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.

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...

Sonido y sentido lifts the learning of Spanish pronunciation for American English-speaking students to a new level, with support of an accompanying CD. Written in Spanish by a native speaker who is a leading figure in the field of Spanish phonology, this introduction to Spanish phonetics and phonology will improve both the pronunciation and understanding of spoken Spanish by demonstrating the specific ways in which the sound pattern of Spanish differs from English. Notable in that it explains the why of pronunciation with specific information on how the sounds of Spanish are organized--it...

The Annotated Instructor's Edition contains carefully-placed teaching suggestions, variation tips for activities, and answers to close-ended exercises. The text comes packaged with the Text Audio CD.

This is a work that claims that students establish a significant contact with language, by understanding and practicing in their element in a manner that internalizes its correct use, with each exercise it motivates reflection and self-criticizing to strengthen in students human values related to socializing and tolerance.