Les gestes emblématiques comme un composant dans le processus communicatif

The newest addition to an invaluable self-help series, this down-to-earth guide shows how to build confidence and offer positive strategies for dealing with difficult emotions. "Manage Your Anger" explores the effects of anger on one's body and mind. It offers strategies for preventing the build-up of frustration, and explains how to deal assertively with problems of buried or misdirected anger.

At the Charmartin station, a student named Frank waits in line to buy his return ticket to Paris. Right behind him is Marta. Meanwhile, Federico arrives in Sydney, unaware of when or how he boarded the airplane that took him from his bed all the way to Australia.

This rich textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the principal concepts and thematic areas of Spanish pragmatics. It is aimed at advanced students of Spanish—upper-level undergraduates and beginning graduate students—who need to hone their language skills for contextually sensitive use of the language. Written entirely in Spanish, with Spanish examples, this volume introduces basic pragmatics, methods of analysis, and new thematic areas such as language and the press and globalization. Theoretical explanations combine with practical exercises in each chapter to help...

Written entirely in Spanish by instructors with years of experience, this textbook is a comprehensive guide to essay writing in Spanish. It provides advanced students of Spanish with the necessary tools to write fluently and effectively, both developing their reading, writing and critical thinking skills, and teaching them to practically analyse the rules of spelling, punctuation and grammar. It is organised into six chapters, progressing in level and complexity, which take students step-by-step through the writing process. Each chapter contains a number of features such as lists of new...