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9780130304636

Identidades : Exploraciones e Interconexiones

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  • ISBN13:

    9780130304636

  • ISBN10:

    0130304638

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-01-01
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Summary

As the title suggests, Identidades reflects the multi-faceted nature of the Hispanic world and its people. A content-based book with integrated grammar and four-skills practice, Identidades approaches Hispanic culture -through uncommon, non-canonical topics and asks students to use language in ways that suggest immediacy. Activities are highly interrelated and directed towards desired communicative outcomes, creating uniquely integrated and cohesive chapters. The topics and reading content are highly motivating and are supported by a unique pedagogy and detailed strategies. The central goal of this program is to bring students to a level of language acquisition in which they are able to explore and experience many of the historical, cultural, and artistic manifestations of the Spanish-speaking world.

FEATURES
  • High-interest, non-canonical topics and themes
  • Systematic expansion of cultural knowledge
  • Development and transfer of cognitive skills
  • Straightforward, integrated grammar
  • Attention to all four skills
  • Emphasis on process-oriented learning
  • Unusually high level of chapter cohesion
  • Superior reading strategies and instructor annotations
  • Variety of both literary and non-literary genres

Table of Contents

¿Quienes somos y de donde venimos?
1(34)
Hispanic identity and diversity
Ethnic groups
Diversity as exemplified in customs, beliefs, and language
Identifying characteristics and facts about Hispanic groups
Describing people and their customary activities
Comparing and contrasting people's customs and beliefs
Uses of ser and estar
8(1)
Ser and estar with adjectives
9(9)
Adverbs
18(3)
Comparisons of equality
21(1)
Comparisons of inequality
21(2)
The superlatives
23(1)
Algo mas: Nominalization
24(11)
Las leyendas, las tradiciones y el arte
35(36)
Legends and traditions
Calendars
Sculpture, painting, and architecture
Narrating in the past
Describing events, peoples, and objects in the past
Comparing and contrasting traditions, events, and cultural manifestations
The preterit
43(2)
The historical present
45(10)
The imperfect
55(4)
Algo mas: Pero and sino
59(12)
Comparatives
La cultura popular
71(36)
Handicrafts
Music and dance
Graffiti and street murals
Regional festivities
Popular wisdom expressed in proverbs and sayings
Describing the origins, purposes, and features of cultural products and practices
Expressing preferences and tastes
The preterit and the imperfect
79(1)
Verbs with different English equivalents in the preterit and the imperfect
80(11)
Indirect objects nouns and pronouns
91(2)
Gustar and similar verbs
93(3)
Algo mas: Hace with time expressions
96(11)
Imperfect
Nuestro entorno fisico
107(38)
Natural resources
Natural phenomena
Economy and industry
Pollution and preservation of resources
Reporting on geography and the environment
Discussing causes and effects of current environmental problems
Predicting future occurrences
Reacting and commenting on social and environmental issues
Se + verb for impersonal and passive expressions
115(10)
The Future tense
125(4)
Direct object nouns and pronouns
129(4)
Algo mas: The infinitive
133(12)
Present indicative
Las relaciones humanas
145(38)
Urban and rural societies
Social and family relationships patterns
Acceptable and unacceptable social behavior
Describing and interpreting social behaviors
Apologizing and giving excuses
Reflexive verbs and pronouns
153(1)
Reciprocal verbs
154(11)
The present subjunctive
165(1)
Expressing wishes, hope, emotions, and advice
166(5)
Algo mas: More equivalents of to become
171(12)
Cambios sociales y politicos
183(30)
Democracy and dictatorships
Human rights
Social issues
Analyzing present and past social conditions and political issues
Providing recommendations
Expressing opinions, doubts and concerns about the outcomes of social changes
The present perfect
191(9)
The present subjunctive with expressions of doubt
200(3)
Algo mas: Past participles used as adjectives
203(10)
Present, preterit, imperfect
Present indicative and present subjunctive
Present subjunctive
Educacion y trabajo
213(36)
Employment trends
The foreign language advantage
Education and the job market
Discussing job skills and abilities
Managing interviews and other job-related communication
Avoiding repetition when reacting and commenting on issues
Polite requests
Giving and following instructions
Direct and indirect object pronouns together
222(11)
Formal commands
233(2)
Informal commands
235(2)
Algo mas: Cognates and false cognates
237(12)
Present indicative and present perfect
Imperfect
Ciencia y tecnologia
249(28)
Effects of technology on people's everyday lives
Modern, traditional, and alternative medicine
Science and the expansion of knowledge
Reporting facts and discussing cause and effects
Giving and following instructions
Presenting various views on issues
The past perfect
256(8)
Indefinite and negative expressions
264(3)
Algo mas: Relative pronouns
267(10)
Present, preterit, imperfect
Formal and informal commands
Se + verb for impersonal and passive expressions
Rompiendo fronteras
277(36)
Immigration and emigration
Nationalism and international treaties
Globalization and multinational corporations
Reporting and discussing demographic information
Giving opinions on controversial issues
Expressing intentions and motives for actions
Supporting and opposing a point of view
The indicative and the subjunctive in adjective clauses
286(11)
Por and para
297(4)
Algo mas: Verbs followed by an infinitive
301(12)
Present indicative and imperfect
El futuro
313(30)
Projections and expectations about means of transportation, environment, society, life styles, science, and technology
Expressing purpose, conditions, or contingencies
Speculating about future events and conditions
Adverbial conjunctions that require the subjunctive
321(10)
The indicative and the subjunctive after some adverbial conjunctions
331(2)
Algo mas: The equivalents of English let's
333(10)
Future, present subjunctive
La narrativa y la poesia en nuestra literatura
343(30)
The forms of narrative
The language of poetry
Expressing purpose and conjecture
Speculating about future events and conditions
Hypothesizing about situation and conditions and their future consequences and events
The conditional
353(3)
The imperfect subjunctive
356(11)
Hypothetical conditions using the indicative
367(1)
Hypothetical conditions using the imperfect subjunctive and the conditional
367(6)
El teatro y el ensayo en nuestra literatura
373(34)
The colloquial dialogue of drama
The social dimension of contemporary essays
Reacting to information related to past events and experiences
Expressing contrary-to-fact conditions in the past
The present perfect subjunctive
385(10)
The past perfect subjunctive
395(3)
The conditional perfect
398(2)
Contrary-to-fact situations using the past perfect subjunctive and the conditional perfect
400(7)
Apendice
407(8)
Guia gramatical
407(8)
Adjectives
407(3)
Pronouns
410(2)
Passive voice
412(1)
Numbers
412(1)
Rules of accentuation and punctuation
413(2)
Peer-editing or self-assessment editorial checklist 415(4)
Verb charts 419(7)
Spanish-English glossary 426(4)
Creditos 430(1)
Indice 431

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Excerpts

Welcome toIdentidades!Identidadesis a two-semester intermediate Spanish program that puts the Cultures, Connections, and Comparisons goals of the National Standards on virtually every page of the text and its ancillary components.Identidadesprovides a much-needed balance in intermediate Spanish programs by presenting and treating the cultures of the Hispanic world in ways that are both appealing and appropriate for the intellectual level of college students and by simultaneously maintaining reasonable expectations for the understanding and productive use of grammatical concepts and structures. Communicative and rich in cultural content, Identidades engages the whole student, supports the language-learning process, and prepares students for the more challenging courses beyond the second year. Key features of theIdentidadesProgram A culture-centered approach to language learning that engages students in analysis and research on historical, cultural, and artistic expressions of the Spanish-speaking world. Engaging and varied readings that draw on expository and literary texts from a variety of sources. An interactive, student-centered approach that provides many opportunities for students to collaborate in pair and group activities and thus improve their interpersonal skills in Spanish. A strategy- and process-oriented approach to reading and writing, whereby students learn to apply their well-developed cognitive skills to communication in a second language. A straightforward approach to grammar explanations, combined with carefully sequenced activities. Superior integration of the SCs of theNational Standards for Foreign Language Learning. A comprehensive introduction to literary themes, genres, and authors that will prepare students for their first upper-division course in literature. Listening activities that expose students to a range of text types, voices, and regional varieties of Spanish as they develop insights that come from hearing individuals talk about their lives and work in a specific cultural and geographical context. Research-oriented writing activities that prepare students for courses beyond the second year. Philosophy ofIdentidadesThe titleIdentidadesreflects the multi-faceted nature of the Hispanic world and its people and the central goal of this program: to bring students to a level of language acquisition in which they are able to explore and experience many of the historical, cultural, and artistic manifestations of the Spanish-speaking world. The program also aims to develop students' knowledge of the Spanish-speaking world. Students may begin the program with a narrow idea of what it means to be "Hispanic," but by the end of the program, they will understand that the Spanish-speaking world is made up of many races, ethnic groups, and cultures.1. Expansion of cultural knowledge Although still in need of systematic attention to language skill development, students in the second year also profit by using their language skills to learn about the Hispanic world. Topics that may have been presented in general terms in the first year are treated in greater depth. Cultural phenomena are presented in their historical contexts. This accomplishes two goals of theIdentidadesprogram: (a) to avoid stereotyping and overly global and simplistic contrasts between Hispanic cultures and those of the students, and (b) to support development of the skills of narration, description, comparison, and contrast. This approach highlights processes of change over time that are common to all cultures.2. Development and transfer of cognitive skills Much of what goes on in a second-year language course is not novel activity for college students. They read and interpret literary texts in their literature and composition courses; they

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