Que Te Parece? Intermediate Spanish: Literary Reader

McGraw-Hill World Languages is pleased to present ¿Qué te parece esta lectura?, a literary reader that will help students become successful readers and explore their reactions to the selections.

With its abundance of pre- and post-reading activities, ¿Qué te parece esta lectura? is an ideal literary reader to accompany ¿Qué te parece? (ISBN 0-07-281832-8) or any other intermediate Spanish textbook. All readings can also be found in an interactive format with audio on the optional ¿Qué te parece? CD-ROM (ISBN 0-07-297213-0).

¿Qué te parece esta lectura? is a comprehensive anthology of narrative and poetry, with authors from six different countries of the Spanish-speaking world:

• Marco Denevi (Argentina), "La novia ausente"
• Marjorie Agosín (Chile), "Cirios"
• Ernesto Cardenal (Nicaragua), "Kentucky"
• Rosario Castellanos (México), "Telenovela"
• Álvaro Menéndez Leal (El Salvador), "Una carta de familia"
• Nicolás Guillén (Cuba), "Balada de los dos abuelos"

¿Qué te parece esta lectura? is an exciting introduction to literature from the Spanish-speaking world that will make for a fun and rewarding learning experience!

McGraw-Hill World Languages is pleased to present ¿Qué te parece esta lectura?, a literary reader that will help students become successful readers and explore their reactions to the selections.

With its abundance of pre- and post-reading activities, ¿Qué te parece esta lectura? is an ideal literary reader to accompany ¿Qué te parece? (ISBN 0-07-281832-8) or any other intermediate Spanish textbook. All readings can also be found in an interactive format with audio on the optional ¿Qué te parece? CD-ROM (ISBN 0-07-297213-0).

¿Qué te parece esta lectura? is a comprehensive anthology of narrative and poetry, with authors from six different countries of the Spanish-speaking world:

James F. Lee is the Head of the Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. His research interests are in the areas of second language reading comprehension, input processing, and exploring the relationship between the two. His research has appeared in a number of scholarly journals and publications, including the co-authored books with Alessandro Benati Second Language Processing: Theory, Problems and Possible Solutions (2007, Continuum) and Delivering Processing Instruction in Classrooms and Virtual Contexts (2007, Equinox). Other publications include the book Tasks and Communicating in Language Classrooms (2000, McGraw-Hill) and the co-authored book Making Communicative Language Teaching Happen, Second Edition (2003, McGraw-Hill). He has also co-authored secveral textbooks, including ¿Sabias que…? Beginning Spanish, Vistazos, ¿Qué te parece?, and Ideas: Lecturas, estrategias, actividades y composiciones. He and Bill VanPatten are series editors for the McGraw-Hill Second Language Professional Series.