501 Spanish Verbs

Un estudio gradual teórico-práctico del sistema fonológico español para estudiantes de Español como Lengua Extranjera. Cada unidad comienza con una ficha explicativa de la manera de pronunciar las consonantes y las vocales y con una representación gráfica de su sonido. Gran variedad de ejercicios audio para la práctica de la entonación, la comprensión auditiva y la pronunciación. También ofrece una recapitulación y soluciones a todos los ejercicios. De acuerdo con el actual Plan Curricular del Instituto del Instituto Cervantes.

* 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...

On its own, or in conjunction with a variety of free online resources—grammar and vocabulary exercises, pronunciation drills, and more—this accurate and well-organized book is the ideal reference for students of Spanish at any level.

El cuento hispánico: A Graded Literary Anthology , Eighth Edition, is designed for intermediate college Spanish reading courses. This book provides students with a collection of fi rst-rate Spanish-language short stories with which to expand their reading skills and their knowledge of Hispanic culture as por- trayed in these works. Although literary excellence was the primary crite- rion in selecting stories, an effort was also made to choose tales that can be read in one sitting.