Mastering Spanish through Global Debate is a one-semester textbook for students with Advanced-level Spanish language skills. Students will gain linguistic and rhetorical skills as they consider broad, timely topics. Discussion of compelling issues promotes both linguistic proficiency and social responsibility regarding complex global challenges.

"Mastering Spanish through Global Debate is a one-semester textbook designed for use by students with Advanced-level Spanish language skills, moving toward Superior. Like in the English, Russian, and Chinese volumes in the Mastering Languages through Global Debate series, each chapter in Mastering Spanish gives students the tools to debate on a broad, timely topic, such as environmental consciousness vs. economic progress, wealth distribution vs. self-reliance, and personal freedom vs. national security. Each chapter includes a topic-specific reading text with pre- and post-reading activities, listening exercises that accompany audio files (available on the GU Press website), and a rhetorical methods section to help students prepare for end-of-chapter debates. In addition, associated ACTFL Can-Do Statements are provided for each chapter to help teachers better align the textbook with their teaching and learning objectives"--