Easy To Understand. Dicho y hecho's award-winning design features crisp, clean, and uncluttered pages. The design highlights key grammatical structures and important information, making the text an easy study guide. Flexible. Dicho y hecho focuses on the essentials that students need to study while leaving the text flexible and adaptable for any kind of course in the curriculum. Easy to Use. Whether you supplement with transparencies or technology, Dicho y hecho's clean, streamlined approach to the basics doesn't get in the way of a clear course solidly grounded in the basics. Practical, Contextualized Active Vocabulary. Thematic vocabulary is presented visually and contextually, and then becomes active through multiple and progressive phases of application...Dicho y hecho offers the most thorough and varied practice and application of vocabulary of any text available today. Web-Extended Panoramas Culturales. Each country has its own unique home page, with a mix of, maps,graphics, and web-based discussion and research activities, with numerous links that offer virtual experiences in any land and culture. Exemplary Step-by-Step Presentation Of Grammar A clear, uncomplicated, classroom-tested presentation of structures allows students to study easily on their own, with Internet support. Ample Varied Opportunities For Structured, Guided, and Open-Ended Practice. Dicho y hecho presents a broader variety of time-tested exercises/activities than any text of its kind.
A Window On Hispanic Language, Life, and Culture Hand–crafted by an author team devoted to the teaching of Spanish, the fifth edition of this best–selling communicative program gives you the best of both worlds: sound coverage of linguistic and grammatical structures, and a compelling visual presentation infused with the flavor of authentic Hispanic culture. In this new edition you’ll find
- Updated vocabulary lists, including new themes such as: La comunicación, la tecnología y el mundo de negocios.
- A greater variety of realia–based exercises and activities with increased opportunity for open–ended/creative responses and collaborative work.
- Revised Panorama cultural sections, enhanced by color maps, beautiful color photos, intriguing curiosidades, and featuring new and interesting factual information on each country.
- Revised Conversaciones (on the enclosed student CD or tape), rewritten to enhance the natural flow of dialog and to incorporate the cultural and "personal" experiences of the text characters.
- A completely new Rincón literario section (on the enclosed student CD or tape), introducing selected literature from each of the major Spanish–speaking areas of the world.
- Two new sections in the En resumen section: Conversando, to emphasize speaking skills, and De mi escritorio, to help develop writing skills within a controlled context.
- A delightful cartoon introduction to each Estructura section featuring Antonio Tucán, Julia Quetzal, and Miguelito.
Bring Your Classroom To Life With Our Multimedia CD–ROM! This dynamic tool places the pedagogical features from Dicho y hecho into a "living" context, turning first–year Spanish into a fun, culturally enriching experience! Fully integrated with text photos, maps, student tapes, videoclips (and more), students can "interact" with elements of Hispanic culture. An engaging series of games, activities, and exercises facilitates the practice and development of language skills. Additional Supplements include Student Audio CD or Tape (shrink–wrapped with every text) Annotated Instructor’s Edition Transparencies Workbook/Laboratory Manual Audiocassette Program Tapescript Test Bank Computerized Test Bank Intensive Exercises Manual Dasher Drills computerized text exercises (IBM & Mac)
