Instant Spanish Vocabulary Builder

The Workbook / Laboratory Manual, Volume 1, provides a wealth of activities, both aural and written, that reinforce chapter content. For use with either the Audio CD Program, Part 1, available for student purchase, or with the free, downloadable MP3 files in the Online Learning Center. Covers Chapters Primeros pasos –- Chapter 9 Answers found in the appendix.

An informal, educational tool designed to help Spanish-speaking youngsters learn English follows children through a full day from early morning to bedtime, presenting a wide variety of words and phrases in Spanish, English, and with phonetic pronunciation, along with cartoon-style illustrations designed to reinforce vocabulary retention and word meanings. (Education)

Hi, my name is Bertha Estela and my passion is teaching languages. In fact, I have taught English as a foreign language for over forty years, all the way through grade school up to university level. One day, twenty years ago during Summer school, due to an emergency, the university where I was teaching English requested me to help them out the next day - substituting a teacher of Spanish who had fallen sick. I didn ́t give it a second thought ...¡¡¡¡ piece of cake!!!. Next morning , there I am, standing in front of a group of 20 enthusiastic and eager American teachers full of questions...

En esta obra el autor analiza el papel de la etimología en el estudio del vocabulario de las lenguas. También estudia la historia del español exponiendo la herencia que diversas lenguas le legaron a lo largo de los siglos, de las prerromanas a las modernas, poniendo especial atención al español de México. El autor establece un puente entre lengua y cultura, y toca otros temas como el uso y desuso de vocabulario, las diferentes ideologías lingüísticas y su actitud hacia los extranjerismos, y la importancia de usar el español como lengua de conocimiento.