Kryštof Kolumbus A1/A2

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...

* 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...

This intensive course is expressly designed to lead the adult beginner to a comprehensive knowledge of Spanish. The course gives balanced attention to the four key language skills: the development of listening comprehension and speaking skills is supported by quality audio materials recorded by native speakers, while answer keys support written work and grammar-acquisition exercises, and facilitate independent study. Authentic written materials develop important receptive skills and encourage the transition to independent reading. - Based on a style of Spanish easily understood by most...

El enfoque del libro, eminentemente práctico, tiene como punto de referencia el análisis exhaustivo de las cuestiones más problemáticas con las que el alumno hispanohablante se encuentra cuando se enfrenta por primera vez a la lengua alemana. El manual ha sido convebido como material auxiliar para la consolidación de exponentes lingüísticos propios del nivel básico e intermedio (A1, A2, B1 y B2) según se define en el MCER (Marco Común Europeo de Referencia para las Lenguas) y, sobre todo, para intentar suplir la falta de práctica en la destreza gramatical de la gran mayoría de los ...