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For two-semester or three-semester courses in Elementary Spanish. This text introduces first-year Spanish students to the language within its cultural context. Rich in pedagogy and supported by carefully integrated supplementary materials, this complete and versatile program is the result of years of development and class testing. íArriba! Brief Edition contains twelve lecciones, topically organized and designed to encourage communication and offer insight into the language and culture of over 300 million people. CD-ROM is included FREE with each text!

Table of Contents:
Lección 1. Hola, ¿qué tal? Comunicación: Introducing yourself. Greeting and saying good-bye to friends. Describing your classroom. Understanding classroom expressions. Talking about yourself and others. Talking about what day or month it is. Estructuras:The Spanish alphabet. Numbers 0-100. Days of the week, months, and seasons. Definite and indefinite articles; gender of nouns. Plural nouns. Adjective form, position, and agreement. íAsí es la vida!: I. Saludos y despedidas. II. En la clase. Comparaciones: I. Introductions and greetings. II. Why study Spanish? Páginas: La búsqueda, Episode 1. Estrategias: Los cognados. Taller: Una carta de presentación introducción. Nuestro mundo: Los países de nuestro mundo. Lección 2. ¿De dónde eres? Comunicación: Describing yourself, others and things. Asking and responding to simple questions. Asking for and telling time. Talking about what you like to do (Me gusta/Te gusta). Estructuras: Subject pronouns and the present tense of ser. Telling time. Formation of yes/no questions and negations. Interrogatives. The present tense of regular -ar verbs. The present tense of tener and tener expressions. íAsí es la vida!: I. ¿Quién soy? II. ¿Qué haces? ¿Qué te gusta hacer? Comparaciones: I. Names: Nombres, apellidos y apodos. II. Higher education in Spanish-speaking countries. Páginas: La búsqueda, Episodio 2. Estrategias: Pistas extratextuales. Taller: Una entrevista y un sumario. Nuestro mundo: España, tierra de don Quijote. Lección 3. ¿Qué estudias? Comunicación: Exchanging information about classes. Talking about where you're going. Expressing possession and location. Expressing the way you and others feel. Expressing what is going on at the moment. Asking for and giving simple directions. Estructuras: Numbers 101-1.000.000. Possessive adjectives. The present tense of ir (to go) and hacer (to do; to make). The present tense of estar and the present progressive. Summary of ser vs. estar. The present tense of regular and -er and -ir verbs. íAsí es la vida!: I. ¿Qué materias vas a tomar? II. ¿Dónde está la librería? Comparaciones: I. Las universidades hispánicas. II. La residencia estudiantil. Páginas: La búsqueda, Episodio 3. Estrategias: Hacer hipótesis. Taller: Una carta personal. Nuestro mundo: íMéxico lindo! Lección 4. ¿Cómo es tu familia? Comunicación: Talking about the family. Expressing desires and preferences. Planning activities. Giving and following instructions and commands. Extending and responding to invitations. Talking about who and what you know. Estructuras: The present tense of stem-changing e— ie, e—i, o—ue. Formal commands. Direct objects, the personal a, and direct object pronouns. Saber and conocer. íAsí es la vida!: I. Un correo electrónico. II. Una invitación. Comparaciones: I. La familia hispana. II. Los clubes sociales y la costumbre de la serenata. Páginas: La búsqueda, Episodio 4. Estrategias: Eres parte de la acción. Taller: Una invitación. Nuestro mundo: La América Central (I): Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras. Lección 5. ¿Cómo pasas el día? Comunicación: Talking about performing household chores. Describing daily routines and habits. Expressing needs related to personal care. Expressing emotional changes. Estructuras: The verbs decir and dar and the indirect object and the indirect object pronouns. The present tense of poner, salir, traer, and ver. Reflexive constructions: pronouns and verbs. Reciprocal reflexives. íAsí es la vida!: I. Los quehaceres domésticos. II. El arreglo personal. Comparaciones: I. Las tareas domésticas. II. El ecoturismo en Costa Rica. Páginas: La búsqueda, Episodio 5. Estrategias: Hacer un resumen. Taller: Una conclusión alternativa. Nuestro mundo: La América Central (II): Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panamá. Lección 6. íBuen provecho! Comunicación: Discussing food. Expressing likes and dislikes. Getting service in a restaurant. Requesting information in a restaurant. Talking about what happened. Giving and following instructions and commands. Estructuras: Gustar and similar verbs. Double object pronouns. The preterit of regular verbs. Tú commands. íAsí es la vida!: I. Buen provecho. II. En la cocina. Comparaciones: I. Las comidas. II. La compra de la comida y la cocina chilena. Páginas: “Oda a la manzana,” Pablo Neruda. Estrategias: Los símbolos. Taller: Una reseña para un restaurante. Nuestro mundo: Chile: Un país de contrastes. Lección 7. íA divertirnos! Comunicación: Making and responding to suggestions. Talking about pastimes. Talking about the weather. Describing sports and outdoor activities. Describing with negative and indefinite expressions. Reporting past events. Estructuras: Verbs with irregular preterit forms (I). Indefinite and negative expressions. Verbs with irregular preterit forms (II). Impersonal and passive se. íAsí es la vida!: I. El fin de semana. II. Los deportes. Comparaciones: I. Los pasatiempos. II. Sammy Sosa, la superestrella dominicano de los Chicago Cubs. Páginas: “Sensemayá,” Nicolás Guillén. Estrategias: Visualizar imágenes poéticas. Taller: Una entrada en tu diario. Nuestro mundo: Las islas hispánicas del Caribe: Cuba, La República Dominicana y Puerto Rico. Lección 8. ¿En qué puedo servirle? Comunicación: Talking about what happened. Shopping at a department store. Reading and responding to advertisements. Describing a product. Making comparisons. Estructuras: Preterit of stem-changing verbs e—i and o—u. Ordinal numbers. Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns. Comparisons of equality and inequality. Superlatives. íAsí es la vida!: I. De compras. II. ¿Qué compraste? Comparaciones: I. De compras. II. Las tiendas especializadas y los otavaleños. Páginas: “Los rivales y el juez,” Ciro Alegría. Estrategias: El género de la obra. Taller: Una fábula. Nuestro mundo: El reino inca: el Perú y el Ecuador. Lección 9. Vamos de viaje. Comunicación: Requesting travel-related information. Making travel arrangements. Describing travel experiences. Talking about events in the past. Estructuras: The imperfect of regular and irregular verbs. Por or para. Preterit vs. imperfect. Adverbs ending in -mente. íAsí es la vida!: I. Un viaje de vacaciones. II. Un correo electrónico a Raquel. Comparaciones: I. El turismo norteamericano en los países hispanos. II. Irene Sáez: Gobernadora del Estado de Nueva Esparta. Páginas: Relato de una vida equivocada (trozo), Rosaura Rodríguez. Estrategias: Las narraciones. Taller: Una entrada en tu diario de viaje. Nuestro mundo: Los países caribeños de Suramérica: Venezuela y Colombia. Lección 10. íTú salud es lo primero! Comunicación: Inviting others to do something with you. Persuading others. Expressing wishes, requests, and emotions. Talking about health and health care. Giving advice. Estructuras: The Spanish subjunctive: an introduction and the subjunctie in noun clauses. The nosotros command forms. The subjunctive to express volition. The subjunctive to express feelings and emotion. íAsí es la vida!: I. íQué mal me siento! II. Mejor a tu salud. Comparaciones: I. El ejercicio y la dieta. II. El uso de la hoja de la coca en Bolivia. Páginas:“El ñandutí,” una leyenda paraguaya. Estrategias: Las preguntas clave. Taller: Un artículo sobre la salud. Nuestro mundo: Los países sin mar: Bolivia y Paraguay. Lección 11. ¿Para qué profesión te preparas? Comunicación: Expressing doubt, denial, and uncertainty. Persuading others. Discussing what has happened. Describing your job. Gaining information from the want ads. Writing a brief business letter. Interviewing for a job. Estructuras: The subjunctive to express doubt and denial. The subjunctive with impersonal expressions. The past participle and the present perfect indicative. The present perfect subjunctive. íAsí es la vida!: I. El mundo del trabajo. II. En busca de empleo. Comparaciones: I. Los empleos y las relaciones personales. II. El desempleo en la Argentina. Páginas: “No hay que complicar la felicidad,” Marco Denevi. Estrategias: Ironía, o el poder de la imaginación. Taller: Un curriculum vitae y una carta de presentación para solicitar un trabajo. Nuestro mundo: El Virreinato la Plata: Argentina y el Uruguay. Lección 12. El futuro es tuyo. Comunicación: Discussing technology. Talking about the environment. Talking about what will and will have happened. Expressing conditions and results. Estructuras: The future and the future perfect tense. The subjunctive with ojalá, tal vez, and quizás. The subjunctive and the indicative with adverbial conjunctions íAsí es la vida!: I. El impacto de la tecnología. II. El medio-ambiente: Hablan los jóvenes. Comparaciones: I. La tecnología y el idioma. II. Julio Fanjul, protector del sur de la Florida. Páginas: La casa en Mango Street (trozo). Sandra Cisneros. Estrategias: Diferencias de dialecto. Taller: Un relato personal. Nuestro mundo: Los hispanos en los Estados Unidos.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780130889355
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson
  • Height: 254 mm
  • No of Pages: 464
  • Width: 203 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0130889350
  • Publisher Date: 26 Feb 2002
  • Binding: SA
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 1152 gr


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