Synopses & Reviews
Todays students have sensibilities and needs that are very different from those of even ten years ago. Visual and auditory media have changed dramatically in recent years; most textbooks have not kept pace with these changes. Student purchasing habits have also changed dramatically.
Portafolio addresses these changes by offering students a visually and aurally innovative and exciting introductory Spanish program, one that also offers new purchasing options. The design of Portafolio is colorful, lively and easy-to-navigate; the program includes an array of video, audio and print components, integrated with the textbook in a variety of ways to address individual learning styles; and the program is available in an innovative two-volume soft-cover format, which allows students to purchase only the portion they are using in the current semester.
These exciting new features and purchasing options are designed to address the needs of the students in your classroom today!
Portafolio-to-Go is a special link on the Portafolio Online Learning Center http://www.mhhe.com/portafolio that houses downloadable digital assets. Students are able to easily access and download to their mp3 player key resources that support the Portafolio program.
The online assets include:
The full laboratory audio program that coordinates with the Workbook/Laboratory Manuals. (Free) The full video program that coordinate with the "Charla con" video feature of the textbook. (Free) The Spanish Grammar Tutorials. Students will have access to a set of five of the 51 Spanish Grammar Tutorials free of charge. If they want access to the entire set of 51, they can purchase directly online through the e-commerce system for a nominal fee of $15.00 for the complete set. Students will be directed to the e-commerce system through the Portafolio-to-Go site if they wish to make a purchase.Synopsis
Portafolio: lo último en español is a new kind of teaching and learning program: a dynamic introductory Spanish experience that brings together a magazine-like core text with student-friendly digital assets, including downloadable audio and video files(www.mhhe.com/portafolio). It offers the guidance that beginning Spanish students and new instructors need, as well as the flexibility that all students and instructors want. Created in response to student and instructor feedback on the importance of visual appeal, brevity, portability, and function in the printed textbook and digital materials,
Portafolio is the first introductory Spanish program of its kind.
In addition, language students--particularly beginners--bring to the classroom a genuine desire to learn, even if they simply are fulfilling a requirement. Whether or not they express it in this way, students want their instructor to subscribe to a methodology that is informed by the latest research in second language acquisition. They want activities that have been class-tested and proven effective. They want to develop basic communication skills in Spanish. And they want to learn about the diversity of Hispanic cultures. Portafolio delivers on all of these objectives--and more.
About the Author
Alicia Ramos is Associate Professor of Spanish and Coordinator of the basic language program in French, Italian, and Spanish at Hunter College (CUNY) in New York. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, has served on the faculties of Barnard College and Indiana University of Pennsylvania and as Assistant Director of the Spanish School at Middlebury College. Dr. Ramos interests include methodology and materials development for courses from the elementary through advanced levels, including courses for Spanish speakers. Dr. Ramos has published in the field of Hispanic literature and has co-authored intermediate and advanced level textbooks including Cofre literario (2003, McGraw-Hill), a literary reader for the intermediate and advanced levels.Robert L. Davis is Associate Professor and the Director of the Spanish Language Program at the University of Oregon. He teaches courses in Spanish language, historical linguistics, and teaching methodology. His interests include language pedagogy and materials development, in particular the development of language skills within content-based instruction. He has written articles on language pedagogy, materials development, and language program direction.
Table of Contents
Capítulo 8
Ritmos de la vida
Vocabulario
Los deportes
Los pasatiempos
Gramática
8.1 Irregular Forms of the Preterite
8.2 Stem-Changing Verbs in the Preterite
Charla con Mitch
Vocabulario
Fiestas y diversions
Gramática
8.3 Negative words
8.4 Using Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns Together
Portafolio cultural: Puerto Rico
Región: Lengua e identidad en Puerto Rico
Actualidad: La cuestión del estatus de Puerto Rico
Cartelera: Ritmos caribeños
Icono: Roberto Clemente
Gente: Hablan los puertorriqueños
Opinión: Los hispanos y el beísbol
Mi portafolio
Capítulo 9
Fiestas y tradiciones
Vocabulario
La frecuencia
Las etapas de la vida
Gramática
9.1 The Imperfect
Charla con Juan
Vocabulario
¿Qué fiestas celebrabas de niño/a?
¿Cómo te sentías?
Gramática
9.2 Gustar (Review)
9.3 Other Verbs Like gustar
Portafolio cultural: Cuba
Nación: La Habana Vieja
Actualidad: El sistema político y la sociedad cubana
Cartelera: Fiestas tradicionales cubanas
Icono: Picadillo
Gente: Hablan los cubanos
Opinión: Los cubanos en los Estados Unidos
Mi portafolio
Capítulo 10
Viajes y paisajes
Vocabulario
Los medios de transporte
De viaje
Gramática
10.1 Preterite vs. Imperfect
10.2 More about the Present Participle
Charla con Nina
Vocabulario
Destinos urbanos
La identidad regional
Gramática
10.3 The Present Perfect
10.4 Lo + Adjective
Portafolio cultural: Argentina
Nación: La comunidad judía en Argentina
Actualidad: De la crisis económica a la estabilidad
Cartelera: La alimentación argentina
Icono: Carlos Gardel
Gente: Hablan los argentinos
Opinión: Buenos Aires
Mi portafolioCapítulo 11
Identidad e integración
Vocabulario
Para cruzar la frontera
Gramática
<5>11.1 Hace + Time + que
11.2 Por and para (Summary)
Charla con Yolanda
Vocabulario
La identidad bicultural
Gramática
11.3 Expressing Unexpected or Unplanned Actions
11.4 Adverbs
Portafolio cultural: La frontera
Nación: Las ciudades fronterizas
Actualidad: Culturas y generaciones
Cartelera: La Tejano Music
Icono: La leyenda de la Llorona
Gente: Hablan los hispanos
Opinión: La inimgración latina
Mi portafolio
Capítulo 12
Cómo ganarse la vida
Vocabulario
El mundo del trabajo
Gramática
12.1 Formal Commands
Charla con Susana
Vocabulario
¿Qué hago para buscar empleo?
Gramática
12.2 Familiar Commands
12.3 Reciprocal Actions
Portafolio cultural: Chile
Nación: La inmigración alemana a Chile
Actualidad: Michelle Bachelet, primera presidenta de Chile
Cartelera: Chile, tierra de poetas
Icono: La Isla de Pascua
Gente: Hablan los chilenos
Opinión: Las mujeres y la sociedad chilena
Mi portafolio
Capítulo 13
Los medios de comunicación
Vocabulario
El periódico en línea
La comunicación electrónica
La television y el cine
Gramática
13.1 The Present Subjunctive
13.2 Basic Uses of the Present Subjunctive
Charla con David
Vocabulario
La política y la comunicación en Centroamérica
Gramática
13.3 The Subjunctive with Expressions of Doubt
13.4 The Subjunctive with Expressions of Emotion
Portafolio cultural: Centroamérica
Nación: El canal de Panamá
Actualidad: Transformación en Nicaragua
Cartelera: La diversidad lingüística en Guatemala
Icono: La ropa maya
Gente: Hablan los centroamericanos
Opinión: Los periódicos nicaragüenses
Mi portafolio
Capítulo 14
Regiones y etnias
Vocabulario
La sociedad peruana
Gramática
14.1 The Subjunctive with Noun Antecedents
14.2 Comparisons
Charla con Sandra
Vocabulario
Los problemas socials
Gramática
14.3 The Future Tense
14.4 The Subjunctive with Future Actions
Portafolio cultural: Perú
Nación: La cultura precolombina del Perú
Actualidad: Laura Bozzo
Cartelera: La cocina peruana
Icono: Machu Picchu
Gente: Hablan los peruanos
Opinión: El prejuicio en el Perú
Mi portafolio
Capítulo 15
Amor y amistad
Vocabulario
Las amistades
Gramática
15.1 The Conditional
15.2 Results and Consequences
Charla con Gustavo
Vocabulario
Para formar Pareja
Gramática
15.3 The Subjunctive (Summary)
Portafolio cultural: Paraguay y Uruguay
Nación: El Chaco
Actualidad: Uruguay, país moderno
Cartelera: Citas en ciberespacio
Icono: El mate
Gente: Hablan los uruguayos
Opinión: Nombres similares, países diferentes
Mi portafolio