends from Latin America/Leyendas de Latinoamerica

A dictionary for English speakers who are learning Spanish that includes a grammar summary, examples, and English and Spanish translations for 100,000 terms and expressions, idiomatic expressions, nouns, and phrasal verbs.

With homework practice activities for each chapter, this workbook is integral to learning with Gramática para la composición. There are over 300 practice exercises along with pre-tests for students for each chapter. The Workbook is available in ebook format only and includes all of the exercises previously found on the Companion Website. An Answer Key, sold separately, is available for learners to be able to check their own work. These are the same exercises previously included on the companion website.

Índice – Premisa - 1. SOBRE LA COMPRENSIÓN DEL TEXTO ESCRITO - 1.1. La lectura (p. 9) – 1.1.1. La lectura como descifrado (p. 9) – 1.1.2 La lectura como comprensión (p.11) – 1.2. El lector (p. 18) – 1.2.1. El lector y las expectativas de lectura (p. 20). – 1.2.2. El lector y los conocimientos precedentes (p. 21) - 2. EL TOPIC - 2.1. La topicalización (p. 25) – 2.2. El topic y la lectura en L2 (p. 29) – 2.2.1. Expectativas extralingüísticas (p. 29). – 2.2.1. Expectativas lingüísticas (p. 31). – 2.2.1. Expectativas meta-lingüísticas (p. 32). – 2.3. La actividad...

Now learn real Mexican lingo with this book and CD guide to contemporary idioms and expressions of street Spanish as heard in modern Mexico and Latin America! Read and hear the way the teens and sophisticates, drug dealers, cholos, outlaws and in-laws, pimps and street walkers all talk in their real lives. Whether you want to use street terms, avoid them, or just understand what you hear, this program will clear up the confusion. Translators, travelers, and serious students of Spanish no longer need to thumb through dictionaries seeking answers, to no result. More than just a book of word...