A lively and popular introductory textbook teaching Spanish to absolute beginners working in a classroom setting. A diverse range of dialogues, video clips, and reading passages deliver new material which is carefully practised in a wide variety of imaginative exercises, both individually and in pair- and groupwork, and backed up by structured grammatical underpinning and exercises. Foundations Languages courses are tailor-made for undergraduates and other students on Institution-wide Languages Programmes (IWLPs), languages options and electives, ab initio and minor routes in languages, and open learning programmes at universities and in Adult Education. Foundations Spanish 1 assumes no previous knowledge. New to this Edition: - Fully revised and updated following extensive lecturer feedback - First time in full colour! - New photos and illustrations - New integrated video clips - Code for interactive ebook inside to allow easy access to video, audio and interactive exercises and great searchability - Extra online grammar and video exercises - New cultural notes - Voiced vocabulary lists Accompanying online resources for this title can be found at bloomsburyonlineresources.com/macmillan-foundations. These resources are designed to support teaching and learning when using this textbook and are available at no extra cost. Included are: accompanying audio and video, a substantial self-study section with practice material for homework and revision, and for extension purposes.

Introductory Spanish textbook for absolute beginners. A diverse range of dialogues, video clips, and reading passages deliver new material which is carefully practised in a wide variety of exercises

About the Author
Maria del Carmen Gil Ortega is Senior Lecturer in Innovative Pedagogies at the Education Innovation Centre of the University of the West of England, where she formerly lectured in Linguistics and Spanish. She was also Teaching Fellow in Spanish at the Universities of St Andrews, Brighton and Sussex. Cathy Holden is Tutor at ELE (English Language Education), University of Edinburgh, UK. She has taught Spanish, French and English in a variety of Higher and Further Education establishments, including Manchester Metropolitan University and Staffordshire University. In addition to Foundations Spanish 1, she has co-written two books for the Open University's Spanish Course.


Book Information
ISBN 9781137579201
Author Maria del Carmen Gil Ortega
Format Paperback
Page Count 208
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 416g