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Spanish is a pluricentric language, meaning that it has several centers of prestige (e.g., San Juan, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Lima). Moreover, Spanish, like all languages, evinces sociolinguistic variation, in that levels of formality are expressed through the use of different structures. Given this variety, students of Spanish will inevitably come into contact with variation Spanish. This variation in Spanish adds layers of complexity to the learning and instruction of the Spanish language; therefore, a linguistic understanding of variation is crucial for our students to achieve communicative competence. This unique work, which provides an overview of the most important linguistic aspects of Spanish within a context that recognizes variation, assumes no prior linguistic knowledge and is appropriate as a valuable resource manual for teachers and learners of Spanish alike.

Spanish language --- Second language acquisition. --- Second language learning --- Language acquisition --- Castilian language --- Romance languages --- Study and teaching --- Foreign speakers. --- Variation. --- Spaans als internationale taal. --- Spaanse taal --- Tweedetaalverwerving. --- variatie. --- Variatie. --- Spanish as an international language. --- Spanish instructors. --- communicative competence. --- dialectal differences. --- language and education. --- learners of Spanish. --- sociolinguistic variation.