Includes the linguistic and cultural content needed to achieve advanced-level proficiency in Spanish.
Encourages students' independent exploration and learning to help them become lifelong learners of Spanish. Perfect for a full-year Spanish course or as a supplement in preparation for the current AP Spanish exam.
Features:
- the topical organization allows for maximum flexibility of use by teachers and students
- a review of grammar through various types of exercises based on authentic language materials
- readings with exercises integrate grammar and culture with communicative skills
- prepares students for the AP® Spanish Language and Culture Test
- includes portfolio/authentic assessment exercises
- provides a timeline of Spanish/Spanish American history and literature
- includes guidelines for stress and accent marks, word building, and verbs and Spanish/English and English/Spanish glossaries
Features
- topical organization allows for maximum flexibility of use by teachers and students
- concise explanations of grammatical structures are illustrated by clear examples in which key elements are typographically highlighted
- open-ended writing activities enable students to show their proficiency in using grammatical and lexical elements in personalized, contextually-organized tasks
- systematically repeated and carefully-controlled vocabulary enables students to concentrate on structural practice throughout the grammatical chapters
- testing chapters include exercises highlighting ACTFL's three modes of communication—interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational
- a Mastery Exercise in each chapter offers grammar practice and may be used as a chapter test
- chapters on Spanish and Spanish American cultures allow students to become familiar with the background of native speakers of Spanish
- the English/Spanish and Spanish/English glossaries present words occurring in exercises throughout the book
- a comprehensive appendix provides students with model verb tables and principal parts of common regular verbs along with basic rules of Spanish punctuation, syllabication, and stress
Workbooks
These consumable worktexts provide write-on lines for student practice and comprehension.
Review Texts
These 6" x 9" texts are designed for ease of study and reference in a proficiency-oriented communicative approach.