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Cinema for Spanish Conversation is already a classic pedagogical text, geared for those students seeking to improve their verbal fluency in the Spanish language while exploring complex issues relating to contemporary Spanish-speaking societies and their diaspora through the lenses of the film industry. Asela R. Laguna, Rutgers University, Newark Students love watching films in general, and using a series of high-quality films that are very rich in cultural content keeps them interested and actively involved in the class. Ruth Owens, Arkansas State University The new exercises challenge students and prompt them to think critically, to learn more about pressing questions in the Spanish-speaking world, and to produce their own ideas in the target language. Elizabeth Guerrero, Bucknell University

"""Cinema for Spanish Conversation is already a classic pedagogical text, geared for those students seeking to improve their verbal fluency in the Spanish language while exploring complex issues relating to contemporary Spanish-speaking societies and their diaspora through the lenses of the film industry."" -- Asela R Laguna, Rutgers University, Newark ""Students love watching films in general, and using a series of high-quality films that are very rich in cultural content keeps them interested and actively involved in the class."" -- Ruth Owens, Arkansas State University ""The new exercises challenge students and prompt them to think critically, to learn more about pressing questions in the Spanish-speaking world, and to produce their own ideas in the target language."" -- Elizabeth Guerrero, Bucknell University"

Cinema for Spanish Conversation is already a classic pedagogical text, geared for those students seeking to improve their verbal fluency in the Spanish language while exploring complex issues relating to contemporary Spanish-speaking societies and their diaspora through the lenses of the film industry. -- Asela R Laguna, Rutgers University, Newark Students love watching films in general, and using a series of high-quality films that are very rich in cultural content keeps them interested and actively involved in the class. -- Ruth Owens, Arkansas State University The new exercises challenge students and prompt them to think critically, to learn more about pressing questions in the Spanish-speaking world, and to produce their own ideas in the target language. -- Elizabeth Guerrero, Bucknell University

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Mary McVey Gill has authored and co-authored many widely adopted Spanish textbooks and language references, including Cultura y cine and ¡De película! (with Deana Smalley) for Focus. Deana Smalley has taught at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Stanford University, and Santa Clara University, among others, and is the co-author of several Spanish textbooks. She started incorporating film in her Spanish language, culture, and literature courses early in her career. María-Paz Haro is Professor of Spanish, emerita, at Stanford.

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