Las Finanzas Personales y la Vida

For courses in Spanish Conversation and Intermediate Spanish. This text encourages the exploration of "free expression" in Spanish on universal topics of importance and interest. It stimulates class discussion by motivating students to talk about controversial and interesting topics such as abortion, capital punishment, and euthanasia. The exchange of ideas brought about by the use of this text allows students to develop their oral conversation and confidence in an atmosphere of friendly controversy, rather than simply learning in an environment focused upon having the "right answer" and...

La formación inicial y continua del profesorado de español como segunda lengua (EL2) o como lengua extranjera (ELE) requiere de instrumentos que acompañen el trabajo diario en el aula y que contribuyan a la profesionalización de este colectivo. Este manual, fruto de la experiencia de aula de la autora, de su formación personal y de los diferentes cursos impartidos para la actualización y formación del profesorado tiene en cuenta las recomendaciones de los documentos oficiales (MCER y PCIC), pero también lo que ocurre realmente en las clases y las necesidades derivadas del trabajo con...

The EMS Translator Field Guide, Spanish Edition allows the provider to simply point to Spanish questions and explanations, rather than requiring him or her to learn the language or pronounce the words phonetically. When the provider needs to obtain more information from the patient about his or her medical condition, the provider selects a question they wish to ask from a list of queries written in English and then simply points to the corresponding question in Spanish. The Spanish-speaking patient then needs only to answer "yes" or "no" to the questions posed to him or her. The English and...

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.