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An exciting new entry in the beginning Spanish market, "Entrevistas" (Interviews) fulfils the market demand for an innovative treatment of culture within a four-skills approach. A manageable fifteen chapters, "Entrevistas" has as its principal objective the development of communicative language proficiency and the integration of culture as a content area into the language acquisition process. "Entrevistas" sets itself apart from other first-year Spanish texts through the integration and treatment of authentic (real) speech samples in the text, video, audio, and website.
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The most unique feature of Entrevistas is the inclusion and integration of speech samples from native Spanish speakers. These "interviews" provide the foundation for the theme, vocabulary, and grammar of each chapter, and are integrated into the audio program, the video, the E-book, and the website. Each chapter is divided into two parts, and each part features one interview.
By providing the interviews in a variety of media, the program offers a unique opportunity for students to be in direct contact with native speakers and develop their listening comprehension skills (beyond what most 1st year books offer). This should appeal to those instructors who would like a substantial treatment of listening skills in particular.
Entrevistas provides an opportunity for students to work towards meaningful communication. A balanced presentation of grammar and vocabulary in each chapter, coupled with a variety of form-focused and communicative activities, facilitates the development of language and communication skills. Grammar is presented in a more patient manner, ensuring that students have grasped the concepts before moving on.
Integrated cultural coverage is central in this text. Unlike most books on the market, culture is interwoven throughout all sections and is not tacked on as an afterthought.
Each chapter focuses on a particular country of the Spanish-speaking world and the two interviews in each chapter profile native speakers from that particular country. The diversity of the people interviewed provides a rich cultural experience and helps dispel stereotypes to encourage students to think positively and critically about the Spanish-speaking world.
Entrevistas has a very manageable chapter structure and is easy to use! Each chapter is divided into two major parts. The parts are divided into 4 sections: vocabulary, interviews, grammar, and readings.
The readings differ in content in each part: Part one features Documentos (documents) e.g., a questionnaire from a magazine, an advertisement for colleges in Costa Rica. Part two offers Lecturas (readings), more journalistic style readings or short literary selections.
The text and workbook both contain a Pronunciación y ortografía (pronunciation and spelling) feature: the text provides the explanation with a few practice exercises. The workbook/lab manual provides additional listening and writing exercises as well.
A Lenguaje funcional (functional language) feature found throughout the book contains practical language (more vocabulary) to enable students to further develop their communication skills.
The Si te interesa (If you are interested) feature that occurs throughout the chapter provides additional lexical and cultural notes to spark students' interest in the language, e.g., the history of Spanish last names.
Señas de identidad, (signs of identity) provide students with important characteristics that define a country's culture such as what flora and fauna represent in Costa Rica or how significant the autonomous regions of Spain are to that country.
Each chapter ends with A ti te toca, which serves to integrate an extended writing task and bring the chapter to a close. Introduced in the textbook, students will actually complete the writing assignment in the accompanying workbook/lab manual.
Each chapter also includes a unique piece of realia, found in the Se dice que feature. Here students will read a short selection that provides (in English) a more U.S. centric perspective on Hispanic culture. The objective is to encourage students to compare this perspective with the native Hispanic perspective presented elsewhere throughout the chapter.
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By providing the interviews in a variety of media, the program offers a unique opportunity for students to be in direct contact with native speakers and develop their listening comprehension skills (beyond what most 1st year books offer). This should appeal to those instructors who would like a substantial treatment of listening skills in particular.
Entrevistas provides an opportunity for students to work towards meaningful communication. A balanced presentation of grammar and vocabulary in each chapter, coupled with a variety of form-focused and communicative activities, facilitates the development of language and communication skills. Grammar is presented in a more patient manner, ensuring that students have grasped the concepts before moving on.
Integrated cultural coverage is central in this text. Unlike most books on the market, culture is interwoven throughout all sections and is not tacked on as an afterthought.
Each chapter focuses on a particular country of the Spanish-speaking world and the two interviews in each chapter profile native speakers from that particular country. The diversity of the people interviewed provides a rich cultural experience and helps dispel stereotypes to encourage students to think positively and critically about the Spanish-speaking world.
Entrevistas has a very manageable chapter structure and is easy to use! Each chapter is divided into two major parts. The parts are divided into 4 sections: vocabulary, interviews, grammar, and readings.
The readings differ in content in each part: Part one features Documentos (documents) e.g., a questionnaire from a magazine, an advertisement for colleges in Costa Rica. Part two offers Lecturas (readings), more journalistic style readings or short literary selections.
The text and workbook both contain a Pronunciación y ortografía (pronunciation and spelling) feature: the text provides the explanation with a few practice exercises. The workbook/lab manual provides additional listening and writing exercises as well.
A Lenguaje funcional (functional language) feature found throughout the book contains practical language (more vocabulary) to enable students to further develop their communication skills.
The Si te interesa (If you are interested) feature that occurs throughout the chapter provides additional lexical and cultural notes to spark students' interest in the language, e.g., the history of Spanish last names.
Señas de identidad, (signs of identity) provide students with important characteristics that define a country's culture such as what flora and fauna represent in Costa Rica or how significant the autonomous regions of Spain are to that country.
Each chapter ends with A ti te toca, which serves to integrate an extended writing task and bring the chapter to a close. Introduced in the textbook, students will actually complete the writing assignment in the accompanying workbook/lab manual.
Each chapter also includes a unique piece of realia, found in the Se dice que feature. Here students will read a short selection that provides (in English) a more U.S. centric perspective on Hispanic culture. The objective is to encourage students to compare this perspective with the native Hispanic perspective presented elsewhere throughout the chapter.
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. H. Jay Siskin received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in Romance and French linguistics. He is Director of the Language Lab at Cabrillo College. Dr. Siskin has written numerous articles and reviews that have appeared in such journals as Foreign Language Annals, The French Review, The Canadian Review of Modern Languages, the ADFL Bulletin and the MLJ. His research interests include autobiographical narrative and the teaching of culture.
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- PublisherMcGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0072311770
- ISBN 13 9780072311778
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages176
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