Colloquial Spanish

This video program on DVD accompanies the Intermediate Spanish series and presents specially selected cultural topics relating directly to material covered in Civilizaci n y cultura. Featuring a mix of short film (NEW to this edition), authentic news clips, and other cultural footage, the video program spans the Spanish-speaking world and provides you with a wealth of cultural perspectives.

CONTENIDO: Las Islas que no vio Aristóteles - Costumbres imperiales - Los idiomas portátiles - Las manos servían de lengua - Felipillo y otras gentes de su oficio - Zambambú, morenica de Congo - Ideas del doctor Barot - Recelos seglares - Las decisiones de don Carlos - El español europeo - Corán, Talmud y Biblia - Tiempos de tormentas - Las guerras idiomáticas - La estrategia londinense - Acuerdo de paz - Lo que se debe a la escuela - Dónde esta el español - Las tribulaciones de la tribu - Lengua y ciencia - Imagen del futuro - La primera de Táriq ben Ziyad - La hora de los...

Intermediate. It is 1792, and Spain is in crisis. The Inquisition is sweeping the country, making life dangerous for court painter Francisco Goya and his beautiful model Ines. From the reader series Aprende Espanol Con..., which features stories based on modern films and television series, carefully adapted for Spanish language students. Includes an Audio CD of the text, supplementary materials for teachers, and before and after activities for students.

Mujeres de hoy: textos, voces e imagenes is a content-based collection of works by Spanish, Spanish American, and Latina women designed for upper-level literature courses. Each chapter, which includes two literary selections by women writers, examines different sides of the same topic under exploration. These topics explore contemporary issues that challenge current thinking such as immigration, minority groups, race, religion, social status, and ecology. Yet Mujeres de hoy also speaks to the issues that affect the human experience - such as procreation and the construction of a gendered...