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En contacto, Enhanced Student Text: Gram�tica en acci�n

En contacto, Enhanced Student Text: Gram�tica en acci�n


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EN CONTACTO: GRAMÁTICA EN ACCIÓN Enhanced Ninth Edition is designed to put intermediate Spanish students in touch with contemporary Hispanic culture through its language and literature. The program stresses communication and, when used with the LECTURAS INTERMEDIAS volume, emphasizes the acquisition of reading skills and text comprehension.

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EN CONTACTO: GRAMÁTICA EN ACCIÓN Enhanced Ninth Edition New Short Films: Un producto revolucionario, by permission of Enrique Collado Peralta. Lo importante, by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, Encanta Films S. L. Ana y Miguel, by Manuel Calvo, Encanta Films S. L. Minería contaminante a cielo abierto en Colombia, by Catalejo Films for Razón Publica. El arbol de la música, by Sabina Berman and Isabelle Tardan. Un juego absurdo, by Gaston Rothschild, Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales. Preface. 1. EN BUSCA DE LA FELICIDAD. Presentación del tema: ¿Encontramos felicidad en las fiestas? Vocabulario útil: Fiestas y festivals. Lengua viva. Audioviñetas: En la fiesta. En otras palabras: Para saludar a la gente, presentarse, iniciar una conversación, intercambiar datos de contacto. Gramatica y vocabulario. Gustar. Vocabulario útil: Algunas actividades del fin de semana. The Present Indicative Tense. Vocabulario útil: Los deportes y otras diversions. The Reflexive (1). Vocabulario útil: Algunos verbos reflexives. Nouns and Articles. En contacto. Videocultura: Madrid, una ciudad alegre. 2. VEJEZ Y JUVENTUD. Presentación del tema: Pequeño perfil de la juventud española. Vocabulario útil: La familia. Lengua viva. Audioviñetas: En el autobus. En otras palabras: Para expresar respeto y cortesía; Despedidas. Gramatica y vocabulario. The Preterit Tense. Vocabulario útil: La vida y la muerte. The Imperfect Tense. Preterit versus Imperfect. Hacer + Time Expressions. En contacto. Videocultura: Tres generaciones de una familia ecuatoriana. 3. PRESENCIA LATINA. Presentación del tema: Una comunidad diversa. Vocabulario útil: La inmigración y el trabajo. Lengua viva. Audioviñetas: Conversaciones con inmigrantes. En otras palabras: Para expresar admiración, desaprobración y sorpresa. Gramatica y vocabulario. Adjectives Vocabulario útil: Palabras descriptivas (y sus antónimos). Ser versus Estar. Demonstratives Possessives. En contacto. Videocultura: En San Antonio, 'quien habla dos lenguas vale por dos'. 4. AMOR Y AMISTED. Presentación del tema: Nuevas tendencias y viejas costumbres. Vocabulario útil: Amor y Amistad. Lengua viva. Audioviñetas: Dos invitaciones. En otras palabras: Invitaciones Gramatica y vocabulario. The Future Tense. The Conditional. Comparisons. Vocabulario útil: Características personales. Irregular Comparative Forms; the Superlative. En contacto Videocultura: Las amistades. 5. VIVIR Y APRENDER. Presentación del tema: La vida universitaria. Vocabulario útil: La vida estudiantil. Lengua viva. Audioviñetas: Mensajes telefónicos. En otras palabras: Para saludar y despedirse por teléfono; Para pedir y dar permiso y para expresar prohibición. Gramatica y vocabulario The Present Subjunctive Mood. Vocabulario útil: Los altibajos del estudiante. Verbs That Take the Subjunctive. The Subjunctive versus the Indicative. En contacto. Videocultura: Hablan los estudiantes. 6. DE VIAJE. Presentación del tema: El espíritu de aventura. Vocabulario útil: Las vacaciones. Lengua viva. Audioviñetas: En Cartagena. En otras palabras: Direcciones y sentidos. Gramatica y vocabulario. Direct Object Pronouns. Indirect Object Pronouns; Two Object Pronouns. Vocabulario útil: En el banco o la casa de cambio. Commands. Vocabulario útil: Algunas actividades turísticas. Commands with Object Pronouns. En contacto. Videocultura: Colombia, el riesgo es que te quieras quedar. 7. GUSTOS Y PREFERENCIAS. Presentación del tema: Gustos musicales y la 'música latina'. Vocabulario útil: La música. Lengua viva. Audioviñetas: En Bogota. En otras palabras: Para expresar acuerdo y desacuerdo; Para pedir comida o bebida en un restaurant. Gramatica y vocabulario Affirmatives and Negatives. Gustar, Faltar, and Similar Verbs. Vocabulario útil: Comidas y bebidas. The Subjunctive in Descriptions of the Unknown or Indefinite. Vocabulario útil: La moda. The Subjunctive with Certain Adverbial Conjunctions. En contacto. Videocultura: El baile flamenco. 8. DIMENSIONES CULTURALES. Presentación del tema: Raíces. Vocabulario

About the Author :
Brenda Wegmann received a Master's degree in Spanish literature from the University of Wisconsin and taught Spanish for seven years at Boston University and Northeastern University before moving to Canada in 1974. Since then she has lived with her family in Edmonton while teaching Spanish at the University of Alberta in the Department of Extension and writing Spanish and ESL textbooks, as well as trade books. Among her publications (written in collaboration with outstanding co-authors) are the following: PERSPECTIVAS, EN CONTACTO (for intermediate university Spanish), MOSAIC 1 & 2 (ESL readers), PRONTO Y PRACTICO (Practical Spanish for Canadians), STREETWISE SPANISH DICTIONARY / THESAURUS, LAUGH N' LEARN SPANISH (co-authored with cartoonist Lynn Johnston of "For Better or For Worse"), TUNE UP YOUR SPANISH, and most recently, THE RED-HOT BOOK OF SPANISH SLANG AND IDIOMS. : Mary McVey Gill has co-authored numerous books in Spanish including EN CONTACTO: LECTURAS INTERMEDIAS, and HABLEMOS ESPANOL. She worked in academic publishing for many years and co-authored TAPESTRY II: LISTENING/SPEAKING, a book for English language learners. Teresa Mendez-Faith was born in Asuncion, Paraguay. She received her PhD at the University of Michigan in 1979. She currently resides in New England. An essayist, literary critic and college professor, she teaches Hispanic-American literature at Saint Anselm College, New Hampshire. She has authored several books including PARAGUAY: NOVELA Y EXILIO (1985) and NUEVOS CONTEXTOS: DOCE CUENTISTAS CONTEMPORANEOS DE HISPANOAMERICA (2002), and is co-author of four Spanish textbooks. Teresa Mendez-Faith has been awarded several academic distinctions, including two postgraduate scholarships from the National for Endowment the Humanities, the AAUP "Teacher of the Year" prize at her college (1990) and, also that same year, the "Sears-Roebuck Foundation Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award".


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  • ISBN-13: 9781285461540
  • Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Heinle
  • Height: 22 mm
  • No of Pages: 512
  • Spine Width: 251 mm
  • Weight: 680 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1285461541
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Gram�tica en acci�n
  • Width: 203 mm


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