Communicating In Spanish (Intermediate Level)

Designed to help the reader become more proficient at communicating in Spainsh about the tourist trade and the hospitality industry.

Beschrijving van enkele dramatische liefdesverhoudingen tegen de achtergrond van het Buenos Aires van de jaren vijftig.

Así Me Gusta is a new three-level course for learners of Spanish. It focuses on communication needs, presents vocabulary and grammar in context, and deals with the multicultural aspects of the Spanish language. The course involves students emotionally in their learning process and is fully endorsed by the Insitituto Cervantes. Así Me Gusta fulfils the requirements of the Common European Framework of reference for languages and prepares students for the DELE exams.

Los veinticinco años de experiencia como profesora de la autora en la UNED, hacen que este libro esté orientado fundamentalmente a la educación a distancia. Los capítulos mantienen prácticamente la misma estructura a lo largo de toda la obra. Cada tema se divide en cuatro partes: - Una primera donde se analizan individualmente los autores a través de sus biografías y contextos históricos. - Un texto, en prosa o verso, con notas al pie sobre las palabras o giros gramaticales que presentan más dificultad en su traducción del inglés. - Cuestiones de autoevaluación. - Otras cuestiones ...

One year just after Christmas when Ximena is thirteen, she overhears her parents talking - a conversation she is not supposed to hear. She catches the word, "father," but wonders why they are whispering? Federico is the only father Ximena has ever known since he and her mom married six years ago. Of course, she knows she has a biological father, but her mom never talks about him - and Ximena never asks. All she knows is that he is "away" and doesn't live near them. But after overhearing her parents' discussion, she starts to wonder why she has no contact with him. At the same time, too, life...