Sol y viento / Sun and Wind: Beginning Spanish - Couverture rigide

VanPatten, Bill; Leeser, Michael; Keating, Gregory D.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0073385298 ISBN 13 : 9780073385297

Editeur : McGraw Hill Higher Education, 2011

Synopsis

Book by VanPatten Bill

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Sol y viento integrates the latest in second language acquisition research with the highest quality, Hollywood caliber feature film available for the Introductory Spanish classroom. The Sol y viento program creates a distinct and captivating cultural experience that motivates students to develop their communication skills. Created specifically for beginning language learners, Sol y viento tells the story of a Chilean family and their winery, and of a young U.S. Latino businessman who finds himself intricately involved with the family as his company tries to buy their land. Mystery, romance, and the unexplainable forces of nature all play a part in this spellbinding story, drawing students in and compelling them to want to communicate about the film and its themes.

For an additional charge you may also purchase access to CENTRO, a portal learning management system, which offers a diagnostic tool that provides students with tailored learning plans to address their specific learning needs. This integrated technology platform delivers a variety of digital components including Quia workbooks, laboratory manuals and an interactive e-book with voice board, allowing professors to deliver a seamless learning experience to students in both seated and virtual sections.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Bill VanPatten is Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Chanpaign, where he is Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese and the Advisor for the undergraduate program in Spanish teacher education. He received his Ph.D. in Hispanic Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin in 1983. His areas of research are input and output processing in second language acquisition, the impact of instruction on second language acquisistion, and the acquisition of Spanish syntax and morphology. He teaches a wide range of courses from beginning Spanish to doctoral seminars on language acquisition. He has published numerous articles and chapters in books and is the co-author of several McGraw-Hill Spanish textbooks. He is also the designer of Destinos, a television course for PBS.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: McGraw Hill Higher Education
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0073385298
• ISBN 13: 9780073385297
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 1120