Portales: Comunidad Y Cultura - Couverture rigide

O'Donnell, Cathryn Collopy; Kelly, Kathryn E.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0130498149 ISBN 13 : 9780130498144

Editeur : Prentice Hall, 2002

Synopsis

Book by Cathryn Collopy ODonnell

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

Portales invites intermediate students of Spanish through the gateways of language learning as they immerse themselves in and make connections with their communities, other disciplines, and the world at large. Based on the National Standards for Foreign Language Learning, Portales offers students plentiful opportunities to strengthen their productive skills as they interact with each other and their instructor across interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational domains of communication.

UNIQUE FEATURES

• A true content-driven style, in which the grammar and vocabulary are tightly woven in and around the main topics
• Integration of vocabulary, skills development, culture, and grammar into cohesive chapter units
• A balance between input and output activities, focused on meaningful tasks and real-life contexts
• Consistent challenge to improve language proficiency while expanding students' knowledge and critical-thinking skills
• Activities that connect relevant cultural topics and contemporary issues to the lives and experience of students
• A well-articulated, process-oriented approach to writing for individual and collaborative group compositions

FOR THE STUDENT

• Student Text 0-13-025772-9
• In-text Audio 0-13-112054-9
• Activities Manual 0-13-049816-5
• Companion Website™ www.prenhall.com/portales

FOR THE INSTRUCTOR

• Annotated Instructor's Edition 0-13-049814-9
• Instructor's Resource Manual 0-13-049817-3
• IBM and Mac Testing Programs IBM: 0-13-0498181; Mac: 0-13-049810-6

Biographie de l'auteur :

Cathryn Collopy O'Donnell (Ph.D., University of California, Irvine) Cathryn Collopy O'Donnell is Associate Professor of Spanish in the Department of Foreign Languages at Fullerton College. Her interests include materials development, reading and writing strategy usage, and the application of technology to the teaching of modern languages. She has presented papers on Hispanic women poets at professional conferences and has also given many workshops and presentations in the areas of distance education, Web site , development, and the National Standards. She has developed and taught online courses for the intermediate level as well as Web-enhanced classes in peninsular literature and first-year Spanish. She has lived and taught in Spain and traveled in Mexico, Panama, and Colombia.

Kathryn E. Kelly (Ph.D., University of California, Irvine) Kathryn E. Kelly is an Associate Professor of Spanish at Riverside Community College where she has developed distance education courses, organized various communicative approach workshops and practicums, and served as chair of the Department of Foreign Languages (1990-2001). Her interests include applied linguistics, indigenous civilizations, and Central American literature and culture. She has received a National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Teaching Excellence Award, among others. She is currently working on a series of teleweb and hybrid courses. She was an AFS exchange student in Ecuador, has carried out research and traveled extensively in Guatemala, taught a study abroad program in Mexico, and has traveled in Costa Rica and Peru. She is active as a volunteer in her community with AFS Intercultural Programs.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Prentice Hall
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0130498149
• ISBN 13: 9780130498144
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 35