Speak Out

Manual-guía de la principal y actual fraseología tópica castellana, con lugares comunes, locuciones inertes, símiles manidos, metáforas muertas, modismos trillados, bordones conversacionales, colocaciones hueras y partículas expletivas; cómo identificarlos, evitarlos y, quizá, erradicarlos; documentados históricamente con citas históricas y periodísticas.

This book was born out of the idea that domain-specific knowledge has two major dimensions, since, on the one hand, peer-to-peer communication is primarily intended to further research within specific disciplines, while, on the other, domain-external, asymmetric communication of ‘filtered’ knowledge caters to different types of lay-audiences. Collectively, the chapters in the volume take the reader on a journey through knowledge communication and knowledge (re)presentation strategies that are able to successfully disseminate and communicate. The domains under scrutiny are medicine and...

Este libro representa una exhaustiva descripción del aragonés hablado en la zona del Biello Sobrarbe, área que se corresponde aproximadamente con el antiguo condado del Sobrarbe y que el autor ha encuestado de forma sistemática para su realización. Incluye asimismo un completo vocabulario, en el que se recoge el léxico general de la comarca, y abundantes testimonios de literatura de tradición oral. En palabras del autor, este libro puede ser “un instrumento útil más para profundizar en la configuración de una koiné, de un modelo culto de aragonés: única posibilidad de...

Hi, my name is Bertha Estela and my passion is teaching. I hold a BA from the BUAP in the teaching of English,and a Masters in the teaching of Spanish as a 2nd.language, from the University of the Americas, Puebla. I have been teaching English at all levels, from Basic, all the way to the preparation for the TOEFL for over forty years, at different places, such as: The American School in Puebla, the University of the Americas; and the BUAP, and, of course at - English/Español Training Center, Consequently, I ended up opening a bilingual school to teach both languages. On doing this, I...