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Drawing on authentic cultural materials ranging from thought-provoking artwork to classic literature and short contemporary films, Retratos: Arte y sociedad en Latinoamérica y España offers a fresh and inspired approach to the teaching of advanced Spanish Composition. In each of the eight thematically-organized chapters, these primary source materials are used to illustrate—to provide a “portrait” of—a historically or culturally important figure in the Hispanic world. These first-hand introductions to such personalities offer students rich opportunities to explore cultural...

The editors and fourteen other research linguists discuss--in English and in Spanish--the African influence on Caribbean phonology, dominant sociolinguistic attitudes in Puerto Rico, and historico-legal aspects of bilingualism in colonial Hispanic America.

Seminar paper del año 2005 en eltema Romanística - Idiomas de América Latina, literatura, cultura general, Nota: 2,0, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main (Institut fuer romanische Sprachen und Literaturen), Materia: Wahrnehmung in der hispano-amerikanische Literatur, 8 Citas bibliográficas, Idioma: Español, Resumen: El presente trabajo se propone comparar la teoría del conocimiento según Platón con la obra de Sábato, especificamente con el capítulo tres “El Informe sobre ciegos” de la novelaSobre Héroes y Tumbas. Para esto, expondremos primero el mito de la...

Immerse yourself in Spanish language and culture! Identidades empowers learners to acquire Spanish language skills while immersing them in the richness of the Hispanic world and its people. I dentidades is a two-semester intermediate Spanish program that brings the goals of the National Standards to virtually every page of the text and its ancillary components. The program presents and treats the cultures of the Hispanic world in ways that are both appealing and appropriate for college students and simultaneously maintains reasonable expectations for their understanding and productive use of...