Caminos: Student Text (World Languages) - Hardcover

Renjilian-Burgy, Joy; Chiquito, Ana Beatriz; Mraz, Susan M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0618816844 ISBN 13: 9780618816842

Publisher: Heinle, 2007

Synopsis

Caminos, Third Edition, promotes and inspires language learning by exposing beginning Spanish students to the diversity of cultures and language in the Spanish-speaking world. Caminos fosters speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills within a highly motivating and content-rich cultural context. Meaningful and useful vocabulary and grammar provide structural and thematic frameworks, which spiral throughout the Caminos program. The program's systematic pacing and recycling of material supports students as they advance their capabilities from description to narration to analysis and argumentation in Spanish. Students of varying backgrounds and ages as well as those who have different learning styles all experience linguistic growth and cultural acquisition through both written and oral activities.

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Review:

& quot; [ Caminos ] is the best. Not perfect, but the best! The material should be of interest to native speakers. The video accompanying Caminos meets this criteria. It is fun, entertaining and teaches & quot; good& quot; Spanish.... As we know, acquiring the culture of other people is difficult. More than learning their language. Gestures, variety of meaning of same words in different regions can and do put one in real embarassing situations.... Exercises are a great help by reinforcing what the students have learned. Caminos meets this challenge.& quot;

About the Author:

Joy Renjilian-Burgy is a tenured professor at Wellesley College and former Foreign Language Director, Mellon Instructional Technology. She has served as Supervisor of Practice Teachers of World Languages, for state certification for Wellesley and Harvard, and spends much of her time teaching at Harvard University Extension School as a Visiting Lecturer in Spanish & ESL.

About this edition

• Publisher: Heinle
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0618816844
• ISBN 13: 9780618816842
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 528