FACETAS, Second Edition

NEW PROGRAM FEATURES

• Completely revised Enfoques section provides a wealth of practical information about daily life, language, traditions, and personalities in the Spanish-speaking world.
• An exciting video, Flash Cultura expands on the Enfoques section, providing on-location scenes of real-world events and real Spanish speakers.
• Revised and streamlined grammar in the Estructura section presents key concepts earlier in a reduced and balanced scope and sequence.
• A Manual de gramática is now included at the end of the text, providing additional practice and building on concepts introduced earlier.
• Completely redesigned, Contextos presents high-frequency and theme-related vocabulary along with listening activities.
• Cinemateca now features authentic short films from a variety of Spanish-speaking countries in EACH lesson!
• Literary selections and cultural readings, selected for their high-interest level and comprehensibility, are presented in each lesson.
• FACETAS, Second Edition, Supersite provides both students and instructors with a wealth of material that correlates directly to the textbook and goes beyond it.

KEY PROGRAM FEATURES

• 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
• 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 specially chosen or created illustrations, photos, charts, and graphs
• Communicative practice incorporated in every section of every lesson
• Systematic development of reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills through learning strategies and a process approach