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The Tesoros (Treasures) program is an exciting and innovative first year media-based Spanish program that addresses the increased faculty interest in and need for media-based products in beginning Spanish programs. The Tesoros product is one in which the entire course content is delivered completely on CD-ROM through an engaging, mystery-based story that motivates students to learn the language in a medium that is captivating, pedagogically sound, and fun. A full range of print materials (including a textbook and workbook/lab manual) is available to accompany the CD-ROM.

A Spanish-English, English-Spanish dictionary containing over 600,000 entries, which provides usage examples, grammar sections, and conjugation tables for regular and irregular English verbs.

A combined text that meets the needs of second-year intermediate courses in Spanish. Part I reviews Spanish grammar, in Spanish, with oral and written exercises and brief cultural readings. Part II offers five complete stories and one play by Hispanic authors from Latin America, the U.S., and Spain. The program addresses the problem of both ``anglo'' and ``hispanic'' students.

Learning Spanish can be a difficult process but ¡Vívelo! makes it easier by offering a fresh approach. It emphasizes what readers know and can readily do with the language. The book includes activities that are designed to encourage readers to make cultural comparisons and connections. These activities, such as signature searches, information gap and jigsaw, are incorporated throughout the chapters to encourage a better comprehension of meaning with a purpose. ¡Vívelo! also offers metacognitive strategies to facilitate processing of advanced structures. The heavy emphasis on content and...