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Exploraciones curso intermedio

EXPLORACIONES CURSO INTERMEDIO is an engaging and accessible solution for your intermediate Spanish course that accommodates the diverse needs and motivations of today’s learners. It is a student- and instructor-friendly program that supports today’s contemporary students while building proficiency in all the language skills through communicative and contextualized activities. Consisting of 10 thematically based chapters designed to facilitate teaching for cultural and communicative competence, activities are varied, personal, and represent an approach that encourages students to engage at their current level while moving them to do more with their language learning in varied contexts.

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EXPLORACIONES CURSO INTERMEDIO

EPACK: K12AE EXPLORACIONES CUR SO INTERMEDIO + MT 6YR

K12AE EXPLORACIONES CUR SO INTERMEDIO MT 6YR

K12AE IAC MT EXPLORACIONES CUR SO INTERMEDIO 6YR

EPACK: K12AE EXPLORACIONES CUR SO INTERMEDIO + MT 1YR

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Duration Unit Of Measure

Transaction Type

PRELIMINAR:  REVIEW CHAPTER
Regular and irregular verbs (including tener, ir, ser, estar); Verbs like gustar; Saber and conocer; Interrogatives; Negatives; Por and para; Object pronouns; Reflexive verbs; Preterite of regular verbs / irregular verbs / stem-changing verbs; Imperfect and imperfect; Present subjunctive verb forms; Past progressive

CAPÍTULO 1: GENERACIONES Y RELACIONES HUMANAS
Communicative Objective
After completing the chapter, you will be able to: Discuss personal relations and cultural values; Improve your ability to narrate past events
Estrategia para avanzar: Indicating time 

Vocabulary: Family and personal relationships

Grammar
A perfeccionar: Preterite and imperfect 
Estructuras: Pronominal verbs (reflexive se and process se); Reciprocal verbs

Culture (5Cs)
Conexiones… a la economía: Los tiempos cambian; Comparaciones: De generación a generación; Cultura: Cambios en la sociedad y en las familias mexicanas; Comunidad 

Writing
Un diario (Write a journal entry based on a day in your life)

Listening
A escuchar: Los ancianos y su papel en la familia

Video and Literature
Cortometraje (short film): Un día de estos (6 min.)
Cápsula cultural: Uruguay regala tablets a sus jubilados
Literatura: La foto, por Enrique Anderson Imbert  


CAPÍTULO 2: COSTUMBRES, TRADICIONES Y VALORES.
Communicative ObjectiveAfter completing the chapter, you will be able to: Discuss traditions and celebrations; Describe cultural values and aspects of relationships; Express opinions; Express desires and give recommendations 
Estrategia para avanzar: Using circumlocution

Vocabulary: Traditions, customs, and values 

Grammar
A perfeccionar: Commands; Estructuras: Subjunctive with impersonal expression; Subjunctive with verbs of desire and influence

Culture (5Cs)
Conexiones… a la antropología: Los valores culturales; Comparaciones: Los apellidos:tradición y cultura; Cultura: Artesanías del mundo hispanohablante; Comunidad 

Writing
Ensayo informativo (Explain a tradition common in a Spanish-speaking country)

Video [Short film] and Literature
Cortometraje: Rogelio (5 min)
Cápsula cultural: Cometas gigantes para los muertos 
Literatura: Celebración de la fantasía, por Eduardo Galeano 

Listening
A escuchar: ¿Cómo son las fiestas?


CAPÍTULO 3: A LA MESA
Communicative Objective:
After completing the chapter, you will be able to: Discuss eating habits; Express your opinions on what is healthy; Express preferences and make recommendations; Compare and contrast eating habits across cultures 
Estrategia para avanzar: Connecting ideas

Vocabulary: Eating habits, food, diet, and measurement terms; 


Grammar
A perfeccionar: Ser, estar and haber; Estructuras: Subjunctive with verbs of doubt. Subjunctive with expressions of emotion

Culture (5Cs)
Conexiones… a la gastronomía: El pan dulce: ¿una tradición en peligro?; Comparaciones: Comparaciones: La hora del café; Cultura: La comida y los valores culturales; Comunidad 

Writing.
Descripción (Discuss your eating preferences and describe a favorite dish)

Video [Short film] and Literature.
Cortometraje: La suerte de la fea a la bonita no le importa (8 min)
Cápsula cultural  Las tapas: Las reinas de la revolución gastronómica
Literatura: Sobrecitos de azúcar, por Hjalmar Flax 

Listening
A escuchar: ¿Cómo es la dieta en España?

CAPÍTULO 4: LÍDERES DEL PRESENTE Y DEL PASADO
Communicative Objective.
After completing the chapter, you will be able to: Discuss the characteristics of leaders; Narrate and describe past events with more accuracy 
Estrategia para avanzar: Rehearsing narratives

Vocabulary: History and politics 



Grammar
A perfeccionar: Preterite vs. imperfect; Estructuras: Imperfect subjunctive; Subjunctive with adjectives

Culture (5Cs)
Conexiones… a la historia: César Chávez y Dolores Huerta; Comparaciones: La Malinche; Cultura: La cultura de los antihéroes: Comunidad

Writing
La biografía (Write a biographical sketch of a person you admire.)

Video (Short film) and Literature
Cortometraje: Lo importante (11 min)
Cápsula cultural:¿Dónde está Colón?
Literatura: La honda de David, por Augusto Monterroso 

Listening
A escuchar: ¿Fue heroína o villana la Malinche?


CAPÍTULO 5: SOCIEDADES EN TRANSICIÓN.
Communicative Objective.
After completing the chapter, you will be able to: Discuss contemporary issues; Talk about what you have done; Discuss opinions and emotional reactions to current and prior events 
Estrategia para avanzar: Noticing your mistakes and self-correcting

Vocabulary: Contemporary society and technology 

Grammar
A perfeccionar: Present perfect; Estructuras: Present perfect subjunctive; Subjunctive with adverbial clauses

Culture (5Cs)
Conexiones… a la sociología: Los migrantes y las nuevas generaciones; Comparaciones: Las redes sociales en Hispanoamérica; Cultura: Las redes sociales y su impacto social en situaciones de emergencia; Comunidad 

Writing.
Ensayo argumentativo (Write about your point of view about a local, national, international, or societal issue)

Video (Short film) and Literature.
Cortometraje: Connecting People (3 min)
Cápsula cultural:  Los primeros universitarios gratis de Chile 
Literatura: Drama moderno, por Victoria Pueyrredón 

Listening
A escuchar: La inmigración en Argentina

CAPÍTULO 6 ENTRETENIMIENTO... ¡DE PELÍCULA!
Communicative Objective.
After completing the chapter, you will be able to: Narrate past events with more accuracy; Express and support opinions and experiences about films and other forms of entertainment; 
Estrategia para avanzar: Watching Spanish language movies to improve language use

Vocabulary: Film and entertainment 

Grammar
A perfeccionar: Past perfect; Estructuras: Past perfect subjunctive; Reported speech

Culture (5Cs)
Conexiones… a la economía: El fútbol y la industria del entretenimiento; Comparaciones: El entretenimiento y las nuevas generaciones; Cultura: El nuevo cine latinoemericano; Comunidad 

Writing.
La reseña (Write a review of a film)

Video [Short film) and Literature.
Cortometraje: La mujer de mi vida (5 min.)
Cápsula cultural :  Revalorizando el quechua con música pop
Literatura: El delantal blanco, por Sergio Vodanovic 

Listening
A escuchar: La censura española y el cine americano

CAPÍTULO 7: GANARSE LA VIDA.
Communicative Objective.
After completing the chapter, you will be able to: Discuss work and finances; Talk about what might happen 
Estrategia para avanzar: Distinguishing register

Vocabulary: : Work and finances 

Grammar
A perfeccionar: Future tense; Estructuras: Conditional tense; Future perfect and conditional perfect

Culture (5Cs)
Conexiones… a la economía: Los retos de las nuevas generaciones; Comparaciones: En busca del trabajo perfecto; Cultura: El dinero como representación cultural; Comunidad 

Writing
Una carta de solicitud de empleo (Write a cover letter for your resume)

Video (Short film) and Literature.
Cortometraje: La lista (6 min)
Cápsula cultural :  Princesas quinceañeras 
Literatura: La Pobreza, por Pablo Neruda

Listening
A escuchar: ¿Cómo serán los trabajos del futuro?


CAPÍTULO 8: EL CAMPO DE LA CIUDAD
Communicative Objective
After completing the chapter, you will be able to: Compare and contrast rural and urban life; Discuss hypothetical situations 
Estrategia para avanzar: Avoiding linguistic breakdown by simplifying the task

Vocabulary: Describing urban and rural areas 

Grammar.
A perfeccionar: Comparisons; Estructuras: Si clauses (possible); Si clauses (hypothetical)

Culture (5Cs)
Conexiones… al arte y a la arquitectura: Arte en las ciudades; Comparaciones: La organización de las ciudades; Cultura: El graffiti: arte y voces urbanas; Comunidad 

Writing
Comparación y contraste (Write a comparison of an aspect of urban life and rural life)

Video (Short film) and Literature
Cortometraje: A la otra (5 min)
Cápsula cultural :  Cuando el arte cambia la vida de un barrio pobre 
Literatura: Algo muy grave va a suceder en este pueblo, por Gabriel García Márquez 

Listening
A escuchar: La industrialización de las zonas rurales en España


CAPÍTULO 9: SIGUE EL RITMO.
Communicative Objective.
After completing the chapter, you will be able to: Discuss music preferences; Change the focus of a sentence using a passive structure; Distinguish conditions that are results of an action from passive structure
Estrategia para avanzar: Using music to increase the speed of your speech

Vocabulary: Music and musical instruments 

Grammar.
A perfeccionar: Uses of se (passive, impersonal and accidental); Estructuras: Passive voice; Resultant state vs. passive voice

Culture (5Cs).
Conexiones… a la música: ¿Música latina o música latinoamericana?; Comparaciones: Música y poesía; Cultura: Música para el cambio; Comunidad 

Writing.
Un poema (Write a haiku poem in Spanish)

Video (Short film) and Literature
Cortometraje: Músicos subterráneos (10 min)
Cápsula cultural:  La ópera aborda el metro en Argentina 
Literatura: El violinista, por Felipe Fernández 

Listening
A escuchar: La función de la música


CAPÍTULO 10: EL MUNDO LITERARIO
Communicative Objective.
After completing the chapter, you will be able to: Talk about what I like to read; Give a short summary of a book plot; Write my own short story; Recognize some important Hispanic authors
Estrategia para avanzar: Building your vocabulary 

Vocabulary: Literature, types of books and reading

Grammar.
A perfeccionar: Relative pronouns; Estructuras: Cuyo and lo que...; Stressed forms of possessive pronouns

Culture (5Cs).
Conexiones a la literatura: El boom latinoamericano; Comparaciones: Las Academias de la Lengua y la preservación del idioma; Cultura: La lectura entre los hispanohablantes. Comunidad. 

Writing.
Una narración (Write a story with an introduction, a climax, and a conclusion).

Video (Short film) and Literature.
Cortometraje: Ladrón de sábado (10 min).
Cápsula cultural :  Los nuevos protagonistas de la feria del libro de Bogotá: youtubers.
Literatura: Julia de Burgos, por Julia de Burgos.
 
Listening.
A escuchar: La función de la literatura.

APPENDICES.
Appendix A: Almanaque.
Appendix B: Acentuación.
Appendix C: Verb Charts.
Appendix D: Additional structures.
Appendix E: Grammar Guide.
Appendix F: Functional Glossary.
Spanish-English Vocabulary.
English-Spanish Vocabulary.
Index.

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