Exploraciones curso intermedio

Exploraciones curso intermedio uses a step-by-step discovery learning approach to introduce grammar. The A perfeccionar activities help support students in their mastery of the most important grammar points. They can be used as in-class quizzing, worksheets, or supplemental homework for students. They are discrete answer and highly contextualized activities.

Shorter, comprehensive chapters in a modern design present content in a more engaging and accessible format without minimizing coverage for your course.

Authentic Video Program (two per chapter): 1) "Video cultural" features all-new journalistic footage from around the Spanish-speaking world. 2) "Cortometrajes" (authentic short films) provides a strong engagement piece to enhance a student's learning through rich visual and cultural input.

Emphasis on proficiency: Activities are designed to assist students in synthesizing what they have learned and to expand their understanding.

National Standards: Woven throughout the program, each chapter’s Cultural section promotes critical thinking while integrating the five Cs of language learning: Culture, Community, Comparisons, Connections, and Communication.

The A analizar section now features video with interview responses by native speakers of Spanish. The videos introduce students to new structures within a context and have an integrated online component. Students can view the video outside of class and complete a comprehension activity before being guided through the discovery learning process in order to recognize the patterns of use of a particular structure. Students then come to class prepared for a quick review of the structure and to move onto practice.

The Conexiones, Comparaciones, Cultura, A escuchar, Video, Cortometraje and Literatura sections have integrated online components. They have been structured to allow instructors to use the pre-reading/pre-listening/pre-viewing activities from the text in class and then have the students complete another series of pre-reading/pre-listening/pre-viewing activities online outside of class in addition to comprehension activities and some thoughtful post-reading/post-listening/post-viewing activities to prepare them for meaningful in-class discussion.