| Dimelo Tu!: A Complete Course Contributor(s): Rodriguez Nogales, Francisco (Author), Samaniego, Fabian a. (Author), Blommers, Thomas J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0495798983 ISBN-13: 9780495798989 Publisher: Cengage Learning OUR PRICE: $142.45 Product Type: Loose Leaf - Other Formats Published: December 2008 Annotation: The next best thing to living in a Spanish-speaking country, ADAMELO TA!: A COMPLETE COURSE, 6e (with Audio CD) immerses you in Spanish, enabling you to learn the language by interacting in the language with your classmates and your instructor on a daily basis. You'll discover how to use what you've already learned in new and exciting ways. You'll interpret artifacts from everyday life, learn interesting information about noteworthy Spanish-speaking personalities, and encounter the peoples, customs, and language spoken in each of the Spanish-speaking countries through visual, audiovisual, and textual resources. Every chapter provides opportunities to sharpen your listening, reading, and writing skills. Encouraging you to go beyond the book, the new edition offers multimedia assets that allow you to access real-time information and multi-sensory displays of authentic language and culture. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology - Language Arts & Disciplines - Foreign Language Study | Spanish |
| Dewey: 460 |
| LCCN: 2008939228 |
| Physical Information: 592 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The next best thing to living in a Spanish-speaking country, D MELO T : A COMPLETE COURSE, 6e (with Audio CD) immerses you in Spanish, enabling you to learn the language by interacting in the language with your classmates and your instructor on a daily basis. You'll discover how to use what you've already learned in new and exciting ways. You'll interpret artifacts from everyday life, learn interesting information about noteworthy Spanish-speaking personalities, and encounter the peoples, customs, and language spoken in each of the Spanish-speaking countries through visual, audiovisual, and textual resources. Every chapter provides opportunities to sharpen your listening, reading, and writing skills. Encouraging you to go beyond the book, the new edition offers multimedia assets that allow you to access real-time information and multi-sensory displays of authentic language and culture. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rodriguez Nogales, Francisco: - Francisco Rodriguez Nogales is an Associate Professor of Spanish in the School of Modern Languages at Santa Barbara City College. He is a specialist in the use of technology in foreign-language teaching and online instruction--his teaching load has been 100 percent online for the past five years. He also has developed several Spanish assessment and placement tools. Nogales was born in Pedrera (Seville), Spain. He completed his bachelor of arts at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid, his master's at San Francisco State University, and his Ph.D. at the University of California at Davis.Blommers, Thomas J.: - J. Blommers is Associate Professor of Spanish and Program Coordinator for the Spanish Masters program in the Modern Languages and Literatures Department at California State University, Bakersfield. He specializes in second-language acquisition and is particularly interested in listening strategies and techniques. Other interests include 19th-century Peninsular literature and Hispanic-American culture. A native Iowan, Professor Blommers studied political science and Spanish at the University of Iowa and the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and holds a master of arts and a Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of Iowa.Samaniego, Fabian a.: - Fabián A. Samaniego taught for four years at Utah State University before going to the University of California at Davis where he served as Supervisor of Teaching Assistants and Coordinator of the first-year Spanish program for twenty-four years. A specialist in foreign-language pedagogy, Professor Samaniego has been a frequent presenter at foreign-language conferences across the country. He coauthored four college texts and the AATSP PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HANDBOOK SERIES FOR TEACHERS K-16, VOLUME 1: SPANISH FOR NATIVE SPEAKERS. He is also coeditor of LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN LEARNING: TEACHING SPANISH TO NATIVE SPEAKERS OF SPANISH. Professor Samaniego received his bachelor of arts from New Mexico State University and his master of arts from the University of Iowa. |
