AVENTURAS, Second Edition

New Features:

• Para empezar activities launch the lesson with questions about the corresponding photograph
• Recursos boxes organize all student ancillaries by print, audio, video and online, making it easier for students to know which print and technology ancillaries to use to reinforce and expand on each section
• A cumulative Síntesis activity recombines the lesson's grammar points with the lesson's vocabulary
• In the Aventuras en los países hispanos sections, students now experience the sights and sounds of the Spanish-speaking world through cultural video segments that highlight a specific country or regions holidays, artists, history, food and more...
• Hispanos en los Estados Unidos boxes highlight the accomplishments of Hispanics in the United States who are of the ancestry or heritage of the featured countries.
• Variación lexica highlights the richness of the Spanish language by presenting alternate words and expressions
• Information Gap activities engage students to work in pairs to solve the given problem. Students are presented with half of the information and must work together to accomplish the task at hand
• Video recap activities help students to recall the events of the previous lesson's Aventuras episode and prepare them for the upcoming one
• Student and instructors can access to all of the Second Edition's media components at the passcode protected AVENTURAS, Second Edition, Super Web site

Hallmark Features:

• Fresh, user-friendly design and layout that both supports and facilitates language learning
• A highly structured lesson organization built around easy-to-navigate, color-coded sections
• An abundance of illustrations, photos, charts, and graphs all specially chosen or created to help students learn
• Integration of an engaging video at the beginning of each lesson of the student text
• Practical, high-frequency vocabulary for communicating in real-life situations
• Clear, concise grammar explanations that graphically highlight important concepts
• Numerous guided activities to practice the vocabulary and grammar students are learning so that they feel confident communicating in Spanish
• Abundant opportunities to interact in a variety of communicative situations with a classmate, in small groups, or with the entire class
• Systematic development of reading, writing, and listening skills through learning strategies and a process approach
• Presentation of important cultural characteristics of the daily lives of Spanish speakers and coverage of the entire Spanish-speaking world
• A complete set of print and technology ancillaries to make learning Spanish easier