ESPAÑA: TEMAS DE CULTURA Y CIVILIZACIÓN, uses an innovative approach to present both high C and low C cultures, placing events in context with an eye... to culture first and chronology second. Through factual readings and authentic texts, students are exposed to the diversity of Spain's history, politics, arts, and music as well as its people, languages, traditions, and daily customs.

España y los españoles de hoy: Historia, sociedad y cultura takes a comprehensive approach to the study of Spanish culture by looking at history,... society and culture with a primary emphasis on the 20th and 21st centuries.  Divided into three parts, the first section looks to the 20th century to see how it shaped Spain today.  It also includes an in-depth focus on modern Spanish society: family, birth rate, immigration, youth, customs, and cultural identity.  It ends with an examination of culture in Spain, especially the arts. With content focused primarily on the past two centuries, students using España y los españoles de hoy receive a much more focused study of modern-day Spanish civilization and culture than they would with other books that provide basic overviews of the past two thousand years in Spain.   España y los españoles de hoy balances history, society and culture, challenging the student at an intellectually advanced level. Appropriate for advanced courses in Spanish civilization and culture, España y los españoles de hoy can also be used in history, and anthropology, and Spanish study abroad programs.

This accessible introduction to the history and civilization of Spain is an excellent vehicle for introducing intermediate or advanced students to... Spanish civilization and culture. The sixth edition retains the solid cultural and historical coverage from previous editions, while adding new information about contemporary Spain and new and revised writing and research topics.

This accessible introduction to the history and civilization of Spain is an excellent vehicle for introducing intermediate or advanced students to... Spanish civilization and culture. The updated edition retains the solid cultural and historical coverage from previous editions, while adding new information about modern-day political organization and culture, greater emphasis on the regional divisions of Spain, and more coverage of women in Spanish history and society.

Espanol en Vivo emphasizes the richness of Hispanic culture and the variations of authentic spoken Spanish. Through filmed interviews with more than... twenty native Spanish speakers, students are introduced to a variety of dialects that derive from differences in geographical area and other factors such as age, sex, ethnicity, and social status. The DVD contains forty-seven segments filmed in locations in Spain, Central America, and Latin America. Unrehearsed interviews with Spanish speakers deal with such aspects of life and culture as housing, family, the immigrant experience, cultural traditions, and politics. No other book or DVD presents the Spanish language in such a natural way, with speakers expressing themselves freely and using the real language of every day. Each of the book's twenty chapters focuses on an aspect of the life and culture of people from one of seven countries in the Spanish-speaking world. Transcripts of interviews from the DVD are included in the book, as are notes on vocabulary, pronunciation, idioms, and cultural issues. Questions are provided to guide students' comprehension of the DVD segments and direct their oral and written practice.

The trusted reference—now with on-the-go accessWhether you're in school or out in the work world, communicating clearly and correctly is key to your... success. With easy-to-understand explanations of grammar rules and plenty of real-world examples and tips, this authoritative reference is just what you need to speak and write with confidence and ease.Now more accessible than ever, this edition has been updated to include: A new chapter on punctuation, including common punctuation mistakes Expanded coverage of commonly misspelled words and variances in spelling More intuitive organization, making it easier to navigate Visual elements that enhance your understanding of specific grammar problems Free online access to portions of the book for an on-the-go reference to commonly misspelled words; common punctuation errors; variances in spelling among the U.S., the U.K., and Canada; and frequently misused words and expressionsLucid, comprehensive, and easy-to-use, this is your go-to guide to get ahead.

This highly regarded program takes reasonably fluent native speakers of Spanish and turns them into competent native readers and writers of Spanish.... Using a flexible format that enables instructors to select the material that best corresponds to the needs of their particular class, Español escrito features 20 chapters, ranging from elementary to advanced, which offer something for students of all levels. Rich in language-development activities supported by carefully selected readings and specially crafted developmental exercises, it offers full developmental sequences in reading, orthography, writing, and grammar.  Can be used over two semesters/three terms for all freshman/sophomore level courses in Spanish for Native Speakers. .

The objective of this book is to teach native speakers of Spanish how to write and use correctly their own language. This text is designed for Spanish... speakers who also know English. Current methodology in the teaching of Spanish to Spanish speakers is based on the belief that native speakers already know Spanish and that such students primarily need to polish their orthography. The book stresses traditional but advanced grammar as well as accentuation, orthography and the avoidance of anglicisms in vocabulary and sentence structure. It draws from the students' linguistic background in both languages in order to teach them Spanish.