Curso nuevo, vida nueva (A1-A2)

Lectura graduada para el aprendizaje del español como lengua extranjera. Nivel básico-intermedio (A2+).

Now translated for the first time in Spanish is this user-friendly and effective book designed to help Catholics know and affirm their personal stories of faith. It invites readers to do a simple and thoughtful set of exercises by which they can discover the signs and patterns of God's presence in their lives. This will help Catholics have greater insight into their own experience of God and assist them in speaking about it to others. They will be more confident in their own faith and better equipped to carry it others as part of the saving ministry of Jesus Christ. Contents: Chapter One: How ...

Perfect for beginning students of Spanish, this affordable anthology is filled with 41 delightful stories and proverbs based on works of Don Juan Manuel, Luis Taboada, Ricardo Palma, and other noted writers. Complete and faithful English translations are featured on the facing pages of the Spanish text. Exercises are also included.

La rica tradición épica castellana, de la que dan abundante testimonio las prosificaciones de las crónicas medievales, alcanzó tempranamente su cota más alta con el "Poema de Mio Cid". En su prólogo, José Jesús de Bustos Tovar examina los orígenes de la épica castellana, analiza la datación y autoría del manuscrito y estudia su estructura temática y técnica literaria. Lejos del tópico que pretende encarnar en el Cid un inexistente espíritu nacional, el poema «es ante todo la historia de un hombre que recupera su honra por el esfuerzo de su brazo, es decir, la historia de un...

This collection of papers addresses the wide variety of questions that arise when Spanish (or any language) comes into contact with other languages. Which languages are used and under what circumstances? How do languages change and affect each other in a bilingual or multilingual environment? How do societal pressures, cultural stereotypes, and individual attitudes affect language use and development, or even result in the death of a language? Spanish in Contact is organized into three sections, examining contact situations in Spain, Latin America, and the United States. The authors look at...