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¡De película! Spanish Conversation through Film
Mary McVey Gill and Deana Smalley
2009 • 978-1-58510-312-6 • paperback/full color • 180 pages • $32.95
2009 • 978-1-58510-354-6 • hard cover/full color • 180 pages • $38.95
Two of the authors of Focus Publishing’s ground-breaking and widely popular Cinema for Spanish Conversation have adapted that text making to more appropriate for advanced high school or lower level college-level courses. The films all have a rating of PG or a PG-13 rating.
Cinema for Spanish Conversation, Third Edition
2010 • 1-58510-374-4 • paper • 296 pages • $54.95
Designed for courses in
which outstanding films from the Spanish speaking world
are used as springboards for classroom discussion.
For purchasing or renting the films:
Information for finding the films
to rent or purchase
can be found here. Be sure to search
for the films under the Spanish title, or the English
translation of the title, as some films are listed either way.
Cinema for Spanish Conversation, Second Edition
2006 • 1-58510-231-8 • paper • 294 pages • $54.95
Designed for courses in
which outstanding films from the Spanish speaking world
are used as springboards for classroom discussion.
For purchasing or renting the films:
Information for finding the films
to rent or purchase
can be found here. Be sure to search
for the films under the Spanish title, or the English
translation of the title, as some films are listed either way.
Click here for a quick guide on choosing the book more appropriate for your course between
¡De película! Spanish Conversation through Film and Cinema for Spanish Conversation
spanish LANGUAGE
Pronunciación de la lengua española
para anglohablantes
2010 • 978-1-58510-348-5 • coil
bound •
168 pages • $29.95
Written entirely in spanish, this book is designed to help native English speaking students improve their Spanish pronunciation.
spanish Literature
Introducción a la literatura
Latinoamericana:
An Anthology of Latin American Literature
2005 • 1-58510-105-2 • paper •
314 pages • $34.95
An anthology of literature from Latin America
which, along with the companion anthology of
Spanish Literature and the Focus student editions,
cover all required readings
for the Advanced Placement* examination
for Spanish literature.
Introducción a la literatura
Española:
An Anthology of
Spanish Literature
2005 •
1-58510-117-6 • paper •
280 pages • $36.95
An anthology of literature from Spain which,
along with the companion anthology of Latin
American literature and the Focus student editions, cover all required
readings for the Advanced Placement* examination for Spanish literature.
Three Centuries of Spanish Short Stories
2010 • 978-1-58510-303-4 • paper • 223 pages • $24.95
A Spanish language
anthology of stories written by both internationally
known and lesser-known authors. There are seventeen short stories,
selected to introduce students to the different literary trends of 19th,
20th and 21st century Spain.
Focus Student Editions
A series of books in Spanish designed for students of Spanish and to help the student approach the materials with linguistic, literary and cultural issues. Each text includes introductory material on the authors, their period and their work, the Spanish text of the stories with notes and vocabulary, and questions to assist in study for the Advanced Placement* examination.
Miguel de Unamuno: San Manuel Bueno, mártir
Unamuno’s thought-provoking 1931 novella of a village priest who remains devoted to his people while he struggles with religious disillusionment touches on Spanish tradition as well as existential and religious philosophy.
Tellez (Tirso de Molina): El Burlador de Sevilla
El Burlador de Sevilla is a classic drama appropriate as an introductory work for Spanish language courses in literature and culture. Set in the 1600s, this is the scary, tragic tale of Don Juan Tenorio which was later the basis for the story of Don Juan as well as for the opera “Don Giovanni.” It follows the adventures of the lover and lethario, Don Juan Tenorio, and ends when he is tricked by the stone statue of an old enemy he has killed comes to live and drags him to hell.
Federico Garcia Lorca: La casa de Bernarda Alba
La Casa de Bernarda Alba is a classic drama appropriate as an introductory work for Spanish language courses in literature and culture.
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