Como Se Dice?

by Jarvis

• ISBN13: 9780618471447
• ISBN10: 0618471448
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2004-07-01
• Publisher: Heinle

Summary

Cómo se dice...? has successfully prepared and motivated over one million students to continue their study of Spanish. The program features a balanced, four-skills approach that stresses communicative competency and cultural awareness as well as the mastery of language structures. It remains one of the best-selling programs available today because it is flexible, easy to use, and adaptable to any teaching and learning style. Based on reviewer suggestions, the authors have incorporated many exciting new and enhanced features in the Eighth Edition to address the needs of today's Spanish language class. New! Lesson-opening dialogues, now available on video, provide an alternative, interactive way of presenting the lesson vocabulary and grammar and also reinforce new material visually and aurally. Cultural practices and products presented in the dialogues are examined further in the Aspectos culturales (formerly Lo sabía Ud.?) culture section. Enhanced! Vocabulary presentations are further contextualized via illustrations and short descriptive phrases and sentences in Spanish. Vocabulary is reinforced aurally via word-, phrase- and sentence-level practice including mechanical exercises, for recognition and production, and more open-ended, conversational activities. Enhanced! To accommodate a range of learning styles, more illustration-based and audio-based activities are integrated in the chapter practice; special learning tips, tied to actual tasks, appear throughout the chapter to actively involve students; skill-building strategies and practice help students develop their reading and process-writing skills; and a paced listening-skills program features instruction and practice that progress from syllabic, full-word, and inter-word to full phrases and sentences. Enhanced! A learner-centered interior design presents a visually clear and appealing layout based on two-page spreads and a new art/illustration program aids visual-spatial memory to reinforce learning. New! To facilitate course planning, icons in the text correlate in-text material with corresponding sections of specific ancillaries and annotations in the Instructor's Edition are now in Spanish! Expanded! Integration of culture through vocabulary and Estructuras presentations and practice actively involves students in learning. Coverage of U.S. Hispanics and cultural products, practices, and comparisons has been expanded. Panoramas hispánicos, now appearing in every lesson, feature a country of the Spanish-speaking world or a national group within the Hispanic U.S. and are accompanied by cross-cultural comparison questions. Expanded! Practice in each lesson of the student text now features a greater quantity and variety, including new Hablemos practice following each set of Práctica activities. The workbook, laboratory manual, and testing program now include illustration-based activities/question types, more contextualized practice, and more varied test question types. New! The video features four types of footage to improve listening skills and expand cultural knowledge: dramatic footage of lesson-opening dialogues and 18 main grammar points (one per lesson); new geographic footage accompanied by simple descriptive narratives in Spanish; and unrehearsed, semi-scripted theater improvisations on the lesson theme. A supplementary literary appendix provides additional literary selections and supporting practice for instructors teaching three-semester courses.

Table of Contents

Preliminary

Leccion

Saludos y despedidas

Un dia con Maria Ines Comunicacion

Greetings and farewells, introducing yourself, getting and giving phone numbers, days of the week and dates Pronunciacion

The Spanish a and e Estructuras

The alphabet

Cardinal numbers 0–30

Colors

Days of the Week

Months and Seasons of the year

Subject pronouns

Present indicative of ser Asi somos ¡Vamos a leer!

Nuevos miembros de la Organizacion de Estudiantes Hispanos Para escribir Panorama Hispanico

Los mexicoamericanos Video section Leccion

En la universidad

El primer dia de clases Comunicacion

Classroom expressions, useful questions and answers, polite expressions Pronunciacion

The Spanish i, o and u Estructuras

Gender and number

Definite and indefinite articles

Cardinal numbers 31–100

Telling time

Present indicative of regular -ar verbs

Negative and interrogative sentences

Possession with de ¡Vamos a leer!

La profesora del ano Para escribir Panorama Hispanico

Los cubanoamericanos Video section Self-test

Lecciones 1–2 Leccion

Por telefono

Dos puetorriquenas en Nueva York Comunicacion

Telephone calls, describing people Pronunciacion

Linking Estructuras

Possessive adjectives

Cardinal numbers 101–1,000

Descriptive adjectives

Forms, position, and agreement with articles and nouns

Present indicative of regular -er and -ir verbs

Present indicative of the irregular verbs tener and venir ¡Vamos a leer!

El mensaje de Aurora Para escribir Panorama Hispanico

Los puertorriquenos en los Estados Unidos Video section Self-test

Lecciones 1–3 Leccion

Costumbres y tradiciones

Julia visita la Ciudad de Mexico Comunicacion

Planning weekend activities, needs and preferences, state of mind Pronunciacion

The Spanish b, v, d, and g (before a, o, or u) Estructuras

Pronouns as objects of prepositions

Contractions

Present indicative of the irregular verbs ir, dar and estar

Ir a + infinitive

Present indicative of e:ie stem changing verbs

Expressions with tener ¡Vamos a leer!

Sociales Para Escribir Panorama Hispanico

Mexico Video section Leccion

Las Comidas

En un restuarante Comunicacion

Restaurants, menus, ordering meals, paying the bill and talking about the weather Pronunciacion

The Spanish p, t, c in the combination ca, ca, cu and q Estructuras

Comparative forms

Irregular comparative forms

Present indicative of o:ue stem-changing verbs

Present progressive

Uses of ser and estar

Weather expressions ¡Vamos a leer!

¿Que hemos comer cada día? Para escribir Panorama hispanico

Guatemala y El Salvador

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