Ready to take your Spanish to the next level? RUMBOS is the intermediate Spanish textbook designed to "fill in the gaps" for you no matter how much Spanish you've retained from your first Spanish course. RUMBOS will lead you to higher levels of communicative competence through the combination of functional and contextualized vocabulary presentations, targeted practice of more advanced and often problematic grammatical structures, and strategy-building in the speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. Authentic literary readings, listening-based note-taking tasks, academic writing tasks, and oral presentations (all guided and supported by strategies) will ensure you're prepared for advanced language study.

Envolvi+Ndonos En El Mundo Hispano, Los Veinti+N Pa-Ses De Habla Hispana
Functions: Introduce yourself; describe where you are from, and the geography and weather of that area, explain details of your heritage; discuss Hispanic influences in the U.S.; discuss and describe celebrations and festivals
Vocabulary domains: Geography and climate of the Spanish speaking world outside of the U.S., Latino and Latino celebrations in the U.S
Grammar: Uses of present indicative, meaning differences of ser and estar and haber and tener, Uses of definite and indefinite articles; Agreement and position of adjectives
Readings: Literary selection: Chicano narrative: Selection from "Es que duele" in ?y no se lo trag= la tierra de Tomßs Rivera; Journalistic reading: Interview with Francisco Alarc=n
Writing: El informe
Espejos: Diversidad racial, Contribuciones de los Hispanos
Video: Sitios latinos del Internet
La Familia: Tradiciones Y Alternativas, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras
Functions: Discuss family members and relationships; narrate in the past; describe family celebrations, rituals and traditions; narrate and comment on specific family moments in the past Vocabulary domains
Family members and relationships, expressions of affection, family traditions, rituals, and celebrations
Grammar: Haber + past participle Basic differences between preterit and imperfect tenses
Time expressions that signal either the preterit or the imperfect
More subtle meaning differences preterit/imperfect, verbs that change meaning in the preterit
Readings: Literary selection: "Una Navidad como ninguna otra" / cuento / Gioconda Belli; Journalistic reading: "Corpus Christi: El mico y la paloma, tradici=n del pueblo cat=lico en Guatemala"
Writing: La anTcdota
Espejos: +QuT es una familia?, Una quincea±era
Video: Matrimonio presidencial
Explorando El Mundo, Mc+Xico
Functions: Discuss opportunities for studying and living abroad; explain the preparations for applying to a program; describe the experience of living abroad; make a telephone call abroad; describe and compare modes of transportation; explain and compare options for touring abroad; inquire about and comment on prices of travel and transportation
Vocabulary domains: Studying abroad, Live abroad: travel and transportation options
Grammar: Prepositions por/para, reflexive and reciprocal verbs, verbs that change meaning when used reflexively, negative and indefinite expressions, comparatives and superlatives, comparative statements and certain prepositions
Readings: Literary reading: Epistolary "Cuando salf de la Habana, vßlgame Dios"/cuento/ JosT Emilio Pacheco, Journalistic reading: "Aprovechar oportunidades de intercambio: entrevista con el alumno Enrique Acu±a de Relaciones Internacionales, desde Rouen, Francia"
Writing: La carta personal
Espejos: La UNAM y la UAG, Explorando el mundo precolombino
Video: Manifestaci=n de estudiantes
El Ocio, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Rep+Blica Dominicana
Functions: Describe and discuss leisure activities; make, accept, and decline invitations; Discuss culinary preferences; describe and explain how to prepare meals; offer and accept food and drinks
Vocabulary domains: Leisure activities, Food and recipes
Grammar: Present subjunctive with noun clauses, Subjunctive, indicative or infinitive after certain verbs, Passive voice with ser and estar, Impersonal expressions, no fault Se
Readings: Literary selection: "De bfpeda desplumada a Escritora Puertorrique±a" Ana Lydia Vega, Journalistic reading: "Antes que anochezca"
Writing: La rese±a
Espejos: Un concepto diferente del tiempo, íPara chuparse los dedos! Video: Campeones mundiales de salsa
La Imagen: Percepci+N Y Realidad, Espa-A
Functions: Describe physical and personality traits; discuss stereotypes; describe clothing and fashion trends; express opinions and preferences about fashion and trends and stereotypes
Vocabulary domains: Physical and personality traits, clothing and fashion
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