Entrevistas: An Introduction to Language and Culture, 2/e
Robert L. Davis,
University of Oregon H. Jay Siskin,
Cabrillo College Alicia Ramos,
Hunter College
ISBN: 0072558563 Copyright year: 2005
What's New?
A brand new interior design provides an up-to-date, contemporary look for the Second Edition.
A brand new video, complete with thirty all-new interviews of native Spanish speakers from seventeen different countries from around the Spanish-speaking world, makes the Entrevistas program even more appealing.
Simplified or clarified explanations make it easier for students to understand some of the more complex grammar points of the Spanish language.
An updated Chapter 13, with the new title El mundo actual, adds the topic of technologies such as cell phones, the Internet, and so on, to the First Edition's general theme of Los medios de comunicación.
New readings have been selected for many chapters, thus keeping content current and of interest to today’s students.
A new Portafolio cultural feature in the textbook, which combines the A ti te toca and the Portafolio cultural from the First Edition textbook and Manual de práctica, respectively, provides a combination composition (Redacción) and Internet cultural research and in-class presentation activity (Exploración), thus expanding on the four-skills approach of Entrevistas.
Regional maps of the Spanish-speaking world and an English-Spanish dictionary have been added to the textbook.
A brand new online version of the Manual de práctica by QuiaTM not only provides students with an exciting, interactive online learning experience, including self-correcting exercises and integrated audio, but it also offers instructors a robust set of course management, customization, and grading tools to lessen the burden of correcting student workbooks.
A redesigned, interactive CD-ROM contains activities and games that students can use to review the grammar, vocabulary, and culture presented in each lesson of the textbook.
A brand new Online Learning Center Website contains additional practice with the grammar and vocabulary presented in the textbook in the form of quizzes and interactive games as well as links to various Spanish-language websites where students can further explore the cultural themes presented in each chapter.
New names for old features: The two Entrevistas sections in each chapter are now called Entrevista 1 and Entrevista 2, Se dice que... sections are now Análisis cultural, and Señas de identidad have been renamed Señas culturales.
Finally, the activities, content, and themes have been revised and in some cases expanded to keep the textbook fresh and up-to-date.
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