El Mundo 21 (Spanish Edition)

Designed for heritage speaker courses in intermediate Spanish, the content-based approach of El mundo 21 hispano provides students with a wealth of opportunities to learn about their own country of origin, or that of their ancestors. As students delve into their roots they learn to respect and take pride in their own cultural heritage as well as those of their classmates. Culturally unified approach organizes the 21 Spanish-speaking countries into six logical, geographical units. The Unit opener gives the early history of each geographical region presented. Systematic focus on vocabulary expansion begins in Mejoremos la comunicaciÓn, which presents active vocabulary in a thematic, interactive format. Palabras claves, a vocabulary enrichment section, then teaches students how to derive new words and understand the meaning of key words taken from Mejoremos la comunicaciÓn. A deductive approach to grammar for Spanish speakers and bilinguals opens each grammar lesson with an activity titled A que ya lo sabes!, in which students quickly realize that they already use correctly the concepts being studied. Notas para bilingÜes and Notas para hispanohablantes address the specific needs of heritage Spanish speakers. Emphasis on country-specific literature and literary analysis in the Y ahora, Á leer! sections includes literary readings that represent each of the 21 Spanish-speaking countries and a variety of genres. A superior technology package includes a video, a student multimedia CD-ROM, student and instructor web sites, and an instructor's HM ClassPrep CD-ROM.Fabian A. Samaniego is the author of 'El Mundo 21 (Spanish Edition)', published 2004 under ISBN 9780618556601 and ISBN 0618556605.