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Conexiones: Comunicacion y cultura by Eduardo Zayas-Bazan

Conexiones 4e is a contemporary new take on a consistent favorite: every aspect of every chapter has been re-imagined, revitalized and renewed to appeal to today's Spanish student. Building on its recognized strengths, Conexiones 4e retains all the hallmarks of the title: a unique and thorough grammar scope and sequence, careful progression of activities for all skills, and a focus on student involvement, participation and exchange. The new edition, however, introduces exciting new chapter themes and new takes on familiar themes, a new Conectate section focusing on the 5Cs of the National Standards, and a completely new and fully-integrated video component, all within a fresh new design.

About Eduardo Zayas-Bazan

Eduardo Zayas-Bazan is a native of Camaguey, Cuba. He holds an M.S. in foreign languages from Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, KS, and a Doctor en Derecho degree from Universidad Nacional Jose Marti, Havana, Cuba. He is a Professor Emeritus in Foreign Languages from East Tennessee State University, where he was chair of the Foreign Language Department from 1973 to 1993. Over the course of his distinguished career, Zayas-Bazan has received numerous awards in recognition of his professional achievements and has held noteworthy positions within many organizations dedicated to teaching Spanish. In addition to writing numerous articles in regional and national journals, he is the co-author, co-editor, and translator of seventeen books, including Conexiones, an intermediate Spanish textbook published by Prentice Hall.

Susan M. Bacon earned her Ph.D. in Foreign Language Education and Spanish Linguistics from The Ohio State University. She is a professor Emerita at the University of Cincinnati where she was Professor of Spanish and Acting Director for the Institute for Global Studies and Affairs. She has been Project Director of a four-year grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and a Fulbright-Robles Scholar in Mexico. She has published extensively in the area of foreign language acquisition and methodology, particularly in the use of authentic listening and reading text. In addition to Conexiones, she has co-authored !Arriba! and Leyendas del mundo hispano.

Dulce Garcia, PhD Georgetown University, is an Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the City College of New York, CUNY, where she specializes in late Medieval and Golden Age Spanish Literature, Spanish linguistics, critical theory, and foreign language pedagogy. She is the director of the CCNY-Spain Summer Program, and received CCNY's "Outstanding Teaching Award" for 2007.

Table of Contents

Conexiones Scope & Sequence

Capitulo 1: Esas modas que van y vienen

Objetivos comunicativos

* Discussing fashion trends and fads

* Saying what occurred in the past

* Describing in the past

* Talking about the influence of fashion on cars

* Narrating in the past

Vocabulario

!Asi es la vida!

* En esa decada

* El automovil y la moda

!Asi lo decimos!

* Las modas

* Los autos

Estructuras

!Asi lo hacemos!

* The preterit tense

* The imperfect tense

* Preterit vs. imperfect

De nuevo

* Soy una moda (The present indicative)

* Una marca de automovil que ya no se fabrica (The preterit)

Conectate

VideoRed: Esas modas pasajeras (Jaime Gomez Leon, Espana)

Comunidades: La ropa y el trabajo

Conexiones: ?Una moda duradera?

Comparaciones: La movida madrilena

Cultura

!Asi lo expresamos!

Imagenes: El arte de la moda (El Corte Ingles, Espana)

Ritmos: Antes muerta que sencilla (Maria Isabel Lopez, Espana)

Paginas: Foro: Esas modas ?pasajeras? (Anonimo/a)

Taller: Tu propio foro (blog)

Capitulo 2: La tecnologia y el progreso

Objetivos comunicativos

* Discussing environmental issues affecting your world

* Describing people, places, and things

* Describing what will or might be

* Predicting future issues

* Expressing hopes and desires

Vocabulario

!Asi es la vida!

* Encuesta: El reciclaje y la contaminacion ambiental

* Encuesta: La ingenieria genetica

!Asi lo decimos!

* El medio ambiente

* Profesiones y actividades del futuro

Estructuras

!Asi lo hacemos!

* Uses of ser, estar, and haber

* The future tense

* The subjunctive in noun clauses

De nuevo

* Asi era (The imperfect)

* Llegaron los humanos (Preterit/imperfect)

Conectate

VideoRed: El calentamiento global (Andres Eloy Martinez, Mexico)

Comunidades: Un cartel de servicio publico

Conexiones: ?Un futuro sostenible?

Comparaciones: Sarriguren, una ecociudad modelo

Cultura

!Asi lo expresamos!

Imagenes: Juanito en la laguna (Antonio Berni, Argentina)

Ritmos: Ska de la tierra (Bebe, Espana)

Paginas: Los mutantes (Jose Ruibal, Espana)

Taller: Expresa tu opinion

Capitulo 3: Los derechos humanos

Objetivos comunicativos

* Discussing human rights and foreign policy

* Reacting to issues

* Willing others to act

* Discussing the work of charitable organizations

* Describing what is done for you and others

* Expressing likes and opinions

Vocabulario

!Asi es la vida!

* Libertad, igualdad y fraternidad

* El lado humanitario de Ricky Martin

!Asi lo decimos!

* Los derechos humanos

* Las organizaciones sin fines de lucro

Estructuras

!Asi lo hacemos!

* Indirect commands

* Direct and indirect object pronouns and the personal a

* Gustar and similar verbs

De nuevo

* Un informe a la Comision de Derechos Humanos (Ser, estar, and haber)

* Un discurso inaugural (The subjunctive in noun clauses)

Conectate

VideoRed: Un hogar digno (Habitat for Humanity International, Costa Rica)

Comunidades: Una organizacion humanitaria

Conexiones: El derecho de vivir en un hogar digno

Comparaciones: Habitat para la Humanidad

Cultura

!Asi lo expresamos!

Imagenes: Manos anonimas (Carlos Alonso, Argentina)

Ritmos: Amor y paz (Ivan Perez Lopez, Mexico)

Paginas: Masa (Cesar Vallejo, Peru)

Taller: Crear poesia

Capitulo 4: El individuo y la personalidad

Objetivos comunicativos

* Talking about yourself and others: personality and routines

* Discussing personality

* Describing people, things, and situations

* Talking about what has happened so far

Vocabulario

!Asi es la vida!

* ?Eres imaginativo/a, intuitivo/a o analitico/a?

* !Ejercita la mente! Goza de una buena memoria

!Asi lo decimos!

* Caracteristicas personales

* La personalidad

Estructuras

!Asi lo hacemos!

* Reflexive constructions

* Agreement form, and position of adjectives

* The past participle and the present perfect indicative and subjunctive

De nuevo

* Una guia sobre el estres (The subjunctive, indicative, and infinitive with impersonal expressions)

* Preferencias personales (Gustar and similar verbs)

Conectate

VideoRed: !Mejora tu autoestima! (Yasmin Garves, Republica Dominicana - Pearson VPS)

Comunidades: La importancia de la autoestima

Conexiones: La "personalidad"

Comparaciones: Yo Puedo

Cultura

!Asi lo expresamos!

Imagenes: Las dos Fridas (Frida Kahlo, Mexico)

Ritmos: Soy (Willie Chirino, Cuba/EE. UU.)

Paginas: A Julia de Burgos (Julia de Burgos, Puerto Rico)

Taller: Un perfil para la red social

Capitulo 5: Las relaciones personales

Objetivos comunicativos

* Talking about styles of communication and relationships with friends and family

* Describing people, places, and things that may or may not exist

* Exploring relationships and how behavior affects perception

* Making resolutions and describing what had or had never happened before

* Describing and comparing people, places, and things

Vocabulario

!Asi es la vida!

* La comunicacion interpersonal

* ?Que piensan de ti? Tu lenguaje corporal

!Asi lo decimos!

* Las relaciones personales

* Los sentimientos y las cualidades

Estructuras

!Asi lo hacemos!

* Subjunctive vs. indicative in adjective clauses

* The future perfect and the pluperfect tenses

* Comparisons with nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs; superlatives

De nuevo

* Confesiones (The present perfect)

* Una amistad duradera (The future tense)

Conectate

VideoRed: La quimica del amor (S. M. Bacon, EE. UU. - Pearson VPS)

Comunidades: La comunicacion no verbal

Conexiones: La pareja modelo

Comparaciones: Conozcamonos: citas moviles

Cultura

!Asi lo expresamos!

Imagenes: Madre e hijo (Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, Espana)

Madre proletaria (Maria Izquierdo, Mexico)

Ritmos: Don Pedrito (Yarey, Puerto Rico)

Paginas: Waiting for Snow in Havana (Carlos Eire, Cuba/Estados Unidos)

Taller: Un carta de amor

Capitulo 6: El mundo del espectaculo

Objetivos comunicativos

*Talking about your favorite entertainers and shows

* Talking about actions that depend on time or circumstances

* Talking about music, musicians, and musical events

* Telling others what to do

* Expressing wishes and possibilities for yourself and others

Vocabulario

!Asi es la vida!

* Eva Longoria Parker: No mas desesperada

* !Los mas calientes!

!Asi lo decimos!

* El entretenimiento

* La musica

Estructuras

!Asi lo hacemos!

* Subjunctive vs. indicative in adverbial clauses

* Formal and informal commands

* Subjunctive with ojala, tal vez, and quiza(s)

De nuevo

* Los chismes (Preterit and imperfect)

* Una entrevista con famosos (Ser/estar)

Conectate

VideoRed: Escuela de musica (Rafael Alcala, Musinetwork, EE. UU.)

Comunidades: El calendario de eventos

Conexiones: El artista, el espectaculo y el espectador

Comparaciones: El tango y el cine

Cultura

!Asi lo expresamos!

Imagenes: ?Quien lleva el ritmo? (Aida Emart, Mexico)

Ritmos: El Wanabi (Fiel a la Vega, Puerto Rico)

Paginas: El concierto (Augusto Monterroso, Guatemala)

Taller: Una escena dramatica

Capitulo 7: La diversidad humana

Objetivos comunicativos

* Overcoming obstacles due to racial, ethnic, or gender barriers

* Comparing the past with the present

* Expressing how long an action has been going on

* Discussing race and gender

* Answering the questions Why? and What for?

* Sharing experiences that promote positive behavior

Vocabulario

!Asi es la vida!

* Marta Tienda, demografa

* ?Cuantas razas hay en el mundo?

!Asi lo decimos!

* Igualdad de oportunidades

* La diversidad etnica y de genero

Estructuras

!Asi lo hacemos!

* Review of the preterit and imperfect

* Hacer and desde in time expressions

* Por and para

* Verbs that require a preposition before an infinitive

De nuevo

* Un encuentro con la discriminacion (The pluperfect)

* ?Que pais? (Comparisons of equality and inequality)

Conectate

VideoRed: Spot contra la discriminacion (Yannlui Eduardo Velasquez, Peru)

Dia internacional de la mujer (Armando N. Faraoni, Argentina)

Comunidades: Los derechos en el trabajo

Conexiones: Un grupo minoritario

Comparaciones:Joaquin Cortes, un gitano que lucha por el respeto a su gente

Cultura

!Asi lo expresamos!

Imagenes: La mesa de la hermandad (Jose Clemente Orozco, Mexico)

Ritmos: Represento (Lou Briel, Puerto Rico)

Paginas:Tu me quieres blanca (Alfonsina Storni, Argentina)

Taller: Un reportaje periodistico

Capitulo 8: Las artes culinarias y la nutricion

Objetivos comunicativos

* Talking about foods and their preparation

* Describing food and family traditions from your childhood

* Talking about foods and nutrition

* Expressing what you would do or would have done

* Discussing hypothetical situations

Vocabulario

!Asi es la vida!

* !Simplemente delicioso!

* Tu inteligencia nutricional

!Asi lo decimos!

* Los ingredientes y la preparacion de la comida

* La dieta sana

Estructuras

!Asi lo hacemos!

* The imperfect subjunctive

* The conditional and conditional perfect

* The indicative or subjunctive in si-clauses

De nuevo

* Mi propio restaurante (The present subjunctive with adjective clauses)

* Una estrella (Commands)

Conectate

VideoRed:Comidas tipicas: Ilobasco, El Salvador (Jonathan Breitner Hernandez Rivera, El Salvador)

Comunidades: Un supermercado hispano

Conexiones:Comida y cultura

Comparaciones:Productos oriundos de las Americas y productos introducidos alli por los espanoles

Cultura

!Asi lo expresamos!

Imagenes: Nature Morte Vivante (Salvador Dali, Espana)

Ritmos: Supermercado (Mama Pulpa, Mexico)

Paginas:La leyenda del chocolate (Anonimo)

Taller:Una receta

Capitulo 9: Nuestra compleja sociedad

Objetivos comunicativos

* Talking about crime and personal safety

* Speculating about what might have been

* Discussing social problems and personal excesses

* Expressing ideas without attributing them to anyone

Vocabulario

!Asi es la vida!

* ?Se siente Ud. seguro/a?

* Mito o verdad: ?como afecta el alcohol al organismo?

!Asi lo decimos!

* La seguridad y el delito

* Excesos personales

Estructuras

!Asi lo hacemos!

* The pluperfect subjunctive

* Uses of se with impersonal and passive constructions

* Indefinite and negative expressions

De nuevo

* Por una universidad mas segura (Por/para)

* El crimen en mi comunidad (Subjunctive and indicative with adverbial clauses)

Conectate

VideoRed: Recuperacion neuronal en los trastornos adictivos (Juan Jose Legarda, TAVAD, Espana)

Comunidades: Asociaciones de servicio internacional

Conexiones:Las drogas y el delito

Comparaciones: ASPIRA

Cultura

!Asi lo expresamos!

Imagenes: Estacion de la calle 14 (Camilo Egas, Ecuador)

Ritmos:Esto fue lo que vi (Ramon Orlando, Republica Dominicana)

Paginas: Un pueblo sin drogas (Soraya Izquierdo, Espana)

Taller: Un relato en primera persona

Capitulo 10: El empleo y la economia

Objetivos comunicativos

* Discussing career choices and the interview process

* Understanding the training and skills required for different careers and professions

* Reporting on what others ask or say (now and in the past)

* Talking about finances

* Debating national and international economic issues

* Clarifying information

Vocabulario

!Asi es la vida!

* ?Que profesion tendra usted en su futuro?

* Mitos y verdades sobre su informe de credito

!Asi lo decimos!

* Profesiones y oficios

* Cuestiones financieras

Estructuras

!Asi lo hacemos!

* Indirect speech

* The relative pronouns que, quien, and lo que and the relative adjective cuyo/a(s)

* The relative pronouns el/la cual and los/las cuales

De nuevo

* Mejorar las condiciones de trabajo (Si-clauses)

* Un cliente mas para el Banco Nuevo (Indefinite and negative expressions)

Conectate

VideoRed: !Un cajero problematico! (Rossibley Vargas, Venezuela - Pearson VPS)

Comunidades:Oportunidades para aspirantes bilingues

Conexiones: El techo de cristal

Comparaciones:Una empresaria mexicana rompe el techo de cristal

Cultura

!Asi lo expresamos!

Imagenes: Paisajes humanos n Degrees 65 (Melesio Casas, EE. UU.)

Ritmos: El costo de la vida (Juan Luis Guerra, Republica Dominicana)

Paginas:Fiebre de lotto (Jose O. Alvarez, Colombia)

Taller: Un relato ironico

Capitulo 11: El tiempo libre

Objetivos comunicativos

* Discussing adventure travel and free-time activities

* Talking about outdoor activities and sports

* Planning for a summer break or job

* Discussing what you do in your free time

* Talking about what you do for fun and leisure

* Giving your opinion about pastimes

Vocabulario

!Asi es la vida!

* Viajes a la Medida

* La guia del ocio

!Asi lo decimos!

* Los pasatiempos

* El tiempo libre

Estructuras

!Asi lo hacemos!

* Sequence of tenses with the subjunctive

* Uses of definite and indefinite articles

* Uses of the infinitive and the -ing (-ndo) form of the verb

De nuevo

* ?Como se juega? (Por/para)

* !Nunca lo olvidare! (Preterit/imperfect)

Conectate

VideoRed:Nota sobre el clavado en La Quebrada (Elias Noriega, Mexico)

Comunidades:Deportes populares entre los hispanos

Conexiones:El tiempo libre y la tecnologia

Comparaciones:El encierro de San Fermin

Cultura

!Asi lo expresamos!

Imagenes: Merengue (Jaime Antonio Gonzalez Colson, Republica Dominicana)

Ritmos:Fin de semana (Los hermanos Rosario, Republica Dominicana)

Paginas:El doble seis (Alina Romero, Cuba)

Taller:Un recuerdo

Capitulo 12: Temas que no pasan de moda

Objetivos comunicativos

* Talking about the 21st Century, its achievements and challenges

* Making excuses

* Speculating about how life will be in the future

* Giving credit or blame

* Exaggerating

Vocabulario

!Asi es la vida!

* Foro: Retos de nuestro siglo

* ?Como sera el mundo en 50 anos?

!Asi lo decimos!

* Los avances del Siglo XXI

* Temas del futuro

Estructuras

!Asi lo hacemos!

* Se for unplanned events

* The passive voice

* Diminutives and augmentatives

De nuevo

* ?Que dijeron? (Indirect speech)

* Tecnologia casera (Subjunctive/indicative)

Conectate

VideoRed:Visiones del futuro (Dulce Garcia, Puerto Rico - Pearson VPS)

Comunidades:Tendencias para el Siglo XXI

Conexiones:La globalizacion de la educacion

Comparaciones: Atlantis y la educacion global

Cultura

!Asi lo expresamos!

Imagenes: Ciencia inutil o El Alquimista (Remedios Varo, Espana/Mexico)

Ritmos:Veinte preguntas (La Monja Enana, Espana)

Paginas:Genesis; Apocalipsis (Marco Denevi, Argentina)

Taller:Un ensayo editorial

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CIN0135001528G
9780135001523
0135001528
Conexiones: Comunicacion y cultura by Eduardo Zayas-Bazan
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