Publisher's Synopsis
As a core text or supplement to beginning or intermediate Spanish courses, this innovative reader delivers authentic selections and is ideal for the instructor or department that desires more than the tailored selections common to traditional texts. Readings are arranged into chapters by topics that students are familiar with and are introduced by a question, statement, or an explanation that provides insight into the subject matter. Task-based problem-solving exercises reinforce the learning strategy of each chapter and request that students transform textual material into charts, diagrams, and other comprehension-intensive formats. Features: * A broad range of lively, high-interest readings (e.g., recipes, articles on physical exercise, surveys, interviews with movie stars) motivate students to want to read. * Research-based strategic approach teaches students to learn by using exitsting knowledge of context, making use of visual cues, guessing word meanings, and further developing intuitive skills. * Pre-reading activities and both individual aand collaborative post-reading comprehension tasks support each chapter's readings.;* Organization places more challenging exercises in the second half of the text. New to this edition: * Pre-reading sections, Vistazos preparativos, activate students' existing knowledge and encourage them to predict the topic of each passage. * Reading selections are thoroughly updated, reflecting today's Spanish-speaking cultures. * Entre nosotros task-oriented activities require more critical thinking.
