Synopses & Reviews
Sol y viento: En breve is an exciting new film-based introductory Spanish program that seamlessly integrates the feature-length film
Sol y viento into the instructional and learning experience for both students and instructors. This brief version of
Sol y viento: Beginning Spanish (McGraw-Hill, 2005) presents a briefer text that is easily managed for programs with fewer contact hours or as an intensive high beginner course.
The movie Sol y viento, created specifically for beginning language learners, was filmed on location in Chile, Mexico, and the United States. The film tells the story of a Chilean family and their winery, threatened by internal deception and external corporate development. A young U.S. Latino businessman finds himself intricately involved with the family and its winery as his company tries to buy their land. Later, as he rediscovers the past he fought to put behind him, he begins to question his own role in the ongoing intrigue. Mystery, romance, and the unexplainable forces of nature all play a part of this spellbinding story as it unfolds.
The Sol y viento: En breve textbook and accompanying ancillaries have been developed with and around this exciting movie, providing students with exceptional input developed specifically for beginning learners. Language is presented within the context of the movie; and linguistic skills are developed through engaging, meaningful activities that encourage students to develop real-world skills and abilities. Both instructors and students alike will find Sol y viento: En breve to be a highly motivating introductory Spanish program designed especially for todays language learners!
About the Author
Bill VanPatten is Professor and Director of Applied Linguistics and Second Language Studies at Texas Tech University. His areas of research are input and input processing in second language acquisition and the effects of formal instruction on acquisitional processes. He has published widely in the fields of second language acquisition and language teaching and is a frequent conference speaker and presenter. His publications include Making Communicative Language Teaching Happen (with James F. Lee, 2003,McGraw-Hill), From Input to Output: A Teachers Guide to Second Language Acquisition (2003, McGraw-Hill), Processing Instruction: Theory, Research, and Practice (2004, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates) and most recently, Theories in Second Language Acquisition: An Introduction (with Jessica Williams, 2007, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates). He is the lead author of Vistazos, ¿Sabías que...?, Destinos and Sol y viento. Dr. VanPatten is the 2007 recipient of the Anthony Papalia Award for Excellence in Teacher Education, awarded jointly by ACTFL and NYSAFLT. When not engaged in academic activities, he writes fiction and performs stand-up comedy. He has recently published his first work of fiction, a collection of short stories titled Chicago Tales, published by Outskirts Press (2007). Michael J. Leeser is Assistant Professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics at Florida State University, where he is also Director of the Spanish Basic Language Program. Before joining the faculty at Florida State, he taught a wide range of courses at the secondary and post-secondary levels, including courses in Spanish language and Hispanic cultures, teacher preparation courses for secondary school teachers, and graduate courses in communicative language teaching and second language acquisition. He received his Ph.D. in Spanish (Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2003. His research interests include input processing during second language reading as well as second language classroom interaction. His research has appeared in journals such as Studies in Second Language Acquisition and Language Teaching Research. He also co-authored Sol y viento and Sol y viento: En breve (2008, McGraw-Hill).Gregory D. Keating is Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition in the Department of Linguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern Languages at San Diego State University. Before joining the faculty at San Diego State, he taught courses in communicative language teaching and Spanish teacher education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he received his Ph.D. in Hispanic Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition. His areas of research include Spanish sentence processing, the role instruction plays in language acquisition, psycholinguistics, and the acquisition of Spanish syntax and vocabulary. He is a recipient of several teaching awards, including one from the University of Notre Dame, where he received his M.A. in Spanish Literature. In addition to teaching and research, he has supervised many language courses and teaching assistants and has assisted in the coordination of technology-enhanced lower-division Spanish language programs. He is also a co-author of Sol y viento and Sol y viento: En breve (2008, McGraw-Hill).
Table of Contents
Lección preliminar: ¡Aquí estamos!
Primera parte
Vocabulario: Me llamo… (Meeting and Greeting People: Introductions)
Vistazo cultural: Los saludos
Gramática: Soy de México. (Expressing Origin: Introduction to ser)
Segunda parte
Vocabulario: Las materias (Talking About Majors and Classes: School Subjects)
Gramática: El cálculo y las matemáticas (Naming Things: Articles, Gender, and Plurality)
Tercera parte
Vocabulario: En la sala de clase (Talking About People and Things in the Classroom and on Campus: Classroom Objects)
Gramática: Están aquí. (Expressing Location: Introduction to estar)
Sol y viento Prólogo: Los espíritus
Episodio 1: La llegada
Lección 1A: Sobre los horarios
Primera parte
Vocabulario: Llevo quince créditos. (Talking About Your Course Load: Numbers 0-30)
Vistazo cultural: Los cursos y los créditos
Gramática: ¿Estudio y trabajo? (Talking About Activities: Regular –ar Verbs)
Segunda parte Vocabulario: Los días de la semana (More About Schedules: Days of the Week)
Vistazo cultural: Los calendarios
Gramática: Necesito estudiar. (Talking about Needing or Wanting to Do Something: Verb + infinitive)
Tercera parte Vocabulario: ¿A qué hora? (Talking About When You Do Things: Telling Time)
Vistazo cultural: De 0:00 a 24:00
Gramática: Es mi libro. (Talking About Ownership: Unstressed Possessive Adjectives)
Lección 1B: Más sobre las actividades
Primera parte
Vocabulario: ¿Cuándo? (Asking Questions: Summary of Interrogative Words)
Vistazo cultural: Los dialectos
Gramática: ¿Dónde vives? (More on Activities and Schedules: Present Tense of Regular –er and –ir Verbs)
Segunda parte Vocabulario: ¡Hace calor en junio! (Talking About Times of the Year: Months, Weather, Seasons)
Vistazo cultural: Los días festivos
Gramática: ¿Vas a estudiar esta noche? (Expressing Future Events: ir + a + infinitive)
Tercera parte
Vocbaulario: Es un hombre serio. (Describing Personalities: Adjectives)
Vistazo cultural: La personalidad y la cultura
Gramática: Es una mujer seria. (More on Describing People: Adjective Placement and Agreement)
Sol y viento Episodio 1: La llegada Episodio 2: El encuentro
Lección 2A: En la universidad y la ciudad
Primera parte
Vocabulario: ¿Cuántos años tiene? (Expressing