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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.

¿CÓMO SE DICE . . . ? Enhanced Tenth Edition’s proven four-skills methodology, unparalleled grammar explanations, flexibility, and ease-of-use are some of the many reasons for the success of this renowned introductory Spanish program. The tenth edition features all new chapter dialogues, student centered activities, updated vocabulary and cultural information, additional literary readings, and a complete technology package that includes iLrn: Heinle Learning Center. The Enhanced edition features the addition of dazzling video footage and photography of National GeographicTM into iLrn to...

OLIVIA Y LOS MONOS is based on the true story of the Mishahuallí monkeys. Mishahuallí is a small village in the Ecuadorian Amazon where humans and monkeys share their home. SUMMARY Olivia is a very curious 16-year-old girl who likes to travel and who loves animals. She travels with her parents to Misahuallí. She is fascinated with the group of wild monkeys that live in the town. The monkeys approach and interact with tourists and the town's people. In OLIVIA Y LOS MONOS one after another amusing situation occurs with the monkeys. The story is told from Olivia's point of view. Ecuadorian...

Este volumen reune trabajos sobre distintos discursos publicos, politicos y periodisticos, que abordan cuestiones en torno al lexico empleado en los medios, en las instituciones y en los movimientos ciudadanos. Se estudia el valor argumentativo del lexico mediante la atencion a temas y fenomenos linguisticos concretos en generos diversos. Aunque los enfoques se enmarcan en la corriente del Analisis del discurso, son variadas las perspectivas que confluyen en este volumen, entre otras, las teorias de la valoracion y de los marcos, la pragmatica discursiva y la linguistica de corpus. Este...