Love songs in Spanish for Enjoyment and Learning

This book contains 24 love songs in the Spanish language. All have been carefully selected for their depth and beauty and most come from the golden era of popular songs, 1925-1965. You will find songs from Spain, Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Argentina, Panama, and Venezuela. For each song you will find a reliable Spanish version (note that many translations on the Internet are inaccurate), a reliable translation and notes on the essentials: explanations of the grammar, verb tenses, and idioms plus interesting information on the composer, the recording artist/s, and the historical background and cultural underpinning of each song."Love Songs" was written to show readers the beauty and variety of these songs. It was also written for students of Spanish who wish to improve their accent, immerse themselves in the poetic rhythms of Spanish, expand their vocabulary and gain insight into Latin ways of seeing and expressing love. If you teach Spanish you will find the eleven pages of teaching suggestions useful. The format of the book is 8.5 by 11 inches and it has a coil spine which enables the book to lie nice and flat as you follow the words. You can listen to the songs by searching for them on Youtube. Google Youtube and in their search bar enter the title of the song you want to listen to. Probably several versions will come up, including the version that I mention in my book. "Love songs in Spanish" also contains suggestions of relevant movies and books for you to enjoy. 130 pages with many illustrations. This book received enthusiastic reviews: Elena Retzer in the journal "Hispania" (December 2016) wrote "Thomson's 'Love songs in Spanish' is an inspired project." Eileen Angelini in "The Review of the Northeast Conference of Teachers of Foreign Languages" (Sept. 2016) wrote: "'Love Songs in Spanish' is a unique approach to learning Spanish (...). The main emphasis is always on fostering comprehension of the language in depth."

Author: Robert Stuart Thomson
Publisher: Godwin Books
Published: 09/30/2015
Pages: 138
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780969677499

About the Author
The author, Robert S. Thomson, holds a PhD from Yale U. in Romance languages. He has written three other books on the subject of studying lyrics: "Great songs for the English Classroom" (inspiring students to write about personal issues via a close study of thematically rich popular songs. 1980). "Italian for the Opera" (1990, 150 pp.) and "Operatic Italian" (2009, 460 pp.) use parts of speech as the framework to guide the reader to a deep understanding of opera libretti. Both books use hundreds of extracts from operas to illustrate their points and these extracts serve as an effective memory aid. Many aspects of libretti are touched on: author, librettist, theme, plot, characterization, style, connotation, etc. See www.godwinbooks.com for more details. "Operatic Italian" had stellar reviews in NATS, "Opera America", etc. See them on www.godwinbooks.com


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