Spanish Studies: An Introduction.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Publication: The Modern Language Review

Publication Date: 01-OCT-03

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Spanish Studies: An Introduction. By BILL RICHARDSON. London: Arnold. 2001. xiv+226 pp. 14.99 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-340-76038-9 (pbk).

Most of us who teach modern languages nowadays have to cope with pressures which nudge departments towards an instrumental approach to language learning, and a reduction of cultural content. Bill Richardson's book is a welcome contribution to redressing the balance, for he neither retreats into a traditionalist defence of literary syllabuses nor focuses exclusively on the ephemeral and the contemporary. His standpoint is clearly expressed in the introduction: 'Meanings may be...

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