Full Description
EXPLORACIONES CURSO INTERMEDIO is an engaging program that will help you build proficiency in all the language skill and communicate in many contexts. This program also includes a full suite of learning aids to help you achieve at the intermediate level, including a mobile app with online flash cards, eReader, pronunciation quizzes, and more.
Contents
PRELIMINAR: REVIEW CHAPTER
Regular and irregular verbs (including tener, ir, ser, estar); Verbs like gustar; Saber and conocer; Interrogatives; Negatives; Por and para; Object pronouns; Reflexive verbs; Preterite of regular verbs / irregular verbs / stem-changing verbs; Imperfect and imperfect; Present subjunctive verb forms; Past progressive
CAPÍTULO 1: GENERACIONES Y RELACIONES HUMANAS
Communicative Objective
After completing the chapter, you will be able to: Discuss personal relations and cultural values; Improve your ability to narrate past events
Estrategia para avanzar: Indicating time
Vocabulary: Family and personal relationships
Grammar
A perfeccionar: Preterite and imperfect
Estructuras: Pronominal verbs (reflexive se and process se); Reciprocal verbs
Culture (5Cs)
Conexiones... a la economía: Los tiempos cambian; Comparaciones: De generación a generación; Cultura: Cambios en la sociedad y en las familias mexicanas; Comunidad
Writing
Un diario (Write a journal entry based on a day in your life)
Listening
A escuchar: Los ancianos y su papel en la familia
Video and Literature
Cortometraje (short film): Un día de estos (6 min.)
Cápsula cultural: Uruguay regala tablets a sus jubilados
Literatura: La foto, por Enrique Anderson Imbert
CAPÍTULO 2: COSTUMBRES, TRADICIONES Y VALORES.
Communicative ObjectiveAfter completing the chapter, you will be able to: Discuss traditions and celebrations; Describe cultural values and aspects of relationships; Express opinions; Express desires and give recommendations
Estrategia para avanzar: Using circumlocution
Vocabulary: Traditions, customs, and values
Grammar
A perfeccionar: Commands; Estructuras: Subjunctive with impersonal expression; Subjunctive with verbs of desire and influence
Culture (5Cs)
Conexiones... a la antropología: Los valores culturales; Comparaciones: Los apellidos:tradición y cultura; Cultura: Artesanías del mundo hispanohablante; Comunidad
Writing
Ensayo informativo (Explain a tradition common in a Spanish-speaking country)
Video [Short film] and Literature
Cortometraje: Rogelio (5 min)
Cápsula cultural: Cometas gigantes para los muertos
Literatura: Celebración de la fantasía, por Eduardo Galeano
Listening
A escuchar: ¿Cómo son las fiestas?
CAPÍTULO 3: A LA MESA
Communicative Objective:
After completing the chapter, you will be able to: Discuss eating habits; Express your opinions on what is healthy; Express preferences and make recommendations; Compare and contrast eating habits across cultures
Estrategia para avanzar: Connecting ideas
Vocabulary: Eating habits, food, diet, and measurement terms;
Grammar
A perfeccionar: Ser, estar and haber; Estructuras: Subjunctive with verbs of doubt. Subjunctive with expressions of emotion
Culture (5Cs)
Conexiones... a la gastronomía: El pan dulce: ¿una tradición en peligro?; Comparaciones: Comparaciones: La hora del café; Cultura: La comida y los valores culturales; Comunidad
Writing.
Descripción (Discuss your eating preferences and describe a favorite dish)
Video [Short film] and Literature.
Cortometraje: La suerte de la fea a la bonita no le importa (8 min)
Cápsula cultural Las tapas: Las reinas de la revolución gastronómica
Literatura: Sobrecitos de azúcar, por Hjalmar Flax
Listening
A escuchar: ¿Cómo es la dieta en España?
CAPÍTULO 4: LÍDERES DEL PRESENTE Y DEL PASADO
Communicative Objective.
After completing the chapter, you will be able to: Discuss the characteristics of leaders; Narrate and describe past events with more accuracy
Estrategia para avanzar: Rehearsing narratives
Vocabulary: History and politics
Grammar
A perfeccionar: Preterite vs. imperfect; Estructuras: Imperfect subjunctive; Subjunctive with adjectives
Culture (5Cs)
Conexiones... a la historia: César Chávez y Dolores Huerta; Comparaciones: La Malinche; Cultura: La cultura de los antihéroes: Comunidad
Writing
La biografía (Write a biographical sketch of a person you admire.)
Video (Short film) and Literature
Cortome
