Colloquial Spanish

"Welcome to Klail City, in Belken County, along the Mexico border in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. In the weeks leading up to the Democratic primary, Jehu Malacara chronicles the political rabble-rousing of Klail City’s wealthiest citizens in letters to his cousin Rafe Buenrostro. Led by Arnold "Noddy" Perkins, the who’s who of Belken County create a complex web of relationships. Wrangling bank loans, club memberships, and local politics, Perkins dominates the political and economic landscape of the community. When Malacara turns up missing, and the writer, P. Galindo, begins interviewing...

French course for Spanish speakers A course that doesn't involve learning by heart, ideal for beginners and for a refresher course. Learners can start to speak French within two months, gaining an intuitive knowledge of grammar. Within six months, learners can take part in everyday conversation with a vocabulary of 1,500 to 2,000 words. The recordings include all the texts in French for each lesson and the translation exercises from the book. These progressively more challenging texts have been recorded by professional native speakers. - Lively, useful dialogue - Carefully-constructed...

Designed for use in advanced composition courses, this text helps students develop abilities in composition tasks that reflect the kind of writing students are generally asked to perform as Spanish majors and minors. This revision responds to the growing interest in the development of functional, purposeful language skills, to the findings of writing research, and to the helpful reactions of those who have used this best-selling textbook throughout the years..

This innovative textbook fulfills the needs of upper-division Spanish students who are pursuing degrees in the health professions, plan to become medical interpreters or just want to improve their proficiency in the language. It provides multiple opportunities to learn vocabulary related to the medical field, reviews hard-to-understand grammatical concepts, describes health-related cultural competence and presents opportunities to discuss issues of concern about the health of Hispanic communities in the US and abroad.