Synopses & Reviews
Pueblos is a complete Intermediate Spanish program that systematically presents culture within the context of the historical and political forces that have shaped and continue to shape the Spanish-speaking world. Grammar, vocabulary, and content are merged in a way that emphasizes communication, cultures, comparisons, connections and communities and a comprehensive historic-to-contemporary view of the Spanish-speaking populations and civilizations. The word pueblos refers to places, settlements, civilizations, and nations, but also to groups of people who speak Spanish. Pueblos focuses on how the world's Spanish-speaking cultures and civilizations came into being and developed throughout time.Content-based program supports students in using the target language to learn varied subject matter as they improve their language proficiency and linguistic accuracy.Complete cultural and historic context focuses on the development of the world's Spanish-speaking cultures and civilizations, linking past, present and future events in Spain, the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, South America, the Philippines, and Equatorial Guinea.Authentic readings enable students to encounter targeted vocabulary and grammar in a content- rich framework of culture and history.Historical timelines provide a visual tool to help students sequence events and view historical information, enabling them to better understand the evolution of the Spanish-speaking world.Historical approach orients the learner along a chronological timeline provided at the beginning of each chapter and links past, present, and even future events to reflect the interconnected and organic way in which civilizationsdevelop.Structured, culminating projects and task-based assignments ask students to synthesize and use vocabulary, grammar, culture, and exploration from a personal point of view.
Synopsis
Pueblos is a complete Intermediate Spanish program that systematically presents culture within the context of the historical and political forces that have shaped and continue to shape the Spanish-speaking world. Grammar, vocabulary, and content are merged in a way that emphasizes communication, cultures, comparisons, connections and communities and a comprehensive historic-to-contemporary view of the Spanish-speaking populations and civilizations. The word pueblos refers to places, settlements, civilizations, and nations, but also to groups of people who speak Spanish. Pueblos focuses on how the world's Spanish-speaking cultures and civilizations came into being and developed throughout time.
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.
Table of Contents
Unidad 1. Or?genes y encuentros Cap?tulo 1. La Am?rica precolombina: Las civilizaciones mesoamericanas de ayer y la gente de hoy Cap?tulo 2. La Pen?nsula Ib?rica: Lugar de encuentro ayer y hoy Cap?tulo 3. Tenochtitl?n: Encuentro entre Moctezuma, Hern?n Cort?s y la Malinche Unidad 2. Conquista y colonizaci?n Cap?tulo 4. El Nuevo Mundo: La regi?n andina: Bolivia, Ecuador y Per? Cap?tulo 5. El Nuevo Mundo: El Cono Sur: Chile y Argentina Cap?tulo 6. Conquistas futuras: Las colonias del siglo XXI Unidad 3. Independencia y revoluci?n Cap?tulo 7. Las colonias no americanas: Filipinas y Guinea Ecuatorial Cap?tulo 8. Independencia latinoamericana: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela y Panam? Cap?tulo 9. M?xico revolucionario ayer y hoy Unidad 4. Transiciones pol?ticas y econ?micas Cap?tulo 10. Dictaduras del pasado: Rep?blica Dominicana y Espa?a Cap?tulo 11. El Cono Sur: Paraguay y Uruguay--Transformaci?n y evoluci?n Cap?tulo 12. Procesos de paz: Centroam?rica Appendices Spanish-English glossary English-Spanish glossary