Practising Spanish Grammar

Roberto Toledo, a teenager living in Guanajuato, is unable to get anyone in his family to talk about the disappearance of his grandfather. The arrival of Linda Toledo, a student from San Antonio, Texas, starts Roberto in search of the truth. What secret is the family hiding? Does he want to know the truth? Filmed in Guanajuato, San Miguel de Allende, and Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico, this 10-episode video is appropriate for second-year Spanish students. Each episode is approximately nine minutes in length. The VHS package contains 5 cassettes and the DVD package contains 2 discs. Each package...

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...

Spanish Grammar in Context provides an accessible and stimulating approach to learning grammar. Authentic texts are used to illustrate and explain the key areas of Spanish grammar, followed by a range of exercises to help students reinforce and test their understanding. An answer key is also presented at the back of the book. Features include: A rich variety of texts sourced from all over the Spanish-speaking world, including excerpts from contemporary literature, magazines and newspapers Texts carefully selected to cover topical issues and themes relevant to contemporary Spain and Latin...

El presente libro constituye un estudio de las estructuras copulativas en español mediadas por los verbos ser y estar como expresión de dos modos ónticos. El enfoque es semiolingüístico y pone en funcionamiento un modelo dinámico en espiral que hace posible la ubicación sistemática de las diferentes construcciones de ser y estar, sean éstas predicativas, copulativas o perifrásticas, presentándolas como discontinuidades de un continuo. El resultado de la investigación demuestra la existencia de un esquema cognitivo y una estructura enunciativa específica para sendos verbos. Esto...