¡Con brío! Beginning Spanish

¡Con brío! 4e gives students in the introductory Spanish sequence the opportunity to use their Spanish immediately with each other, friends, neighbors, co-workers, and Spanish speakers around the world. ¡Con brío! addresses the needs and life circumstances of a broad audience through a highly practical approach and focuses on useful vocabulary, functional grammar of high-frequency usage, and cultural content relevant to everyday interactions. Con brío 4e retains the strengths of the previous edition – efficient grammar approach, good culture, many instructors’ resources, and robust media – designed to help students gain the confidence and skills they need to use Spanish in class, in their communities, and in their lives. The program highlights useful high-interest cultural information about Latino culture in the United States as well as the strong connections between the U.S. and Hispanic countries.

María Concepción Lucas Murillo, Black Hawk College - Moline, Illinois: Born in Spain, María Concepción or "Conchita", moved to the US in 1981. She attended the University of Iowa, and has been working at Black Hawk College since 1987. At Black Hawk College, Conchita has taught a variety of languages at different levels while also participating as advisor to international students, organizer of international events like the annual Fall Foreign Film Festival; the Hispanic Month; The Foreign Language Awareness Day; and to contribute to Black Hawk College’s International Festival.

Laila Dawson, University of Richmond (Emeritus): Laila Dawson was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Mexico City and has shared her love for travel and service-learning with students by developing and leading programs in Spain, Venezuela, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Honduras. Dawson received her B.A. in Spanish Language and Literature from Wilson College and an M.A. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Dawson received the University of Richmond "Distinguished Educator" award in 1992 and was named to the "best professor" list 1998. Dawson has been writing Spanish textbooks for over a quarter of a century.

CAPÍTULO 1 Primeros pasos 

CAPÍTULO 2 La universidad y el trabajo

CAPÍTULO 3 La familia y los amigos

CAPÍTULO 4 El tiempo libre

CAPÍTULO 5 La comida 

CAPÍTULO 6 En casa 

CAPÍTULO 7 La ciudad

CAPÍTULO 8 De compras

CAPÍTULO 9 La salud y las emergencias

CAPÍTULO 10 El barrio

CAPÍTULO 11 En el trabajo

CAPÍTULO 12 Nuevos horizontes

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