Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary

With EL PRÓXIMO PASO, students progress beyond the limited responses of beginning and intermediate courses. Greater fluency, both in conversation and written communication, is the goal of this text. The chapters are thematically organized around topics of particular interest to students and include travel, sports, the environment, and more!

* 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...

¡Vívelo! offers a fresh approach to learning the Spanish language. This text emphasizes what readers know and can readily do with the language. The book includes activities that are designed to encourage readers to make cultural comparisons and connections. These activities, such as signature searches, information gap and jigsaw, are incorporated throughout the chapters to encourage a better comprehension of meaning with a purpose. ¡Vívelo! also offers metacognitive strategies to facilitate processing of advanced structures. The heavy emphasis on content and experiential learning empowers ...

Hebreo comprehensivo para principiantes es el recurso definitivo para quienes buscan una forma eficaz de aprender hebreo de nivel elemental a intermedio. Este libro presenta a su audiencia los ingredientes necesarios para comunicarse con éxito en hebreo en el contexto de situaciones formales e informales, comprender el idioma básico y lograr la capacidad de expresar sus necesidades y deseos en estos contextos sociales. Hebreo comprehensivo para principiantes es su compañero de confianza si lo es; • un estudiante formal que aprende hebreo en un entorno institucional • un autodidacta que ...