Full Description
¡CLARO QUE SÍ! Enhanced Seventh Edition takes a functional, integrated skills approach specifically designed to help students develop receptive and productive skills simultaneously that are critical in learning Spanish. When using ¡CLARO QUE SÍ! students acquire communicative skills while gaining an awareness of Hispanic cultures. The program's practical, relevant themes, lively practice, and engaging technology components get learners communicating early and confidently. The exciting new enhanced seventh edition will contain a greater focus on the cultures of Spanish-speaking countries and have two new video blogs in each chapter to provide input of chapter functions and vocabulary. ¡CLARO QUE SÍ! will keep students motivated as they learn and explore the many cultures of Spanish-speaking world. The Enhanced edition features the addition of dazzling video footage and photography of National Geographic™ into iLrn to enhance students' cultural exploration.
Contents
CAPÍTULO PRELIMINAR: ¡BIENVENIDOS AL MUNDO HISPANO!
Las presentaciones. Los saludos y las despedidas. Países de habla española y sus capitales.
Expresiones para la clase. Deletreo y pronunciación de palabras: El alfabeto. Acentuación (Stress). Cultura_: Countries with most Spanish-speakers. Tú vs. usted ; Use of adiós ; The abrazo and beso; Spanish-speaking countries and capitals and Spanish in the world; Facts about the Spanish alphabet; How to read acronyms.
1. ¿QUIÉN ES?
Para ver I. Mi video blog número. Vocabulario esencial I. Los números del cero al cien.
Las nacionalidades. Gramática para la comunicación I. Talking About Yourself and Others (Part I): Subject Pronouns. Asking and Giving One's Name: Llamarse. Stating Origin: Ser + de, ser + nationality. Indicating One's Age: Tener. Nuevos horizontes. Reading Strategy: Scanning.
Lectura: "Los hispanos en los Estados Unidos." Vocabulario esencial II. Las ocupaciones: Discussing occupations. Para ver II. Mis padres y amigos. Gramática para la comunicación II.
Talking About Yourself and Others (Part II): Subject Pronouns in the Singular and Plural. Singular and Plural Forms of the Verbs llamarse, tener, and ser. Singluar and plural forms of Occupations and Adjectives of Nationality. Asking Information and Negating: Question formation; Negating. Más allá. Canción: "La bamba," Los lobos. Video: "El mes de la herencia hispana". Cultura. Points of interest in Chicago and Los Angeles on Para ver I video; two last names on Para ver I video; Reading phone numbers; Referring to people from the U.S; Hispanics vs. Latinos in the U.S.; Demographics of Hispanics in the U.S.; Origin of Hispanics in the U.S; Hispanics in the workforce of the U.S.; Spanish words used in English and English words used in Spanish; Diversity of Hispanics; Famous Hispanics. Material reciclado. Introductions (P); Country names (P); Llamarse (P); Ser de + place (P); Tu vs. Ud (P); Alphabet (P); Geography (P).
2. ¿TE GUSTA?
Para ver I. Una visita a Puerto Rico. Vocabulario esencial I. La habitación de un estudiante universitario. Gramática para la comunicación I. Using Gender and Number: Gender. Number: Plural Formation. Expressing Likes and Dislikes (Part I): Gustar. Expressing Possession: The Preposition de; Possessive Adjectives. Nuevos horizontes. Reading Strategy: Identifying Cognates. Lectura: "Facultad de Ciencias de la Computación" Writing Strategy: Connecting Ideas. Vocabulario esencial II. Acciones: Using verbs to describe actions. Los días de la semana (The days of the week); Expresiones de tiempo (Time Expressions). Para ver II.
Planes para la República Dominicana y Panamá. Gramática para la comunicación II.
Expressing Likes and Dislikes (Part II): Gustar. Expressing Obligation and Making Plans: Expression obligation: Tener que and Making plans: ir a. Más allá. Canciones: "¡Vive! "Estrellitas y duendes" y "Merengue con letra," Video: "La ruta del carnaval dominicano."
Cultura. Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Panama throughout an on Para Ver I and II videos; History of Puerto Rico; Where college students live; Baseball; University systems including the facultad; Kunas and Tainos; Merengue, bachata, bolero, salsa, hip-hop and reguetón on Para Ver I video and Carnaval de las Tablas; Carnaval in the Dominican Republic
Material reciclado. Tener (1); Ser (1); Question formation (1); Negation (1); Geography (P)
3. ¿QUÉ HACES HOY?
Para ver I. Una entrevista en Playa Jacó. Vocabulario esencial I. Lugares: Places. Gramática para la comunicación I. Indicating Location: Estar + en + place. Talking About the Present (Part I): The Present Indicative of Regular Verbs. Talking About the Present (Part II): The Present Indicative of Verbs with Irregular *yo* Forms. Nuevos horizontes.
Reading Strategy: Dealing with Unfamiliar Words. Lectura: Writing Strategy: Using Models.
Vocabulario esencial II. El físico y la personalidad: Ser + Adjective. Las emociones y los estados: Estar + Adjective. Para ver
