La noticia

This collection of texts deals with lexicographical and grammatical issues of Spanish from a contrastive and didactic perspective. It aims at identifying the phenomena which are most interesting for compiling contrastive grammars and dictionaries for the Spanish language by focussing on the latest developments in the field of foreign language teaching. In its first part, the volume presents discussions of the contrastive method in linguistics as well as in foreign language teaching and of the theoretical issues concerning the nature of the tertium comparationis for comparative linguistic...

Realistic dialogs and pronunciation exercises are used extensively in a text designed to cover a two-semester course

Hablar bien en público es posible es la apasionante aventura de Agustín Marín, un joven universitario con muchas inquietudes y afán por aprender, que asiste a un curso de formación que acaba por ser muy aburrido y no cumplir con sus expectativas. A raíz de este curso el joven comienza a plantearse preguntas y dudas acerca de por qué hay oradores que triunfan, saben comunicar y motivar, mientras que otros son expertos en dormir auditorios. Agustín conocerá a Tony Sun, un prestigioso y reconocido conferencista a escala mundial. A partir de este momento, su vida dará un cambio radical...

Thirteen of the finest collectors from Argentina converse with artists, editors and critics defining Argentine art and collecting today. "Featured in this book are 13 collections of different sizes and shapes, colors and ages, profile an intent, each with an unique personality and sensibility...The diversity of the selection goes on to reflect the changing landscape of collecting and the evolving shape of 21st century culture and lifestyle"--P. 7.