Lights, Camera, Spanish (Book + DVD): Learn Conversational Spanish by Watching a Romantic Adventure - Hardcover

VanPatten,Bill; Lesser,Michael; Keating,Gregory

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071479023 ISBN 13: 9780071479028

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2006

Synopsis

Learn Spanish while watching a movie!

Lights, Camera, Spanish! is a revolutionary, look-listen-and-learn approach to language skills, specially created for you, the movie lover, who wants a crash course in Spanish. The DVD includes a full-length feature film packed with passion, romance, danger . . . and dialogue that’s easy to learn and fun to watch. The workbook features dialog reviews, a Spanish-English mini-dictionary, and written and oral exercises to help you strengthen Spanish skills--while providing a front-row seat to the best Spanish class ever.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Want to learn Spanish? Start popping the popcorn!

Imagine yourself in a world where a young man finds love thousands of miles away . . . when a family's dream hangs in the shadow of a corporate takeover . . . and you learn Spanish just by popping in this DVD. Rated E for everyone, Lights, Camera, Spanish! is a revolutionary, look-listen-and-learn approach specially created for you, the movie lover who wants a crash course in Spanish.

Get swept up in the romance, danger, and intrigue when an American businessman goes to Chile to take over a family winery and instead falls in love. As he learns his life lessons, you start your own Spanish adventure with:

• The 90-minute film Sol y viento that was designed especially for language learners with both English and Spanish subtitle options so you can follow along
• A workbook with key vocabulary and dialog from the film
• Exercises that keep you engaged in the story and reinforce your new skills

Save yourself an aisle seat for the best Spanish class ever!

About the Author:

Bill VanPatten is a professor of Spanish at the University of Illinois at Chicago where he is also the director of Spanish Basic Language.

Michael J. Leeser is an assistant professor of Spanish at Florida State University.

Gregory D. Keating is a Ph.D. candidate in Hispanic Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0071479023
• ISBN 13: 9780071479028
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128