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No 78 February 2013  
Anaya ELE launches a new Spanish as a Second Language program 
“Método Anaya Ele” is a clear and dynamic method covering both the six levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and the Teaching Programme of the Instituto Cervantes. A method aimed both at young people and adults, design for intensive courses (80-100 hours) and general courses (up to 130 hours) due to an Extra section.

ARS features the video 'El idioma español en Estados Unidos: oportunidades en español' (The Spanish language in the United States: opportunities in Spanish)
The growth of Spanish speakers in the United States offers increasing opportunities for Spanish companies engaged in the cultural, publishing and education fields, among others. Spanish is the third most used language in the world, and today it is understood by more than 500 million people.

'Beltenebros' is playing at Días de Cine Reading Club until March 3rd 
The movie, based on Antonio Muñoz Molina's novel, will be available at Días de Cine Reading Club until March 3rd, 2013. This initiative is sponsored by the America Reads Spanish program and the American Library Association to promote literature and the Spanish language in American libraries and universities.

ARS's YouTube channel offers an array of entertaining and informative videos
In its YouTube Channel, America Reads Spanish features videos in different categories, such us Book Reviews, Essential Guide to Spanish Reading, and ARS Video Picks, among others. While visiting the channel, don't forget to leave your comments.

Translated books have their own audience
 




 




 






Manuel Francisco Reina tells a story that embraces Lorca's last love






Halle Berry
Actress
The single most important film of this decade and a cinematic masterpiece that few will truly appreciate in its theatrical run is "Cloud Atlas." The movie tells six different stories; however, it really is just one single tale of the human condition and how the soul can change or stay the same across physical boundaries and time. The lead actress is the oscar winner Halle Berry, who sat with us in Los Angeles to talk about her character in the movie and her role as mother in real life. Educating her child Nahla, 4, as bilingual Berry explains the importance of the Spanish Language in her daily life in California.
 
Barack Obama en sus propias palabras 
Lisa Rogak
Since delivering his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama has been hailed as the clear savior of not only the Democratic party, but of the integrity of American politics. Despite the fact that he burst onto the national scene seemingly overnight, his name recognition has grown by leaps and bounds ever since. 
 
 

La cabeza de Villa
Pedro Salmerón
Pancho Villa's grave has been desecrated; his head has disappeared. General Lorenzo Ávila, a faithful member of the Dorados (Villa's "army"), decides to exact vengeance for the act. His investigations leads to unsuspected destinations: a North wracked between resentment and resignation, an unknown South that flirts with Communism, and a Center that slowly realigns itself in the name of Christ. In this topsy-turvy journey will appear the enigmatic María Eugenia, who, in parallel fashion, recounts her eventful life in the context of Mexico's turbulent history.  
 

 
This is the second novel to feature the charismatic police inspector Miquel Mascarell, who returns to 1940's Barcelona after more than eight years of prison and is thrust into a fascinating case which only he can solve. Miquel Mascarell, the last policeman of Republican-era Barcelona, is set free after receiving a pardon and reprieve from the death penalty, after serving time as a prison laborer in the Valley of the Fallen. 
 

La noche
Víctor Vázquez   
Vicente Carrizo is a sensationalist reporter working on a weekly newspaper called The Night, which recounts the lurid stories of Oaxaca. The reporter is called to cover the death of a renowned historian and to take pictures of the corpse, when he realizes a note in his hand that will engage in the state's largest theft of religious art. Now that his life is in danger hell try to obtain the report that will make him succeed in the field of journalism and expose the thieves who have settled in Oaxaca. 
 

       
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