Tras una lengua de papel

This highly innovative beginning Spanish text is both task-based (requiring students to use Spanish to complete specific goals or tasks) and content-based, including readings from a variety of disciplines. ¿Sabías que...? represents the practical application of the theories and research presented in Lee and VanPatten's methods text, Making Communicative Language Teaching Happen (a natural companion volume for instructors using this text). The new edition is accompanied by a new CD-ROM, a new Online Learning Center, and more!

Offers eighty thousand entries highlighting Latin American Spanish, tables of regular and irregular verbs, and sections on numbers and common abbreviations

Dialogamos y deliberamos con el otro antes de establecer nuestros compromisos verbales, sobre todo cuando existe el riesgo de perder el acuerdo comunicativo. Cual es el andamiaje linguistico de los enunciados prescriptivos? Que distingue a un acto verbal del "deber ser" de un imperativo y de una asercion? Que de la fuerza del compromiso esta arraigado en la estructura de la lengua? En esta obra se definen las oraciones deonticas -oraciones de compromiso- desde un punto de vista linguistico. Se estudian las estrategias discursivas del hablante para identificarse a si mismo, a su interlocutor o ...

Spanish Grammar in Context provides an accessible and stimulating approach to learning grammar. Authentic texts are used to illustrate and explain the key areas of Spanish grammar, followed by a range of exercises to help students reinforce and test their understanding. An answer key is also presented at the back of the book. Features include: A rich variety of texts sourced from all over the Spanish-speaking world, including excerpts from contemporary literature, magazines and newspapers Texts carefully selected to cover topical issues and themes relevant to contemporary Spain and Latin...