Habla Español ¡Ya!

Hi, my name is Bertha Estela and my passion is teaching languages. In fact, I have taught English as a foreign language for over forty years, all the way through grade school up to university level. One day, twenty years ago during Summer school, due to an emergency, the university where I was teaching English requested me to help them out the next day - substituting a teacher of Spanish who had fallen sick. I didn ́t give it a second thought ...¡¡¡¡ piece of cake!!!. Next morning , there I am, standing in front of a group of 20 enthusiastic and eager American teachers full of questions...

En un tiempo de intercambio lingüístico globalizado, de intensa influencia entre lenguas y rica diversificación de los estilos y medios en que se manifiesta la lengua escrita, es cada vez más acuciante la difusión y el conocimiento pormenorizado del código gráfico común. Pretendemos que esta obra contribuya a ello; no como repertorio de normas coercitivas, sino como conjunto de recursos del arte de escribir individual, requisito y garantía de una fecunda comunicación entre los hispanohablantes.

The Spanish Language Today describes the varied and changing Spanish language at the end of the twentieth century. Suitable for introductory level upward, this book examines: * where Spanish is spoken on a global scale * the status of Spanish within the realms of politics, education and media * the standardisation of Spanish * specific areas of linguistic variation and change * how other languages and dialects spoken in the same areas affect the Spanish language * whether new technologies are an opportunity or a threat to the Spanish language. The Spanish Language Today contains numerous...

SPANISH FOR ORAL AND WRITTEN REVIEW is designed to review what beginning students have already learned and add to their knowledge of the language at the intermediate or advanced level.

In its 5th edition, Fonética y fonología españolas remains an indispensable resource for students of Spanish as a second language. This comprehensive text covers the essential components required for fluency, with a detailed treatment of phonetics and phonology that provides a powerful framework for the study and practice of spoken language. A focus on the application of articulatory methods enables English speakers to hone advanced pronunciation skills. Extensive attention to dialect phenomena found in Latin American and Peninsular Spanish introduces readers to fascinating sociolinguistic ...