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¡Vívelo! Beginning Spanish, 1st Edition

Dolly J. Young, Jane E. Berne, Pablo Muirhead, Claudia Montoya

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¡Vívelo! offers a fresh approach to beginning Spanish based on a solid foundation of what second language acquisition research tells us about how students acquire and assimilate language and cultural competence. It is a holistic, culturally rich, task-driven program with engaging input and realistic expectations of what beginning learners can achieve in a first college Spanish course. ¡Vívelo! pays close attention to the role of affect in the foreign language learning process by emphasizing what students know and can readily do with language, and by going beyond exposing them to the products and practices of other cultures to explore, compare, and embrace the perspectives they come from. It is designed strategically to ensure that beginning students of Spanish, even with a limited amount of language, can understand and make themselves understood well enough to function at levels parallel to their cognitive abilities and in a culturally appropriate manner.

¡Vivelo!: Beginning Spanish Annotated Instructor's Edition 978-0-470-55497-5

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Table of Contents

Investigación preliminar
Capitulo 1: Los compañeros y la clase
Capitulo 2: Más allá de la clase
Capitulo 3: El mundo hispano
Capitulo 4: El mundo hispano en tu vida
Capitulo 5: Lo que influye en la formación de una cultura y sociedad
Capitulo 6: Costumbres sociales y culturales
Capitulo 7: El arte y lo objetivo
Capitulo 8: El arte y la interpretación
Capitulo 9: Los días feriados
Capitulo 10: Perspectivas distintas
Capitulo 11: Los avances tecnológicos
Capitulo 12: Perspectivas globales

Hallmark Features

Each chapter opens with an Adelante section, a list of easily recognizable cognates with activities that establish context and engage student's right from the start.
Vívelo: Cultura and Contextos y perspectivas aids students cultural awareness by reflecting on their own cultures and the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world.
The role of culture is maximized throughout the text to assist in the breakdown of ethnocentric interpretations and suspension of ethnocentricism; a principle objective of ¡Vivelo!
Retrato de la clase sections offer students the chance to become familiar with each other through interactive activities, creating a sense of class identity and a willingness to communicate.
Content in the book is linked to real world, up-to-date knowledge, experiences, and events via online connections.
Textbook and workbook tasks are varied to offer all students opportunities to learn in ways that will be most successful to them.