Dimelo Tu - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0838445470 ISBN 13: 9780838445471

Synopsis

This new edition is a communication-based program designed to help students develop competency in Spanish by allowing interaction with peers and instructors on a daily basis. The Competency Approach challenges students to understand the Spanish language and Hispanic cultures by encouraging them to use and apply their own resources to what they are learning. Culturally-integrated chapters focus on a specific Spanish-speaking country. Every element of the chapter, from the input, guided, and open-ended practice, to the role-plays, listening activities, readings, and grammar, is designed to reflect the highlighted country.

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Review

"Integration of culture through various means (Noticiero cultural section, Youtube research, iTunes references). This is great!"

"DIMELO TU is an organized and interactive program; especially important is the fact that you [as the instructor] are the facilitator."

"We like the particular way that the package implements a 'communicative approach'. Specifically, we like the students studying the grammar on their own (the colored pages) and then coming to class prepared to put the theory into real-life practice, particularly in small-group activities."

"I will continue to use DAMELO TA because I really feel that the other textbooks don't pay attention to the differences amongst countries in a significant way and DAMELO TA is very comprehensive. I never feel that my beginner students will become culturally incompetent intermediate learners."

"I liked the organization and sequence of materials presented. I enjoyed very much the different exercises and how these were linked. The exercises were contextualized so I never felt lost as I went through the review of the text materials. I also enjoyed how dynamic the exercises were. Another aspect of the textbook that I considered an asset is the opportunity the text gives the instructor and the students to interact with realia from the web inside and outside the classroom."

"I will continue to use D?MELO T? because I really feel that the other textbooks don't pay attention to the differences amongst countries in a significant way and D?MELO T? is very comprehensive. I never feel that my beginner students will become culturally incompetent intermediate learners."

"I will continue to use D MELO T because I really feel that the other textbooks don't pay attention to the differences amongst countries in a significant way and D MELO T is very comprehensive. I never feel that my beginner students will become culturally incompetent intermediate learners."

"I will continue to use DIMELO TU because I really feel that the other textbooks don't pay attention to the differences amongst countries in a significant way and DIMELO TU is very comprehensive. I never feel that my beginner students will become culturally incompetent intermediate learners."

-I will continue to use DIMELO TU because I really feel that the other textbooks don't pay attention to the differences amongst countries in a significant way and DIMELO TU is very comprehensive. I never feel that my beginner students will become culturally incompetent intermediate learners.-

-We like the particular way that the package implements a 'communicative approach'. Specifically, we like the students studying the grammar on their own (the colored pages) and then coming to class prepared to put the theory into real-life practice, particularly in small-group activities.-

About the Author

J. Blommers is Associate Professor of Spanish and Program Coordinator for the Spanish Masters program in the Modern Languages and Literatures Department at California State University, Bakersfield. He specializes in second-language acquisition and is particularly interested in listening strategies and techniques. Other interests include 19th-century Peninsular literature and Hispanic-American culture. A native Iowan, Professor Blommers studied political science and Spanish at the University of Iowa and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and holds a master of arts and a Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of Iowa.

Edition details

• Language: Spanish
• ISBN 10: 0838445470
• ISBN 13: 9780838445471
• Binding: Hardcover