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"Experiencias offers carefully sequenced activities, pre-tested in the authors' own classes, that focus on personal interaction and real communication. All face-to-face activities are easily adaptable for digital environments and writing assignments. Recycling Throughout both volumes, Experiencias incorporates activities that recycle previously learned material but with new topics, which allows students to continue mastering vocabulary and structures encountered earlier in the program"--
Nationalism, Religious Violence, and Hate Speech in Nineteenth-Century Western Europe critically analyses the role played by different memories of past religious violence in public debates in nineteenth-century Europe. Looking back, European societies often did not seek to overcome their differences and create a framework of peaceful coexistence among various religions and denominations, but rather, more frequently, to fuel intra- and inter-religious hatred. Moreover, various violent pasts were mobilised to define what and who was intolerant, in order to mark the "other" as intolerant and therefore incompatible with societal values. To examine conflicting memories of violence and hatred, thi...
Follow Daniel around the Spanish-speaking world as he guides students through this innovative new language course Experiencias: Beginning Spanish is a dynamic and innovative introductory Spanish course that builds students’ language competency and offers realistic language encounters, so they can begin communicating in Spanish as early as possible. In Experiencias: Beginning Spanish, students meet Daniel, a native Spanish speaker who guides them through the learning process. For each chapter, there is a video episode of Daniel’s “how to” show, where he interviews his Spanish-speaking friends about authentic topics of interest to today’s students. The Experiencias course focuses on ...
This book presents a comprehensive history of the many contributions the Jesuits made to science from their founding to the present. It also links the Jesuits dedication to science with their specific spirituality which tries to find God in all things. The book begins with Christopher Clavius, professor of mathematics in the Roman College between 1567 and 1595, the initiator of this tradition. It covers Jesuits scientific contributions in mathematics, astronomy, physics and cartography up until the suppression of the order by the Pope in 1773. Next, the book details the scientific work the Jesuits pursued after their restoration in 1814. It examines the establishment of a network of observat...