Vargas Llosa

Aprender un idioma extranjero a través de situaciones reales es, probablemente, la manera más segura de fijarlo en la memoria y poder utilizarlo con agilidad en el momento en que surge la ocasión. Con el CD audio, este libro se convierte en un instrumento muy útil para aprender francés de manera gradual y eficaz. Los diálogos y las tablas ayudarán al lector a memorizar fácilmente las palabras de uso común y las expresiones coloquiales, con lo que dominará el léxico y la fraseología esenciales que serán la base sólida de su futuro dominio del idioma. Las estructuras gramaticales...

This Spanish edition of Becky and Her Friends, by Rolando Hinojosa, is the latest novel in Hinojosa's Klail City Death Trip series which follows generations of Anglos and Mexicans in the fictional Rio Grande Valley town of Klail City, Texas. In this novel, however, Hinojosa focuses on a character who has previously not taken the limelight: the strong-willed, upwardly mobile Becky Escobar. Following her story, Hinojosa explores the world of Latinas: women's culture, language and spirit in the world of the Valley. Delightfully playful in narrative perspective, this story gives the reader a...

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.

This highly innovative beginning Spanish text is both task-based (requiring students to use Spanish to complete specific goals or tasks) and content-based, including readings from a variety of disciplines. ¿Sabías que...? represents the practical application of the theories and research presented in Lee and VanPatten's methods text, Making Communicative Language Teaching Happen (a natural companion volume for instructors using this text). The new edition is accompanied by a new CD-ROM, a new Online Learning Center, and more!