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Viajes Guiomar Borras Alvarez (Glendale Community College)

Viajes By Guiomar Borras Alvarez (Glendale Community College)

Viajes by Guiomar Borras Alvarez (Glendale Community College)

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Viajes: Introduccion al espanol by Guiomar Borras Alvarez (Glendale Community College)

VIAJES: INTRODUCCION AL ESPANOL, Second Edition, is a perfect fit for introductory Spanish courses in which instructors want comprehensive coverage in one academic year without compromising the authenticity of the interactions and the quality of the content.

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Preliminar: !MUCHO GUSTO! Country of focus: El mundo hispano. Vocabulario: Greetings and goodbyes. Numbers 0 to 30. Interrogative words. Estructura y uso. Subject pronouns and the present tense of the verb ser. The verb form hay. Viajemos por: Hispanic countries and regions. Simon Bolivar. Teotihuacan, Mexico. La Alhambra, Espana. Son de la loma by Trio Matamoros. 1. EN UNA CLASE DE ESPANOL. Country of focus: Los Estados Unidos. Vocabulario: In the classroom. The colors. Foreign languages and other academic courses and majors. University places and buildings. The time and the days of the week. Estructura y uso: Definite and indefinite articles, gender, plural nouns. Present tense of regular -ar verbs. Telling time and days of the week. Viajemos por: Los Estados Unidos. Sonia Sotomayor. El Castillo de San Marcos, San Agustin, Florida. El domino. Cumbia de los muertos by Ozomatli. !A repasar! !A ver! !A comunicarnos! 2. EN UNA REUNION FAMILIAR. Country of Focus: Mexico. Vocabulario: The family. Physical features and personality. Nationalities. Numbers 30 to 100. Estructura y uso: Possession with de(l) and possessive adjectives. Common uses of the verb ser. Agreement with descriptive adjectives. Present tense of -er and -ir verbs. The verb tener. Viajemos por: Mexico. La familia Azcarraga. La civilizacion maya. Frida Kahlo y Diego Rivera. Latinoamerica by Mana. !A repasar! !A ver! !A comunicarnos! !A leer!: Una celebracion de quinceanera. 3. EL TIEMPO LIBRE. Country of Focus: Colombia. Vocabulario: Sports and leisure activities. Places. Estructura y uso: Gustar + infinitive and gustar + nouns. Ir a + destination or infinitive. Irregular yo verbs. Saber, conocer, and the personal a. The months and the seasons. Weather expressions with hacer and estar. Viajemos por: Colombia. Los actores John Leguizamo y Sofia Vergara. El Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Los cantantes Carlos Vives, Juanes, Shakira. Fijate bien by Juanes. !A repasar! !A ver! !A comunicarnos! 4. EN LA CASA. Country of Focus: Espana. Vocabulario: Home and furniture. Appliances and household chores. Numbers 100 and above. Estructura y uso: Present tense of stem-changing verbs (e>ie, o>ue, u>ue, e>i). Affirmative tu commands. The verb estar and the present progressive. Viajemos por: Espana. Antonio Gaudi. El Palacio de la Zarzuela. Las tapas. Al andalus by David Bisbal. !A repasar! !A ver! !A comunicarnos! !A leer!: La casa de Bernarda Alba by Federico Garcia Lorca. 5. LA SALUD. Countries of Focus: Bolivia, Ecuador y Peru. Vocabulario: The human body. Health care (illnesses, symptoms, and medical treatments). Estructura y uso: Reflexive pronouns and present tense of reflexive verbs. Acabar de + infinitive. Ser vs. estar. Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns. Viajemos por: Bolivia, Ecuador y Peru. El imperio inca y Machu Picchu. Las islas Galapagos. Hierbas y hojas de coca. Los instrumentos andinos. Tambores paganos by Pukaj Wayra. !A repasar! !A ver! !A comunicarnos! 6. !A COMER! Country of Focus: Venezuela. Vocabulario: Food and beverages. Dining out. Estructura y uso: Comparatives and superlatives. Regular verbs in the preterite and verbs with spelling changes in the preterite. Verbs with stem changes in the preterite. Viajemos por: Venezuela. El Salto Angel. Las hallacas. Manuel Cabre. Asi es la gaita by Maracaibo 15. !A repasar! !A ver! !A comunicarnos! !A leer!: Dona Barbara de Romulo Gallegos. 7. DE COMPRAS. Countries of Focus: Argentina, Uruguay y Paraguay. Vocabulario: Clothing and fashion. Shopping. Estructura y uso: Verbs with irregular preterite forms. Direct object pronouns. Imperfect tense. Viajemos por: Argentina, Uruguay y Paraguay. Colonia del Sacramento. Los gauchos. El nanduti. Santa Maria (del buen ayer) by Gotan Project. !A repasar! !A ver! !A comunicarnos! 8. FIESTAS Y VACACIONES. Countries of Focus: Guatemala y El Salvador. Vocabulario: Holidays, vacations and special events. The beach and the country. Estructura y uso: Interrogative words. The preterite vs. the imperfect. Affirmative and negative expressions. Viajemos por: Guatemala y El Salvador. El Arzobispo Oscar Arnulfo Romero. La cultura maya en America Central. Tikal. Fuiste tu by Ricardo Arjona. !A repasar! !A ver! !A comunicarnos! !A leer!: Receta para hacer un pajaro by Jonathan Velasquez. 9. DE VIAJE POR EL CARIBE. Countries of Focus: Cuba, Puerto Rico y La Republica Dominicana. Vocabulario: Travel. Transportation. Hotels. Estructura y uso: Indirect object pronouns. Double object pronouns. Prepositions and adverbs of location, and relevant expressions. Formal commands and negative tu commands. Viajemos por: Cuba, Puerto Rico y La Republica Dominicana. PR: Estado Libre Asociado. Santo Domingo. Artistas y artesanos cubanos. Latinoamerica by Calle 13. !A repasar! !A ver! !A comunicarnos! 10. LAS RELACIONES SENTIMENTALES. Countries of Focus: Honduras y Nicaragua. Vocabulario: Personal relationships. Receptions and banquets. Estructura y uso: Present perfect. Adverbs and adverbial expressions of time and sequencing of events. The future tense. The conditional tense. Viajemos por: Ruben Dario. Copan,Honduras. Plantaciones bananeras en Honduras y Nicaragua. La danza del cielo by Nicaragua Libre. !A repasar! !A ver! !A comunicarnos! !A leer! Epigrama V by Ernesto Cardenal. 11. EL MUNDO DEL TRABAJO. Country of Focus: Chile. Vocabulario: Professions and trades. The office, work, and the job hunt. Estructura y uso: Por vs. para. The present subjunctive with statements of volition. Viajemos por: Chile. Las tribus indigenas chilenas. La Patagonia. Me gustan los estudiantes by Mercedes Sosa. !A repasar! !A ver! !A comunicarnos! 12. EL MEDIO AMBIENTE Y POLITICAS AMBIENTALES. Countries of Focus: Costa Rica y Panama. Vocabulario: Rural and urban geography. Conservation and exploitation. Estructura y uso: Subjunctive following verbs of emotion, impersonal expressions, and ojala. Subjunctive with verbs or expressions of doubt and uncertainty; adjective clauses and time clauses. Viajemos por: Costa Rica y Panama. Oscar Arias Sanchez. Jose Figueres Ferrer,El Servicio de Parques Nacionales. El Archipielago de Bocas del Toro. Pablo Pueblo by Ruben Blades. !A repasar! !A ver! !A comunicarnos!!A leer!: 'Quien paga la deuda ecologica?. Appendices: Grammar guide. Verb charts. Spanish-English Glossary. English-Spanish Glossary. Index.

About Guiomar Borras Alvarez (Glendale Community College)

Guiomar Borras Alvarez. received her Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she studied Spanish language and Spanish and Latin American literature and culture. She obtained a Master of Arts Liberal Studies in Latin American Studies from Dartmouth College and a Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language and a Master in Education from St. Michael's College. Currently she is Professor of Spanish at Glendale Community College and has been working as Business Spanish Professor at Thunderbird School of Global Management. Dr. Borras Alvarez. was the Academic Director of the Thunderbird Intensive Language Program in 2001 and coordinated the lower division classes. Her contribution to scholarship includes Heinle's SPANISH FOR LIFE: BUSINESS WORKTEXT; INTERCAMBIOS, Fifth Edition; and PLAZAS: LUGAR DE ENCUENTROS, Second and Third Editions. She has worked and was the president of the Arizona Language Association (AZLA). She received the Thunderbird Student Government Outstanding Professor Award seven times and in 2000 received the Hacker Faculty Prize for Excellence in Teaching and Research. Dr. Robert Hershberger (Ph.D., University of Kansas) is Associate Professor of Spanish at DePauw University. Before working on PLAZAS, Dr. Hershberger authored Heinle's !Tu Diras! and INTERCAMBIOS CD-ROMs and was the lead author and project manager for the TEMAS CD-ROM. Most recently, Dr. Hershberger served as a co-author on Heinle's second-year Spanish program, RUMBOS. In addition to his teaching at DePauw, Dr. Hershberger is Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and a Tenzer University Professor in Instructional Technology. In 2005, Dr. Hershberger received the Exemplary Teacher Award by DePauw University and the United Methodist Church. In 2008, Dr. Hershberger received the Edwin L. Minar Scholarship Award for exceptional scholarly achievement in the field of foreign language pedagogy. Susan Navey-Davis is Assistant Department Head for Student Affairs in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at North Carolina State University. She serves as Coordinator of Lower Division Spanish courses, Supervisor of Second Year Graduate Teaching Assistants, and Director of Undergraduate Advising. She has received numerous awards for teaching, advising, and extension service. She recently received regional and national recognition for advising and has received regional, state, and university awards for excellence in teaching. At North Carolina State University she is a charter member of the Academy of Outstanding Faculty Engaged in Extension and is a past chair of the executive council for the academy. She has been secretary of the board of directors of an organization that provides health care in Nicaragua. In addition to being a co-author of PLAZAS: LUGAR DE ENCUENTROS, Navey-Davis is also co-author of Heinle's intermediate textbook, RUMBOS. She holds an MAT in Spanish from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Table of Contents

Preliminar: !MUCHO GUSTO! Country of focus: El mundo hispano. Vocabulario: Greetings and goodbyes. Numbers 0 to 30. Interrogative words. Estructura y uso. Subject pronouns and the present tense of the verb ser. The verb form hay. Viajemos por: Hispanic countries and regions. Simon Bolivar. Teotihuacan, Mexico. La Alhambra, Espana. Son de la loma by Trio Matamoros. 1. EN UNA CLASE DE ESPANOL. Country of focus: Los Estados Unidos. Vocabulario: In the classroom. The colors. Foreign languages and other academic courses and majors. University places and buildings. The time and the days of the week. Estructura y uso: Definite and indefinite articles, gender, plural nouns. Present tense of regular -ar verbs. Telling time and days of the week. Viajemos por: Los Estados Unidos. Sonia Sotomayor. El Castillo de San Marcos, San Agustin, Florida. El domino. Cumbia de los muertos by Ozomatli. !A repasar! !A ver! !A comunicarnos! 2. EN UNA REUNION FAMILIAR. Country of Focus: Mexico. Vocabulario: The family. Physical features and personality. Nationalities. Numbers 30 to 100. Estructura y uso: Possession with de(l) and possessive adjectives. Common uses of the verb ser. Agreement with descriptive adjectives. Present tense of -er and -ir verbs. The verb tener. Viajemos por: Mexico. La familia Azcarraga. La civilizacion maya. Frida Kahlo y Diego Rivera. Latinoamerica by Mana. !A repasar! !A ver! !A comunicarnos! !A leer!: Una celebracion de quinceanera. 3. EL TIEMPO LIBRE. Country of Focus: Colombia. Vocabulario: Sports and leisure activities. Places. Estructura y uso: Gustar + infinitive and gustar + nouns. Ir a + destination or infinitive. Irregular yo verbs. Saber, conocer, and the personal a. The months and the seasons. Weather expressions with hacer and estar. Viajemos por: Colombia. Los actores John Leguizamo y Sofia Vergara. El Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Los cantantes Carlos Vives, Juanes, Shakira. Fijate bien by Juanes. !A repasar! !A ver! !A comunicarnos! 4. EN LA CASA. Country of Focus: Espana. Vocabulario: Home and furniture. Appliances and household chores. Numbers 100 and above. Estructura y uso: Present tense of stem-changing verbs (e>ie, o>ue, u>ue, e>i). Affirmative tu commands. The verb estar and the present progressive. Viajemos por: Espana. Antonio Gaudi. El Palacio de la Zarzuela. Las tapas. Al andalus by David Bisbal. !A repasar! !A ver! !A comunicarnos! !A leer!: La casa de Bernarda Alba by Federico Garcia Lorca. 5. LA SALUD. Countries of Focus: Bolivia, Ecuador y Peru. Vocabulario: The human body. Health care (illnesses, symptoms, and medical treatments). Estructura y uso: Reflexive pronouns and present tense of reflexive verbs. Acabar de + infinitive. Ser vs. estar. Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns. Viajemos por: Bolivia, Ecuador y Peru. El imperio inca y Machu Picchu. Las islas Galapagos. Hierbas y hojas de coca. Los instrumentos andinos. Tambores paganos by Pukaj Wayra. !A repasar! !A ver! !A comunicarnos! 6. !A COMER! Country of Focus: Venezuela. Vocabulario: Food and beverages. Dining out. Estructura y uso: Comparatives and superlatives. Regular verbs in the preterite and verbs with spelling changes in the preterite. Verbs with stem changes in the preterite. Viajemos por: Venezuela. El Salto Angel. Las hallacas. Manuel Cabre. Asi es la gaita by Maracaibo 15. !A repasar! !A ver! !A comunicarnos! !A leer!: Dona Barbara de Romulo Gallegos. 7. DE COMPRAS. Countries of Focus: Argentina, Uruguay y Paraguay. Vocabulario: Clothing and fashion. Shopping. Estructura y uso: Verbs with irregular preterite forms. Direct object pronouns. Imperfect tense. Viajemos por: Argentina, Uruguay y Paraguay. Colonia del Sacramento. Los gauchos. El nanduti. Santa Maria (del buen ayer) by Gotan Project. !A repasar! !A ver! !A comunicarnos! 8. FIESTAS Y VACACIONES. Countries of Focus: Guatemala y El Salvador. Vocabulario: Holidays, vacations and special events. The beach and the country. Estructura y uso: Interrogative words. The preterite vs. the imperfect. Affirmative and negative expressions. Viajemos por: Guatemala y El Salvador. El Arzobispo Oscar Arnulfo Romero. La cultura maya en America Central. Tikal. Fuiste tu by Ricardo Arjona. !A repasar! !A ver! !A comunicarnos! !A leer!: Receta para hacer un pajaro by Jonathan Velasquez. 9. DE VIAJE POR EL CARIBE. Countries of Focus: Cuba, Puerto Rico y La Republica Dominicana. Vocabulario: Travel. Transportation. Hotels. Estructura y uso: Indirect object pronouns. Double object pronouns. Prepositions and adverbs of location, and relevant expressions. Formal commands and negative tu commands. Viajemos por: Cuba, Puerto Rico y La Republica Dominicana. PR: Estado Libre Asociado. Santo Domingo. Artistas y artesanos cubanos. Latinoamerica by Calle 13. !A repasar! !A ver! !A comunicarnos! 10. LAS RELACIONES SENTIMENTALES. Countries of Focus: Honduras y Nicaragua. Vocabulario: Personal relationships. Receptions and banquets. Estructura y uso: Present perfect. Adverbs and adverbial expressions of time and sequencing of events. The future tense. The conditional tense. Viajemos por: Ruben Dario. Copan,Honduras. Plantaciones bananeras en Honduras y Nicaragua. La danza del cielo by Nicaragua Libre. !A repasar! !A ver! !A comunicarnos! !A leer! Epigrama V by Ernesto Cardenal. 11. EL MUNDO DEL TRABAJO. Country of Focus: Chile. Vocabulario: Professions and trades. The office, work, and the job hunt. Estructura y uso: Por vs. para. The present subjunctive with statements of volition. Viajemos por: Chile. Las tribus indigenas chilenas. La Patagonia. Me gustan los estudiantes by Mercedes Sosa. !A repasar! !A ver! !A comunicarnos! 12. EL MEDIO AMBIENTE Y POLITICAS AMBIENTALES. Countries of Focus: Costa Rica y Panama. Vocabulario: Rural and urban geography. Conservation and exploitation. Estructura y uso: Subjunctive following verbs of emotion, impersonal expressions, and ojala. Subjunctive with verbs or expressions of doubt and uncertainty; adjective clauses and time clauses. Viajemos por: Costa Rica y Panama. Oscar Arias Sanchez. Jose Figueres Ferrer,El Servicio de Parques Nacionales. El Archipielago de Bocas del Toro. Pablo Pueblo by Ruben Blades. !A repasar! !A ver! !A comunicarnos!!A leer!: ?Quien paga la deuda ecologica?. Appendices: Grammar guide. Verb charts. Spanish-English Glossary. English-Spanish Glossary. Index.

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CIN1133603653VG
9781133603658
1133603653
Viajes: Introduccion al espanol by Guiomar Borras Alvarez (Glendale Community College)
Guiomar Borras Alvarez (Glendale Community College)
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Cengage Learning, Inc
20130101
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