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Trato hecho! is a “hands-on”, modular beginning to Spanish which stresses the features of Spanish needed for everyday communication and applies them immediately to realistic settings around the world. ¡Trato hecho! builds proficiency in and appreciation for the Spanish language, develops readers understanding of Hispanic cultures and their growing importance in the world and provides contexts that reinforce the usefulness of Spanish in today's economy, particularly in North America. The modular structure allows readers to test their abilities and apply new material in one module before...

***FOR LOW- TO HIGH-INTERMEDIATE LEARNERS*** ****COLOUR EDITION**** Improve your Spanish and expand your vocabulary with topics that matter. When it comes to mastering a foreign language, reading around your interests makes all the difference. But finding books designed for language learners can be hard! This book fixes that. For the first time, you'll learn to improve your Spanish while reading about the history of World War II. "I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers Told through short, manageable chapters in...

From vulgar insults to religious oaths, colloquialisms to clichés, the personality and passion of a language can be found in its slang. Spanish is no exception, as the McGraw-Hill Diccionario del Argot makes clear. This monolingual Spanish dictionary provides the most authoritative reference to all aspects of non-standard Spanish, with more than 12,000 entries supported by 20,000 citations. The broad range of sources, from literature to newspapers and TV, reflects the full spectrum of contemporary usage in Spain. For scope and depth as well as bibliographic reference, this is an essential...

Seminar paper del año 2014 en eltema Romanística - Español, literatura, cultura general, Nota: 2,7, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Materia: Kulturwissenschaften, Idioma: Español, Resumen: El presente trabajo expone la vida de Pedro Almodóvar y su papel durante la Movida Madrileña en tres partes. La primera parte resume su niñez y juventud en La Mancha y luego en Extremadura. La segunda parte demuestra su vida y su obra durante la Movida Madrileña y la última parte trata su vida y su obra después de 1985. “¿Pedro Almodóvar? ¡Qué te voy a decir! Lo adoro. Siempre he...