Spanish in Contact

FACETAS is a brief and multi-faceted intermediate Spanish program ideal for use in one-semester courses. It incorporates relevant literary and cultural readings and integrates two kinds of video. The first is a specially-shot sitcom featured in every lesson. The second showcases three original short films by contemporary Hispanic filmmakers. FACETAS' interactive, student-friendly approach focuses on real communication in meaningful contexts, giving students a rewarding learning experience as they strengthen their language skills and develop cultural competency.

Puntos de partida offers the most teacher- and student-friendly textbook on the market as well as a host of exciting new features, most notably a state-of-the-art Instructor Edition. This Instructor Edition offers more teaching apparatus than any other introductory Spanish book on the market. An enlarged trim size, extensive annotations, and other special features sets Puntos de partida apart from every book on the market, both physically and because of the breadth and quality of the marginal annotations.

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 ...

Improve your Spanish language skills with authentic texts . The best way to bring the grammar of a language to life is by experiencing it in context, as it is actually used by native speakers and writers. Designed for the intermediate and advanced student, Spanish Grammar in Context puts Spanish grammar into context for you with an array of engaging texts, including newspaper articles, song lyrics, literary texts, and even transcriptions from TV talk shows. . Each chapter focuses on a specific element of grammar. A short text is followed by an explanation of the relevant grammar and several...