Cinema for Spanish Conversation - Softcover

Gill, Mary McVey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585103748 ISBN 13: 9781585103744

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2010

Synopsis

The third edition of Cinema for Spanish Conversation includes the same stimulating exercises and conversation materials that have made the first two editions successful among students and instructors alike. The text is designed to be used in courses in which outstanding films from the Spanish-speaking world are used as springboards for classroom Spanish-language discussion. Using high-interest feature films, students hear Spanish as it is spoken in different countries and in a wide variety of situations and are encouraged to listen to and converse about the social and cultural aspects of Spanish-speaking countries around the world.

About this title

About the Author:

Mary McVey Gill has co-authored Mary McVey Gill is the co-author of ¡De película! with Focus Publishing in addition to Cinema for Spanish Conversation. She has co-authored about a dozen books in Spanish. She lives in Stanford, California.Deana Smalley has taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Santa Clara University and Stanford University. In addition to Cinema for Spanish Conversation, she has co-authored ¡De película! with Focus Publishing. She has also translated a number of history and social sciences titles for Teachers’ Curriculum Institute. She lives in Redwood City, California.Maria-Paz Haro ( Valencia, Spain) is Professor of Spanish (Emerita) at Stanford University where she has taught courses on Spanish and Spanish American Cinema including "Spanish Society Through the Eye of the Camera," "The Films of Pedro Almodovar," "Women in Film and Film by Women," and "Cinema of the Southern Cone." She participates in Film Conferences and publishes on Spanish Cinema.

Synopsis:

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 as it is spoken in different countries and are encouraged to converse about the social and cultural aspects of Spanish-speaking countries around the world. Each of the eighteen movies covered in the book have been selected for their high quality, interest and cultural value. 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1585103748
• ISBN 13: 9781585103744
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 282