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9780070020696

Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish (Student Edition)

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  • ISBN13:

    9780070020696

  • ISBN10:

    0070020698

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1991-12-01
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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Summary

DESTINOS is an innovative beginning Spanish program based on a 26-week television series premiering on PBS in the fall of 1992. The 52 half-hour shows of the series use the powerful appeal of a uniquely Hispanic genre -- the telenovela (soap opera) -- to make language and culture come alive. The situation and context of each episode introduce students to the basic structures, language functions and vocabulary groups of Spanish that are then presented in the print materials. (Most grammar explanations and exercises are in the workbook/study guides.) This complete one-year course is designed to help students develop communicative proficiency -- listening, speaking, reading, and writing -- as well as cultural awareness in Spanish. The plot of DESTINOS is designed to engage student viewers from the very beginning. A wealthy Mexican patriarch, nearing the end of his life, reveals a secret he has kept from his family for many years. His revelation leads to some important questions that must be answered before he dies. Raquel Rodríguez, a Mexican-American lawyer, embarks on a search for those answers, a search that takes her to Spain, Argentina, Puerto Rico, and back to Mexico. Students and viewers can join in the search -- learning Spanish and about the rich and diversified cultural context in which it is spoken throughout the world.

Author Biography

Martha Alford Marks received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University. Co-author of ¿Qu tal? and Destinos, a Spanish video course, she also served on the Advisory Board to Boston PBS station WGBH during the development of the Destinos program, which was funded by the Annenberg Foundation. She is widely known as an ACTFL-certified oral proficiency tester and trainer in Spanish and ESL.

Table of Contents

Lección 1 La carta

Expressing is/are

Lección 2 El secreto

Expressing Possession

Lección 3 El comienzo

Using Verbs to Talk About Others

Lección 4 Perdido

Describing

Lección 5 La despedida

Using Verbs to Talk About Group Activities

Lección 6 ¿Maestra?

Repaso de los Episodios 1-5

Lección 7 La cartera

Expressing knowing

Lección 8 El encuentro

More about Verbs

Lección 9 Estaciones

More About Talking About Yourself

Lección 10 Cuadros

More About Talking About Group Activities

Lección 11 La demora

Repaso de los Episodios 7-10

Lección 12 Revelaciones

Using Verbs to Talk About the Past

Lección 13 La búsqueda

More About Using Verbs to Talk About the Past

Lección 14 En el extranjero

More About Using Verbs to Talk About the Past

Lección 15 Culpable

More About Using Verbs to Talk About the Past

Lección 16 Caras

More About Using Verbs to Talk About the Past

Lección 17 Inolvidable

More About Using Verbs to Talk About the Past

Lección 18 Estimada Sra. Suárez

Repaso de los Episodios 12-17

Lección 19 Por fin...

Describing What Was Happening While...

Lección 20 Relaciones estrechas

More About Using the Imperfect

Lección 21 El peaje

More About the Imperfect

Lección 22 Recuerdos

More About Using the Imperfect

Lección 23 Vista al mar

Describing What Someone Was Doing

Lección 24 El don Juan

Additional Uses of Some Preterite Forms

Lección 25 Reflexiones I

Repaso de los Episodios 1-18

Lección 26 Reflexiones II

Repaso de los Episodios 19-24

Lección 27 El rescate

Another Way to Talk About the Future

Lección 28 Atrapados

More About Talking About the Future

Lección 29 ¡Se derrumbó!

Talking About What People Want Others to Do

Lección 30 Preocupaciones

Expressing Your Feelings About Something

Lección 31 Medidas drásticas

Another Way to Talk About the Future

Lección 32 Ha habido un accidente

Telling Someone to Do Something

Lección 33 Si supieras...

Telling Someone to Do Something

Lección 34 Éxito

Talking About What Someone Has Done

Lección 35 Reunidos

Expressing Hope

Lección 36 ¿Qué estarán haciendo?

Repaso de los Episodios 27-35

Lección 37 Llevando cuentas

Talking About What You Wanted Someone to Do

Lección 38 Ocultando la verdad

More About Talking About the Past

Lección 39 La misma sonrisa

More About Talking About the Past

Lección 40 Entre la espada y la pared

Talking About What You Would Do

Lección 41 Algo inesperado

Quoting What Someone Said

Lección 42 Yo invito

Expressing What Would Happen If...

Lección 43 Seremos cuatro

Talking About What Had Happened Before

Lección 44 Una promesa y una sonrisa

More Talking About What Had Happened

Lección 45 ¡Estoy harta!

Talking About What Someone Should Have Done

Lección 46 Las empanadas

Expressing If..., then...

Lección 47 Tengo dudas

Expressing Relationships Between Events

Lección 48 Así fue (I)

Lección 49 Así fue (II)

Lección 50 Así fue (III)

Lección 51 Así fue (IV)

Lección 52 Siempre lo amó

Appendix 1: Answer Section

Appendix 2: Verb Charts

Spanish-English Vocabulary

Index of Characters

Index

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