This three-tier video features geographic footage of the twenty-four countries and ethnicities of focus accompanied by descriptive narratives in Spanish; sixty-seven grammar presentations, one for each grammar topic covered in the textbook; and Asi somos situational video.
This worktext provides vocabulary, situations, and communicative functions essential to police officers, firefighters, court clerks, and other law enforcement personnel."Applied presentation" features realistic dialogues, personalized questions, situational role-plays, and realia-based activities that correspond grammatically with those in "Basic Spanish.""Practical, specialized vocabulary" includes terms essential for communicating in law enforcement settings, an in-text audio CD, and "Un paso mas" sections that offer additional vocabulary practice and realia-based activities."Cultural focus" highlights Hispanic customs and traditions relevant to the subject matter of the lesson, in "Notas culturales" sections."Comprehension checks" begin with comprehension questions on the dialogues in the "Digame" section that follows the vocabulary lists in the worktext, and end with pair activities in the "Hablemos" section for immediate reinforcement."Convenient Phrasebooks" provide vocabulary words and phrases found in the worktexts for quick, on-the-job reference.
¿CÓMO SE DICE . . . ? Tenth Edition has proven itself as the most solid, reliable, full-scope introductory Spanish program in the market. Its solid four-skills methodology, unparalleled grammar explanations, flexibility, and ease-of-use been some of the main reasons for the program's success with students and longevity in the language classroom. iLrn access is sold separately. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
[The book] is a complete, fully integrated intermediate Spanish program designed for two- and four-year college and university students. This edition continues to help students attain linguistic proficiency by offering a comprehensive review and systematic expansion of the basic structures of Spanish commonly taught at the introductory level, while providing numerous opportunities for students to develop their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills and their cultural competency"--Preface.
Drawn from the successful "Basic Spanish Grammar," 6/e, and accompanying career manuals, "TheBasic Spanish Series" offer a flexible, concise prologue to Spanish grammar and communication. The series has been enhanced and updated to better address the needs of today's students, pre-professionals, and professionals who need a working knowledge of Spanish. The core text, "Basic Spanish," provides the essential grammatical structures needed for communicating in Spanish. The six worktexts, "Basic Spanish for Getting Along, Basic Spanish for Business and Finance, Basic Spanish for Medical Personnel, Basic Spanish for Law Enforcement, Basic Spanish for Social Services," and "Basic Spanish for Teachers," are communication worktexts that encourage students to use and practice the grammar learned in "Basic Spanish." The worktexts present realistic situations a student will encounter in everyday life when needing to communicate in Spanish as well as a variety of authentic workplace situations likely to be encountered by professionals, with attention to specialized vocabulary of each profession, dialogue completions, role-plays, and realia-based activities. "The Basic Spanish Series" offers flexibility for an array of academic, professional, and adult education settings. "Basic Spanish" can be used independently or with any combination of the six worktexts. "Basic Spanish" combined with "Basic Spanish for Getting Along" is ideal for an Introductory Conversation course, while combining the text with any of the career-specific worktexts serves students, pre-professionals, or professionals who need a working knowledge of the language in a short period of time. A comprehensive supplementspackage enhances the program and offers students and professionals helpful tools for developing their language skills outside of the classroom."Early introduction of essential communicative concepts" enables students to begin speaking immediately."Chapter-opening spread" orients and organizes students by previewing the chapter's "Objectives, Structures, and Communication; " highlighting a different Spanish-speaking country, with a profile in English and a map; and providing a legend of icons that indicate additional resources available with the program."Clear, concise grammar presentation" lists the grammar topic in English and Spanish, followed by explanations in English, language models in Spanish with translations and charts, and "Vamos a practicar" exercises for reinforcement of the material."Practical vocabulary presentation" contains lists of chapter vocabulary clearly divided into the following categories: Cognates, Verbs, Adjectives, and Other Words and Expressions--all containing translations with the exception of cognates."Cuanto sabe usted ahora? self-tests" offer assessment opportunities after every five lessons. Answers on the ClassPrep CD give instructors the option to cover the answers in class or provide students the answers so they can monitor their own progress."Para escuchar y entender section" reinforces listening through two types of audio exercises "Practica" (grammar exercises) and "Que dicen?" (listening comprehension)."End-of-lesson activity" provides practice of the active vocabulary introduced in each lesson, in the "Palabras y mas palabras" (words and more words), followed by "En estas situaciones," a pair/group activity that encourages students to applystructures and vocabulary learned in the lesson."Communicative activities" encourage practice of the grammar points through role-plays and group situations.
Drawn from the successful Basic Spanish Grammar, 6/e, and accompanying career manuals, The Basic Spanish Series offer a flexible, concise prologue to Spanish grammar and communication. The series has been enhanced and updated to better address the needs of today's students, pre-professionals, and professionals who need a working knowledge of Spanish. The core text, Basic Spanish, provides the essential grammatical structures needed for communicating in Spanish. The six communication worktexts, Basic Spanish for Getting Along, Basic Spanish for Business and Finance, Basic Spanish for Medical Personnel, Basic Spanish for Law Enforcement, Basic Spanish for Social Services, and Basic Spanish for Teachers, encourage students to use and practice the grammar learned in Basic Spanish. The worktexts present realistic situations a student will encounter in everyday life when needing to communicate in Spanish as well as a variety of authentic workplace situations likely to be encountered by professionals, with attention to specialized vocabulary of each profession, dialogue completions, role-plays, and realia-based activities. The Basic Spanish Series offers flexibility for an array of academic, professional, and adult education settings. A comprehensive supplements package enhances the program and offers students and professionals helpful tools for developing their language skills outside of the classroom. Early introduction of essential communicative concepts enables students to begin speaking immediately. Clear, concise grammar presentation lists the grammar topic in English and Spanish, followed by explanations in English, language models in Spanish with translations and charts, and Vamos a practicar exercises for reinforcement of the material. Practical vocabulary presentation contains lists of chapter vocabulary clearly divided into the following categories: Cognates, Verbs, Adjectives, and Other Words and Expressions—all containing translations with the exception of cognates.
This new dual-platform multimedia CD-ROM contains 2 CDs and provides the complete ¿Cmo se dice...? video program with: 18 dramatized lesson-opening dialogues 18 grammar presentations taught by a video instructor 18 improvisations on the lesson theme 18 geographic area footage This CD-ROM also helps students practice each lesson's vocabulary and grammar, and provides immediate feedback so they can check their own progress. Each lesson includes: Games/Art, Listening-based activities, Video-based activities, Opportunities to record selected responses, Access to grammar reference, Spanish-English glossary, Comprehensive progress report, as well as a direct link to SMARTHINKING online tutoring for extra help.
BASIC SPANISH FOR MEDICAL PERSONNEL is a communication manual designed to serve those in the medical professions who seek basic conversational skills in Spanish. Written for use in two-semester or three-quarter courses, it presents everyday situations that medical students, pre-professionals, and professionals may encounter at work settings such as hospitals, emergency rooms, doctors' offices, and clinics when dealing with Spanish-speaking patients and personnel in the United States. BASIC SPANISH FOR MEDICAL PERSONNEL introduces essential medical vocabulary, practical reference information, and medical notes written from a cross-cultural perspective. It provides students with opportunities to apply, in a wide variety of practical contexts, the grammatical structures presented in the corresponding lessons of the Basic Spanish core text. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
This worktext presents situations along with key current medical vocabulary, practical reference information, and medical notes written from a cross-cultural perspective."Applied presentation" features realistic dialogues, personalized questions, situational role-plays, and realia-based activities that correspond grammatically with those in "Basic Spanish.""Practical, specialized vocabulary" includes terms essential for communicating in medical settings, an in-text audio CD, and "Un paso mas" sections that offer additional vocabulary practice and realia-based activities."Cultural focus" highlights Hispanic customs and traditions relevant to the subject matter of the lesson, in "Notas culturales" sections."Comprehension checks" begin with comprehension questions on the dialogues in the "Digame" section that follows the vocabulary lists in the worktext, and end with pair activities in the "Hablemos" section for immediate reinforcement."Convenient Phrasebook" provides vocabulary words and phrases found in the worktext for quick, on-the-job reference.
THE BASIC SPANISH SERIES, BASIC SPANISH FOR MEDICAL PERSONNEL, Enhanced Second Edition, is a communication manual designed to serve those in the medical professions who seek basic conversational skills in Spanish by presenting everyday situations that medical students, pre-professionals, and professionals may encounter at work settings such as hospitals, emergency rooms, doctors' offices, and clinics when dealing with Spanish-speaking patients and personnel in the United States. This worktext provides students with opportunities to apply, in a wide variety of practical contexts, the grammatical structures presented in the corresponding lessons of the BASIC SPANISH core text. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
The Workbook portion of the Student Activities Manual (SAM) provides vocabulary, grammar, reading, and writing practice. The Laboratory Manual activities, designed for use with the SAM audio program, focus on listening comprehension and pronunciation.
This worktext offers diversified business topics and vocabulary, technology-related vocabulary, cultural notes, and activities on business culture and practices--correlated to the cultural notes--to check and reinforce students' business cross-cultural competency."Applied presentation" features realistic dialogues, personalized questions, situational role-plays, and realia-based activities that correspond grammatically with those in "Basic Spanish.""Practical, specialized vocabulary" includes terms essential for communicating in business and financial settings, an in-text audio CD for the worktext, and "Un paso mas" sections that offer additional vocabulary practice and realia-based activities."Cultural focus" highlights Hispanic customs and traditions relevant to the subject matter of the lesson, in "Notas culturales" sections."Comprehension checks" begin with comprehension questions on the dialogues in the "Digame" section that follows the vocabulary lists in the worktext, and end with pair activities in the "Hablemos" section for immediate reinforcement."Convenient Phrasebook" provides vocabulary words and phrases found in the worktext for quick, on-the-job reference.
BASIC SPANISH FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT is a career manual designed to serve those in the law enforcement professions who seek basic conversational skills in Spanish. It presents typical everyday situations that pre-professionals and professionals may encounter when dealing with Spanish speakers in the United States at work settings such as police stations, prisons, and on the street. This second edition introduces practical vocabulary, everyday on-the-job situations, and culture notes (Notas culturales) written from a cross-cultural perspective. It provides opportunities to apply, in a wide variety of practical contexts, the grammatical structures presented in the corresponding lessons of the Basic Spanish core text. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
This print component contains the answers to the Student Activities Manual exercises, as well as the script for the recorded material that corresponds to the Laboratory Manual.
BASIC SPANISH FOR TEACHERS is a career manual designed to serve those in the teaching professions who seek basic conversational skills in Spanish. Written for use in two-semester or three-quarter courses, it presents everyday situations that teachers could encounter in various work settings (public and private elementary, middle, and high schools) when dealing with Spanish speaking students and parents/guardians in the United States. BASIC SPANISH FOR TEACHERS introduces practical vocabulary, everyday on-the-job situations, and culture notes (Notas culturales) written from a cross-cultural perspective. It provides students with opportunities to apply, in a wide variety of practical contexts, the grammatical structures presented in the corresponding lessons of the Basic Spanish core text. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
These pocket phrasebooks provide students and professionals a handy reference for real-life and on-the-job situations. They contain vocabulary and phrases arranged alphabetically, specific to each worktext.
BASIC SPANISH FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT offers diversified business topics and vocabulary, technology-related terms, cultural notes, and activities on business culture and practices - correlated to the cultural notes - to check and reinforce students' business cross-cultural competency. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
¿CÓMO SE DICE . . . ? Eleventh Edition's proven four-skills methodology, unparalleled grammar explanations, flexibility, and ease-of-use are some of the many reasons for the success of this renowned introductory Spanish program. The eleventh edition features a new and robust selection of authentic literary spreads and short poems, updated chapter-opener photographs and companion images that highlight culture and geography, updated visuals and descriptions of important cultural figures from the Hispanic world, and new and improved end-of-chapter self-tests for student practice and exam-preparation. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
BASIC SPANISH FOR SOCIAL SERVICES is a career manual designed to serve those in the social services professions who seek basic conversational skills in Spanish. Written for use in two-semester or three-quarter courses, it presents everyday situations that pre-professionals and professionals may encounter when dealing with Spanish-speaking clients, patients, and personnel in the United States at work settings such as hospitals and Department of Social Services offices. This enhanced second edition introduces practical vocabulary, everyday on-the-job situations, and culture notes (Notas culturales) written from a cross-cultural perspective. It provides students with opportunities to apply, in a wide variety of practical contexts, the grammatical structures presented in the corresponding lessons of the Basic Spanish core text.
THE BASIC SPANISH SERIES, BASIC SPANISH FOR GETTING ALONG, Enhanced Second Edition, is a communication manual designed to serve those who seek basic conversational skills in Spanish by presenting everyday situations that students may encounter when traveling or living in Spanish-speaking countries or when dealing with Spanish-speaking people in the United States. This worktext introduces essential vocabulary and provides students with opportunities to apply, in a wide variety of practical contexts, the grammatical structures presented in the corresponding lessons of the BASIC SPANISH core text. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
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