AVENTURAS Supersite

Located at aventuras.vhlcentral.com, the password-protected supersite for AVENTURAS, Second Edition, makes it easy for students and instructors to access the expansive set of learning resources that accompany and enhance the textbook. A student passcode is included free of charge with the purchase of a new student text.

Organized to mirror the structure and flow of each lesson in the textbook, the online materials integrate engaging, interactive practice activities with rich audio and video content. For every section of every textbook lesson, students can find everything they need in one convenient place.

Among the resources available to students are the following:

• interactive practice activities with computer grading and real-time feedback
• open-ended, yet supported activities in which students explore the Internet and report on what they learn
• vocabulary and pronunciation practice with native-speaker audio examples
• record-and-compare audio activities
• engaging games that reinforce understanding of grammar and vocabulary
• interactive maps with culture notes and reinforcing activities
• information gap activity handouts that students can download and print
• additional readings with pre-reading support and post-reading activities
• activities to support and expand on the Ritmos hispanos sections in the student text, including the musician(s), their music, and the lyrics to a featured song
• the complete AVENTURAS Video Program
• MP3 files of the complete textbook and lab audio programs
• autoscored practice quizzes with feedback referencing specific pages in the student text
• an electronic Spanish-English dictionary
• a electronic verb wheel
• a glossary of grammar terms

Instructor access includes a wealth of downloadable instructor resources and a student-performance tracking system, all in one convenient place. An instructor passcode is provided free of charge to every adopting instructor.

Among the resources available to instructors are the following:

• the complete Instructor's Resource Manual in PDFs
• the complete Testing Program in PDFs
• the complete Testing Program in RTF Word-Processing Files
• MP3 files of the Testing Audio Program
• the Workbook/Video Manual/Lab Manual Answer Key
• the Overhead Transparencies in PDFs
• lesson plans for semester and quarter courses

Instructors can access all of the student materials, including printable worksheets, audio, and video. They can also view the answers to all computer-graded student exercises.

The instructor view also includes tracking reports on student responses and grades. For computer-graded activities, student grades can be viewed in aggregate, with activity level statistics for correct/incorrect answers, or in a detailed view showing students' correct and incorrect responses. For open-ended activities, instructors can view their students' answers, formatted for easy online reading.

Finally, to support instructors using software such as WebCT or Blackboard, the supersite includes online integration tools. These tools create direct links to student activities and resources from an instructor's WebCT or Blackboard course and return student results to the course for tracking, where appropriate.

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