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Complements advanced level Spanish course books by providing practice in reading and understanding longer texts. Students will also develop the vocabulary needed to understand and talk about important issues in modern Hispanic society. It encourages an analytical method of study, and the eight photocopiable self-study units are based on authentic texts dealing with topics such as 'Estereotipos culturales' and 'La biodiversidad'. Lively, interesting and carefully graded, the exercises begin with identification of key words and comprehension questions followed by detailed and precisely focused...

El auge de la aplicación tecnológica en las Humanidades hace necesario el debate, la reflexión y el intercambio entre especialistas de distintas áreas de conocimiento con el objetivo de juzgar críticamente los avances, superar los retos generados y valorar las transformaciones metodológicas que están experimentando las disciplinas humanísticas tradicionales. El presente volumen está conformado por una serie de contribuciones en las que confluyen dos intereses vertebradores: los estudios medievales y las Humanidades Digitales. En sus páginas, se atiende a cuestiones filológicas,...

A captivating and beautifully illustrated story for learners of Spanish! A stranded little blue penguin must reach the colony to survive, but will he make it with a vicious sea monster between him and his family? Set in New Zealand and inspired by local legends, 'Itipurú y el monstruo del océano' is an ideal first reader for learners of Spanish

This is an anthology of ten short stories dealing with a broad range of Spanish American literary themes: love, hate, vengeance, justice, oppression and solidarity. A reading guide offers tips for reading in Spanish and provides guidelines for predicting a story's major events. Following each story are two different sections of comprehension activities, as well as exercises on key modismos (idioms) and grammar structures.