Synopses & Reviews
CUADROS is Heinle's new 4-VOLUME INTRODUCTORY and INTERMEDIATE Spanish program. It was developed to address the needs of the 4-SEMESTER and 4-QUARTER Spanish course sequence taught at most 2- and 4- year colleges and universities. All 4 volumes are designed to help you connect to the language and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world. Throughout the program, cultural themes and related activities encourage you to engage in meaningful communication. CUADROS' realistic pacing of material, easy-to-use grammar, practical vocabulary, engaging videos, and robust technology package work together to help you gain confidence and move quickly toward proficiency. CUADROS' 4-volume configuration allows you to pay as you go - buy what you need when you need it... Grammar overview of CUADROS (please refer to Table of Contents for a full Scope and Sequence): CUADROS Volume 1 (1st Semester or 1st Quarter) includes: Present Tense including Reflexive Verbs. CUADROS Volume 2 (2nd Semester or 2nd Quarter) includes: Present Subjunctive, Future Tense, Present and Past Perfect. CUADROS Volume 3 (3rd Semester or 3rd Quarter) includes: Preterite and Indirect as well as Commands. CUADROS Volume 4 (4th Semester or 4th Quarter) includes: Conditional, Imperfect Subjunctive, and Future and Conditional Perfect.
Synopsis
The Video Program reinforces vocabulary, themes and structures presented in the lesson dialogues. DVD available for instructors only.
About the Author
Sheri Spaine Long (PhD, UCLA) is a Professor of Spanish in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Alabama at Birmingham where she teaches Spanish language, literature, and culture courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. As a scholar-teacher, she bridges the study of languages and literatures. She also teaches interdisciplinary courses in English such as "Foreign Literatures in Translation" and "Madrid-as-Text." Her fields of interest are broad and range from contemporary Spanish prose to Spanish language and culture, global literature, foreign language pedagogy and policy, and international education. She has co-authored the following textbooks with Cengage recently--NEXOS: INTRODUCTORY SPANISH, PUEBLOS: INTERMEDIATE SPANISH IN CULTURAL CONTEXTS, and ALIANZAS: INTERMEDIATE SPANISH. Sylvia Madrigal, a Yale graduate, has been in the foreign language publishing field for about 20 years. She has worked at Houghton Mifflin and at D.C. Heath, where she helped develop and write activities for the award-winning Dimelo CD-ROM series. She has authored a variety of educational materials, including video scripts for HM's TravelTour video and Caminos del jaguar. Kris Swanson has an M.A. in Hispanic Studies from Brown University. She has been in the foreign language publishing field for about 15 years. She currently works as a consultant and freelance writer, editor, and project manager. Maria Carreira is Associate Professor of Spanish at California State University, Long Beach. She holds a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Illinois, Champaign. Carreira has written linguistic notes, profiles of well-known Hispanics, and heritage learner annotations. She is active in issues relating to heritage learners.
Table of Contents
SEMESTER 1. Capitulo preliminar: Bienvenidos a la clase de espanol! the alphabet. people. the textbook. numbers 0-100. objects in the classroom. classroom commands. Capitulo 1: ¿Como te llamas? Temas. La identidad personal. Introduccion a los paises de habla espanola. Gramática util. 1. Identifying people and objects: Nouns and articles. 2. Identifying and describing: Subject pronouns and the present indicative of the verb ser. 3. Expressing quantity: Hay + nouns. 4. Expressing possession, obligation, and age: Tener, tener que, tener + anos. Capitulo 2: ¿Que te gusta hacer? Temas. Gustos y preferencias. Hispanos en Estados Unidos. Gramática util. 1. Describing what you do or are doing: The present indicative of -ar verbs. 2. Saying what you and others like to do: Gustar + infinitive. 3. Describing yourself and others: Adjective agreement. Capitulo 3: ¿Que clases vas a tomar? Temas. Investigaciones. Puerto Rico, Cuba y la Republica Dominicana. Gramática util. 1. Asking questions: Interrogative words. 2. Talking about daily activities: -er and -ir verbs in the present indicative. 3. Talking about possessions: Simple possessive adjectives. 4. Indicating destination and future plans: The verb ir. Capitulo 4: ¿Te interesa la tecnologia? Temas. Conexiones. Espana. Gramática util. 1. Expressing likes and dislikes: Gustar with nouns and other verbs like gustar. 2. Describing yourself and others and expressing conditions and locations: The verb estar and the uses of ser and estar. 3. Talking about everyday events: Stem-changing verbs in the present indicative. 4. Describing how something is done: Adverbs. Capitulo 5: ¿Que tal la familia? Temas. Relaciones familiares. Honduras y El Salvador. Gramática util. 1. Describing daily activities: Irregular yo verbs in the present indicative. 2. Describing daily activities: Reflexive verbs. 3. Describing actions in progress: The present progressive tense.