9780130929143

Impresionespresents readers with a new approach to learning a second language. Readers think and learn about Hispanic cultures and the Spanish language through activities that integrate cultural information and communication strategies.Two central themes are the cultural and dialectical contrasts among Spanish-speaking regions; these themes are used to analyze the vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and practical functions of Spanish.This truly culture-oriented Spanish book can serve as an excellent reference tool to those who wish to learn Spanish as a second language, or who require the use of Spanish at their places of employment.

Introducci=n al espauol
Primeras experiencias
Las universidades y la educaci=n
Las rutinas y las profesiones
Las fiestas y las tradiciones
Las comidas y la conversaci=n
Las artes y los deportes
La familia y la sociedad
Los viajes y la cultura
La comida y la dieta
Las compras y el consumismo
La cultura y los medios de comunicaciin
La medicina y la salud
El medio ambiente y la calidad de vida
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Drawing on up-to-date research in second language acquisition,Impresionesis a complete language program that motivates students to take responsibility for their own learning by making them active participants in the learning process. Students learn to think critically about cultural, communicative, and grammatical aspects of the Spanish language as they discover the richness and diversity of the Spanish-speaking world and compare its cultures with their own. Highlights of the Program Active learningInstead of passively absorbing ready-made rules, then only subsequently moving to practice activities, students discover grammar rules and communicative functionson their ownthrough carefully sequenced activities. For each major linguistic topic, students are first immersed in a communicative context, and then guided to focus and reflect on the forms being used. By the end of the process, they have inferred the appropriate rules for themselves and are prepared to use them in meaningful communication. Linguistic and cultural diversityStudents learn to appreciate cultural diversity and to understand the many different ways in which culture shapes our attitudes and views of the world. They move beyond stereotypes to understand the fascinating richness of Hispanic cultures and gain awareness of the interesting varieties of the Spanish language.TheImpresionesprogram includes an original video,Las impresiones de Guadalupe,thoroughly integrated with the text itself, that has been carefully designed both to interest students and to reflect the pedagogical goals of the program as a whole. The events in each episode are related to the corresponding chapter's theme, and the carefully scripted--yet natural--language reflects the vocabulary and grammar that students will have learned up to that point in the course, as well as cultural and pragmatic topics treated in the text. Consistent with the program's emphasis on active learning, activities in the text encourage students to observe and reflect on what they see in the video to further expand their knowledge of Spanish. Detailed, color-coded annotationsThe annotations in black, simplify lesson planning by helping instructors navigate through the many supplemental resources that make up theImpresionesprogram. They allow instructors to see at a glance all materials on a given topic that can be used in the classroom or assigned as homework. The annotations in blue provide answers and offer guidance on using the student text effectively in the classroom. How doesImpresionesachieve its objectives?Impresionespresents learners with themes and topics that contrast cultural perspectives and develop in students an appreciation of their own culture and the cultures of others. In addition, it systematically presents and explicitly analyzes cultural similarities and differences among the many regions of the Spanish-speaking world, including basic dialectal features.Impresionesdoes more than develop students' cultural awareness and understanding of Spanish-speaking groups.Impresionescontrasts and blends the functional and social uses of Spanish with basic linguistic structures, resulting in a rich, dynamic, and successful learning experience. For this purpose, key grammar points are introduced in the context of functional uses of the language and later developed in integrated activities. Moreover, every chapter features both oral and written communication strategies that learners can put to immediate use in and out of class. Chapter Organization Vocabulario en contextoA series of chained tasks that promote the active and critical processing of the lexicon (picture-based thematic vocabulary for the chapter). Intercambios comunicativosAn explicit analysis of the pragmatics of interaction with a reinforcement of

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