Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Immerse yourself in Spanish readings and build your comprehension skills
Using short authentic texts from the Spanish-speaking world, Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Reading and Comprehension enables you to enhance your vocabulary with new terms and expressions. Each unit features authentic Spanish-language material--newspaper and magazine articles, literature, blogs, and more--giving you a real taste of how the language is used, as well as insight into Spanish-speaking cultures. Word lists and grammar sections specific to the readings support your learning along the way.
Like all Practice Makes Perfect workbooks, you will get plenty of practice, practice, practice using your new skills and vocabulary. Whether you are learning on your own or taking an advanced beginning or intermediate Spanish class, Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Reading and Comprehension will help you build your confidence in using your new language.
Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Reading and Comprehension helps you:
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<li>Polish your reading and comprehension abilities with numerous exercises</li>
<li>Enrich your Spanish vocabulary with hundreds of new words</li>
<li>Learn about the intriguing and influential Spanish-speaking cultures</li>
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Practice Makes Perfect Spanish Reading and Comprehension (Practice Makes Perfect Series)

Reference

Rochester, Myrna Bell

Smalley, Deana

Foreign Language Study & Reference

McGraw=Hill

This exciting new book is designed for courses in which outstanding films from the Spanish speaking world are used as springboards for classroom discussion. In this way, students hear Spanish the way it is spoken and are encouraged to converse about the social and cultural aspects of Spanish-speaking cultures around the world. 
Each of the eighteen movies covered in the book have been selected for their high quality, interest, cultural value and easy availability from sources such as Blockbuster Video and Amazon.com. 
Each chapter is devoted to one movie, and contains appropriate vocabulary, cultural notes, special terms for conversation and composition, a focus on a specific scene for structured discussion or writing, questions for review and understanding, as well as optional reading sections from directors or critics. 
This text is especially useful for courses in Spanish conversation, composition, culture, and film, as well as for non-credit community courses and language refreshers.

Cinema for Spanish Conversation (Spanish Edition)

Humor & Entertainment

Gill, Mary McVey

Movies

Focus

Book by Gill, Mary, Smalley, Deana

Words, Language & Grammar

Cinema for Spanish Conversation (Spanish and English Edition)

Haro, Maria-Paz

Based on the pioneering text Cinema for Spanish Conversation, ¡De Pelicula! uses recent feature films with a PG or PG-13 rating to build Spanish language skills in listening, speaking, and reading. The text also provides a unique method to explore the cultural concepts depicted in the films. 
As with the parent text, ¡De Pelicula! provides a context for listening to the film through previewing exercises, background information, vocabulary, cultural material, and post-viewing exercises, including student exercises to be done in small groups. This version covers eight films and may be used as a primary or ancillary text in fourth year high school courses, for community college courses -- especially those language courses taught in the evening -- or in single-semester courses at most colleges. 
All films are new to this edition and come from a range of Spanish-speaking countries, All may be easily obtained for classroom viewing or language labs, or for students to purchase or rent on their own.

De Pelicula!: Spanish Conversation through Film (Spanish Edition)

Cinema for Spanish Conversation covers eighteen Spanish language films that are used as the basis for discussion and language acquisition, teaching vocabulary, strengthening oral and written skills, and as well as an introduction to Spanish and Latin American culture. The films are selected to provide interesting viewing, key cultural information, and accessible language levels. Each chapter of the book is devoted to a single movie and includes aids for students watching the film, discussing and writing about the film, and understanding the film in a broader cultural context.
Also included: vocabulary helpful to understanding and discussing the film; structured exercises in understanding the film once it has been viewed, especially for discussion in class; an accompanying reading for each film designed to provide perspective on the film itself.

Etiquette

This is the instructor's manual to accompanyfCinema for Spanish Conversation, Third Edition.

Cinema for Spanish Conversation: Instructor's Manual (Spanish Edition)

Cinema for Spanish Conversation, Fourth Edition, engages students in Spanish-language study through the use of feature films from across the Spanish-speaking world. Sixteen films, four new to this edition, motivates students in conversation, writing, and listening skills in addition to providing them with a broad and real-world experience with the culture of the Spanish-speaking world. New to the Fourth Edition: <ul>
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Four new critically-acclaimed films, including the groundbreaking documentary Presunto culpable (2008) about the Mexican criminal justice system and the Oscar-nominated No (2012) about the 1988 Chilean national referendum on Pinochet’s presidency</li> <li>
Updated information about each film, its actors, and directors</li> <li>
Color screen shots of the characters in the film to help students remember who’s who and to help them discuss the actions and qualities of the characters</li> <li>
A new section of questions (Opiniones) at the end of each chapter that ask students for their opinions on themes related to the film, sometimes on controversial ones, in order to facilitate active conversation</li> <li>
A filmography appendix, which provides a list of additional films for each chapter that have similar themes or are from the same region</li>
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Cinema for Spanish Conversation, 4th Edition (Spanish and English Edition)

This Fifth Edition, draws on sixteen high-interest films (and related readings) to introduce students to the authentic language and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world. Each chapter offers a wide variety of activities designed to improve students' conversational skills as well as opportunities for reading and writing practice. For a guide to accessing the films -- and for supplementary instructor materials -- visit www.hackettpublishing.com/cinema-for-spanish-films. New to the Fifth Edition: Three new critically acclaimed films, including Yuli (set in Cuba), El último verano de la Boyita (Argentina), and Oscar-award-winning film Roma (Mexico), along with readings and activities related to each. A section, added to each chapter, offering new and expanded activities related to the films. Updated information on each film, and its actors and directors. A revised and updated appendix, organised by chapter, offering a list of recent films that can be compared or contrasted to the films in the book. The Films: La misma luna María llena eres de gracia Flores de otro mundo Roma (NEW!) También la lluvia Todo sobre mi madre Como agua para chocolate Diarios de motocicleta Mar adentro Presunto culpable El último verano de la Boyita (NEW!) Volver El norte No Yuli (NEW!) El viaje de Carol.

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Practice Makes Perfect Spanish Reading and Comprehension (Practice Makes Perfect Series)

Cinema for Spanish Conversation (Spanish Edition)

Cinema for Spanish Conversation (Spanish Edition)

Cinema for Spanish Conversation (Spanish and English Edition)

De Pelicula!: Spanish Conversation through Film (Spanish Edition)

Cinema for Spanish Conversation (Spanish Edition)

Cinema for Spanish Conversation: Instructor's Manual (Spanish Edition)

Cinema for Spanish Conversation, 4th Edition (Spanish and English Edition)

Cinema for Spanish Conversation (Spanish Edition)