Conectate: Introductory Spanish
Published on 16. February 2015
Book
Hardback
576 pages
978-0-07-338525-9 (ISBN)
Description
Students of Introductory Spanish learn best when they are connecting-with authentic culture, with each other as a community, and with the language as used in real-world settings. Conectate sparks the curiosity that builds these connections as students drive toward communicative and cultural confidence and proficiency. The Conectate program's distinctive approach is built around the following principles.
Focused approach: Conectate concentrates on what Introductory Spanish students can reasonably be expected to learn, allowing for sustained engagement with the material that respects the natural process of language acquisition. An intentional focus, first on meaning and then on form, puts in action the best practices of second language pedagogy. Plus, Conectate's reduced grammar scope leaves more time for the systematic review and recycling of vocabulary and grammar required for students to achieve mastery of first-year skills. Fortifying this process at every turn is LearnSmart (TM), a powerful, super-adaptive learning program that guides students on anindividualized path toward mastery of all the vocabulary and grammar in Conectate.
Active learning: Conectate gives students the opportunity to explore language and culture through interactive activities that keep them focused and engaged. Vocabulary and grammar in Conectate are taught using an active learning approach, nudging students to discover new vocabulary and language rules through a carefully balanced mix of inductive and explicit presentations and hands-on learning. Students are similarly asked to take an active role in an immersive online game, Practice Spanish: Study Abroad, designed around a study abroad experience in which they leverage their language and cultural skills to accomplish tasks and solve problems in various real-world scenarios.
Integration of culture: Building on the active learning theme, students develop and apply critical thinking skills as they draw personal conclusions about the rich culture presented throughout Conectate. Culture is embedded within the language activities themselves, included in notes that expand on the activity at hand, and seen through the integrated video that forms the basis for many activities in each chapter of the text. This authentic, unscripted video introduces students to useful chunks of language, real-world Spanish, and a wide range of topics related to cultural themes. Conectate's stunning video was shot in Spain, Panama, Miami, Argentina, Costa Rica, and Mexico, and exposes students to a wide variety of people in each country who discuss topics that are familiar and engaging to students.
Mobile Tools for Digital Success: The digital tools available in the Connect Spanishplatform with Conectate also successfully promote student progress by providing extensive opportunities to practice and hone their developing skills. These learningopportunities include online communicative activities, instant feedback, peerediting, sophisticated reporting, an immersive game, and an interactive eBook with embedded video and audio. The mobile-friendly platform allows students to engage in the course material anytime and everywhere. Connect is the only integrated learning system that empowers students by continuously adapting to deliver precisely what they need, when they need it, and how they need it, so that your class time is more engaging and effective.
*Connect Spanish, including but not limited to the workbook/lab manual, LearnSmart, Practice Spanish: Study Abroad, the video program, and chat tools, is sold separately and does not come automatically with the purchase of the textbook.
Focused approach: Conectate concentrates on what Introductory Spanish students can reasonably be expected to learn, allowing for sustained engagement with the material that respects the natural process of language acquisition. An intentional focus, first on meaning and then on form, puts in action the best practices of second language pedagogy. Plus, Conectate's reduced grammar scope leaves more time for the systematic review and recycling of vocabulary and grammar required for students to achieve mastery of first-year skills. Fortifying this process at every turn is LearnSmart (TM), a powerful, super-adaptive learning program that guides students on anindividualized path toward mastery of all the vocabulary and grammar in Conectate.
Active learning: Conectate gives students the opportunity to explore language and culture through interactive activities that keep them focused and engaged. Vocabulary and grammar in Conectate are taught using an active learning approach, nudging students to discover new vocabulary and language rules through a carefully balanced mix of inductive and explicit presentations and hands-on learning. Students are similarly asked to take an active role in an immersive online game, Practice Spanish: Study Abroad, designed around a study abroad experience in which they leverage their language and cultural skills to accomplish tasks and solve problems in various real-world scenarios.
Integration of culture: Building on the active learning theme, students develop and apply critical thinking skills as they draw personal conclusions about the rich culture presented throughout Conectate. Culture is embedded within the language activities themselves, included in notes that expand on the activity at hand, and seen through the integrated video that forms the basis for many activities in each chapter of the text. This authentic, unscripted video introduces students to useful chunks of language, real-world Spanish, and a wide range of topics related to cultural themes. Conectate's stunning video was shot in Spain, Panama, Miami, Argentina, Costa Rica, and Mexico, and exposes students to a wide variety of people in each country who discuss topics that are familiar and engaging to students.
Mobile Tools for Digital Success: The digital tools available in the Connect Spanishplatform with Conectate also successfully promote student progress by providing extensive opportunities to practice and hone their developing skills. These learningopportunities include online communicative activities, instant feedback, peerediting, sophisticated reporting, an immersive game, and an interactive eBook with embedded video and audio. The mobile-friendly platform allows students to engage in the course material anytime and everywhere. Connect is the only integrated learning system that empowers students by continuously adapting to deliver precisely what they need, when they need it, and how they need it, so that your class time is more engaging and effective.
*Connect Spanish, including but not limited to the workbook/lab manual, LearnSmart, Practice Spanish: Study Abroad, the video program, and chat tools, is sold separately and does not come automatically with the purchase of the textbook.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
US School Grade: College Freshman
Illustrations
388 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 285 mm
Width: 218 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
1413 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-338525-9 (9780073385259)
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Is the Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Language Program at the University of California, San Diego, where he is also affiliated with the Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies. An internationally recognized scholar of Spanish syntax, he has a longstanding commitment to the development and implementation of highly effective, research-based practices in language teaching. He brings a rich international background to the Coni?ctate project: He was educated in both the United States and Mexico, has spent much of his life along the border between the two, and has taught or lectured in twenty countries.
Holds a Ph.D. in Foreign and Second-Language Education from The Ohio State University. She has been the director of the Spanish basic-Language program at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; the inaugural coordinator of the minor program in Spanish for the professions at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and, most recently, a lecturer at the University of Chicago. She devotes most of her professional time to career coaching, which includes workshops for foreign-language students navigating the campus-to-career transition.
Holds a Ph.D. in Foreign and Second-Language Education from The Ohio State University. She has been the director of the Spanish basic-Language program at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; the inaugural coordinator of the minor program in Spanish for the professions at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and, most recently, a lecturer at the University of Chicago. She devotes most of her professional time to career coaching, which includes workshops for foreign-language students navigating the campus-to-career transition.
Content
Capitulo 1 En la clase
Comunicacion
Greeting people in Spanish
Asking someone his/her name
Asking people how they are
Asking where someone is from
Saying good-bye
Vocabulario
The Spanish alphabet and campus vocabulary
Months and seasons
Numbers and dates
Estructura
Singular nouns and articles
Plural nouns and articles
The verbs ser and tener
Possessive adjectives
Cultura
Para saber mas
Singular nouns and articles
More about gender of nouns
Capitulo 2 Mis amigos y yo
Comunicacion
Finding out someone's age
Finding out where someone is going
Expressing likes and dislikes
Vocabulario
Describing people, places, and things with adjectives and colors
Estructura
Adjectives
The verbs estar and ir
The verb gustar
In?nitives with gustar and ir
Cultura
Para saber mas
Adjectives
Adjective placement
The verbs estar and ir
Using tener to express states
The verb gustar
Nos gusta(n), os gusta(n), les gusta(n)
Capitulo 3 ?Que haces?
Comunicacion
Getting someone's attention, asking for time
Asking at what time events occur
Vocabulario
Your daily routine and the days of the week
Estructura
Present indicative: Singular forms
Present indicative: Plural forms
Stem-changing verbs: o ? ue
Demonstrative adjectives
Cultura
Para saber mas
Stem-changing verbs: o ? ue
Additional o ? ue verbs
Demonstrative adjectives
The demonstrative adjectives aquel/aquella/aquellos/aquellas
Demonstrative pronouns
Capitulo 4 !Que bonita familia!
Comunicacion
Asking what people do for a living
Commenting on things and complimenting people
Vocabulario
Describing family members
Estructura
Comparatives
Stem-changing verbs: e ? i
Stem-changing verbs: e ? ie
Ser and estar for identity and location
Cultura
Para saber mas
Comparatives
Mas de with numerals
Comparatives of equality
Superlatives
Expressing things emphatically
Stem-changing verbs: e ? i
Additional e ? i verbs
Stem-changing verbs: e ? ie
Additional e ? ie verbs
Capitulo 5 Por la ciudad
Comunicacion
Expressing gratitude
Asking for and giving directions
Vocabulario
Urban landscapes
Numbers from 100 to 9,999
Estructura
Verbs with irregular yo forms
Re?exive verbs
Ser and estar with adjectives
Inde?nite and negative expressions
Cultura
Para saber mas
Verbs with irregular yo forms
More on saber and conocer
More irregular verbs with -zco
Re?exive verbs
Additional re?exive verbs
The reciprocal meaning of re?exive verbs
The in?nitive after a preposition
Ser and estar with adjectives
Ser for location of events
Capitulo 6 !A comer!
Comunicacion
Responding to requests
Inviting and declining politely
Vocabulario
Food and meals
Setting the table
Estructura
The preterite: Regular verbs
The preterite: Some common irregular verbs
Direct objects and direct object pronouns
Cultura
Para saber mas
The preterite: Regular verbs
Leer, creer, and oir in the preterite
Ver and dar in the preterite
Capitulo 7 Los recuerdos y la nostalgia
Comunicacion
Expressing to have a good time
Congratulating someone
Vocabulario
Celebrations in the Spanish-speaking world
Estructura
The imperfect
Indirect objects and indirect object pronouns
Pronouns after prepositions
Cultura
Para saber mas
Pronouns after prepositions
Additional prepositions
Stressed possessives
Capitulo 8 La ropa y la moda
Comunicacion
Talking about how great something is
Using polite expressions in appropriate contexts
Vocabulario
Describing clothing
Parts of the body
Expressing how clothing ?ts
Estructura
More irregular preterite forms
The preterite and imperfect together
Object pronoun placement with in?nitives
Cultura
Para saber mas
More irregular preterite forms
Additional irregular preterite forms
The preterite and imperfect together
Comparison of meaning in preterite vs. imperfect
Object pronoun placement with in?nitives
Double object pronouns
Another use of lo: Lo + adjective
Capitulo 9 ?Adonde te gustaria viajar?
Comunicacion
Asking what people would like to do
Expressing rules with in?nitive
Vocabulario
Travel, tourism, and weather
Estructura
The prepositions por and para
Impersonal se
Se for unplanned events
Cultura
Para saber mas
The prepositions por and para
Additional uses of por and para
Se for unplanned events
Additional verbs with se for unplanned events
Capitulo 10 La vida profesional
Comunicacion
Expressions for professional contexts
Introducing people to each other
Vocabulario
Professions and careers
Technology in the workplace
Estructura
The relative pronoun que
Informal (tu) commands
Formal (Ud./Uds.) commands
Cultura
Para saber mas
The relative pronoun que
Que and additional relative pronouns
Lo que
Capitulo 11 !Estas en tu casa!
Comunicacion
Welcoming people
Making polite invitations
Vocabulario
Rooms and other parts of a home
Furniture and appliances
Estructura
The present perfect
Commands with object pronouns
The present progressive
Cultura
Para saber mas
The present perfect
Additional irregular participles
Using the past participle as an adjective
Using the past participle to form the passive
The past perfect
Commands with object pronouns
Nosotros/as commands
The present progressive
The past progressive
Capitulo 12 El deporte y el bienestar
Comunicacion
Wishing someone good luck
Giving advice on healthy living
Vocabulario
Sports, health, and ?tness
Estructura
The present perfect with object pronouns
The present progressive with object pronouns
The subjunctive: Volition with regular verbs
Cultura
Para saber mas
The present progressive with object pronouns
The present progressive with double object pronouns
The subjunctive: Volition with regular verbs
Additional expressions of volition
Capitulo 13 La naturaleza y el medio ambiente
Comunicacion
Talking about what you think someone should do
Expressing how long you've been doing something
Vocabulario
Nature and the environment
Estructura
The subjunctive: Irregular verbs
The subjunctive: Disbelief and uncertainty
The subjunctive: Purpose and contingency
Cultura
Para saber mas
The subjunctive: Irregular verbs
Additional irregular verbs in the subjunctive
Present perfect subjunctive
The subjunctive: Disbelief and uncertainty
The subjunctive in adjective clauses (after nonexistent and inde?nite antecedents)
The subjunctive: Emotion
The subjunctive: Purpose and contingency
The subjunctive in time clauses
The subjunctive: Additional expressions of contingency
Capitulo 14 La cultura y la diversion
Comunicacion
Expressing uncertainty
Talking about what you would like
Vocabulario
Movies, theater, and museums
Estructura
The past subjunctive
The future
Cultura
Para saber mas
The past subjunctive
Additional irregular past subjunctive forms
The past perfect subjunctive
The future
Irregular future forms
The future perfect
Capitulo 15 Si la vida fuera diferente...
Comunicacion
Expressing opinions
Expressing what you know and don't know
Vocabulario
Social, economic, and political issues
Estructura
The conditional
Si clauses
Cultura
Para saber mas
The conditional
Irregular conditional forms
The conditional perfect
Si clauses
The past perfect subjunctive in si clauses
Capitulo 16 La amistad y el amor
Comunicacion
Describing your relationship status
Expressing sympathy and regret
Vocabulario
Personal relationships
Estructura
Review: The present indicative and the in?nitive
Review: The preterite and imperfect together
Review: Object pronouns
Review: The present subjunctive
Cultura
Comunicacion
Greeting people in Spanish
Asking someone his/her name
Asking people how they are
Asking where someone is from
Saying good-bye
Vocabulario
The Spanish alphabet and campus vocabulary
Months and seasons
Numbers and dates
Estructura
Singular nouns and articles
Plural nouns and articles
The verbs ser and tener
Possessive adjectives
Cultura
Para saber mas
Singular nouns and articles
More about gender of nouns
Capitulo 2 Mis amigos y yo
Comunicacion
Finding out someone's age
Finding out where someone is going
Expressing likes and dislikes
Vocabulario
Describing people, places, and things with adjectives and colors
Estructura
Adjectives
The verbs estar and ir
The verb gustar
In?nitives with gustar and ir
Cultura
Para saber mas
Adjectives
Adjective placement
The verbs estar and ir
Using tener to express states
The verb gustar
Nos gusta(n), os gusta(n), les gusta(n)
Capitulo 3 ?Que haces?
Comunicacion
Getting someone's attention, asking for time
Asking at what time events occur
Vocabulario
Your daily routine and the days of the week
Estructura
Present indicative: Singular forms
Present indicative: Plural forms
Stem-changing verbs: o ? ue
Demonstrative adjectives
Cultura
Para saber mas
Stem-changing verbs: o ? ue
Additional o ? ue verbs
Demonstrative adjectives
The demonstrative adjectives aquel/aquella/aquellos/aquellas
Demonstrative pronouns
Capitulo 4 !Que bonita familia!
Comunicacion
Asking what people do for a living
Commenting on things and complimenting people
Vocabulario
Describing family members
Estructura
Comparatives
Stem-changing verbs: e ? i
Stem-changing verbs: e ? ie
Ser and estar for identity and location
Cultura
Para saber mas
Comparatives
Mas de with numerals
Comparatives of equality
Superlatives
Expressing things emphatically
Stem-changing verbs: e ? i
Additional e ? i verbs
Stem-changing verbs: e ? ie
Additional e ? ie verbs
Capitulo 5 Por la ciudad
Comunicacion
Expressing gratitude
Asking for and giving directions
Vocabulario
Urban landscapes
Numbers from 100 to 9,999
Estructura
Verbs with irregular yo forms
Re?exive verbs
Ser and estar with adjectives
Inde?nite and negative expressions
Cultura
Para saber mas
Verbs with irregular yo forms
More on saber and conocer
More irregular verbs with -zco
Re?exive verbs
Additional re?exive verbs
The reciprocal meaning of re?exive verbs
The in?nitive after a preposition
Ser and estar with adjectives
Ser for location of events
Capitulo 6 !A comer!
Comunicacion
Responding to requests
Inviting and declining politely
Vocabulario
Food and meals
Setting the table
Estructura
The preterite: Regular verbs
The preterite: Some common irregular verbs
Direct objects and direct object pronouns
Cultura
Para saber mas
The preterite: Regular verbs
Leer, creer, and oir in the preterite
Ver and dar in the preterite
Capitulo 7 Los recuerdos y la nostalgia
Comunicacion
Expressing to have a good time
Congratulating someone
Vocabulario
Celebrations in the Spanish-speaking world
Estructura
The imperfect
Indirect objects and indirect object pronouns
Pronouns after prepositions
Cultura
Para saber mas
Pronouns after prepositions
Additional prepositions
Stressed possessives
Capitulo 8 La ropa y la moda
Comunicacion
Talking about how great something is
Using polite expressions in appropriate contexts
Vocabulario
Describing clothing
Parts of the body
Expressing how clothing ?ts
Estructura
More irregular preterite forms
The preterite and imperfect together
Object pronoun placement with in?nitives
Cultura
Para saber mas
More irregular preterite forms
Additional irregular preterite forms
The preterite and imperfect together
Comparison of meaning in preterite vs. imperfect
Object pronoun placement with in?nitives
Double object pronouns
Another use of lo: Lo + adjective
Capitulo 9 ?Adonde te gustaria viajar?
Comunicacion
Asking what people would like to do
Expressing rules with in?nitive
Vocabulario
Travel, tourism, and weather
Estructura
The prepositions por and para
Impersonal se
Se for unplanned events
Cultura
Para saber mas
The prepositions por and para
Additional uses of por and para
Se for unplanned events
Additional verbs with se for unplanned events
Capitulo 10 La vida profesional
Comunicacion
Expressions for professional contexts
Introducing people to each other
Vocabulario
Professions and careers
Technology in the workplace
Estructura
The relative pronoun que
Informal (tu) commands
Formal (Ud./Uds.) commands
Cultura
Para saber mas
The relative pronoun que
Que and additional relative pronouns
Lo que
Capitulo 11 !Estas en tu casa!
Comunicacion
Welcoming people
Making polite invitations
Vocabulario
Rooms and other parts of a home
Furniture and appliances
Estructura
The present perfect
Commands with object pronouns
The present progressive
Cultura
Para saber mas
The present perfect
Additional irregular participles
Using the past participle as an adjective
Using the past participle to form the passive
The past perfect
Commands with object pronouns
Nosotros/as commands
The present progressive
The past progressive
Capitulo 12 El deporte y el bienestar
Comunicacion
Wishing someone good luck
Giving advice on healthy living
Vocabulario
Sports, health, and ?tness
Estructura
The present perfect with object pronouns
The present progressive with object pronouns
The subjunctive: Volition with regular verbs
Cultura
Para saber mas
The present progressive with object pronouns
The present progressive with double object pronouns
The subjunctive: Volition with regular verbs
Additional expressions of volition
Capitulo 13 La naturaleza y el medio ambiente
Comunicacion
Talking about what you think someone should do
Expressing how long you've been doing something
Vocabulario
Nature and the environment
Estructura
The subjunctive: Irregular verbs
The subjunctive: Disbelief and uncertainty
The subjunctive: Purpose and contingency
Cultura
Para saber mas
The subjunctive: Irregular verbs
Additional irregular verbs in the subjunctive
Present perfect subjunctive
The subjunctive: Disbelief and uncertainty
The subjunctive in adjective clauses (after nonexistent and inde?nite antecedents)
The subjunctive: Emotion
The subjunctive: Purpose and contingency
The subjunctive in time clauses
The subjunctive: Additional expressions of contingency
Capitulo 14 La cultura y la diversion
Comunicacion
Expressing uncertainty
Talking about what you would like
Vocabulario
Movies, theater, and museums
Estructura
The past subjunctive
The future
Cultura
Para saber mas
The past subjunctive
Additional irregular past subjunctive forms
The past perfect subjunctive
The future
Irregular future forms
The future perfect
Capitulo 15 Si la vida fuera diferente...
Comunicacion
Expressing opinions
Expressing what you know and don't know
Vocabulario
Social, economic, and political issues
Estructura
The conditional
Si clauses
Cultura
Para saber mas
The conditional
Irregular conditional forms
The conditional perfect
Si clauses
The past perfect subjunctive in si clauses
Capitulo 16 La amistad y el amor
Comunicacion
Describing your relationship status
Expressing sympathy and regret
Vocabulario
Personal relationships
Estructura
Review: The present indicative and the in?nitive
Review: The preterite and imperfect together
Review: Object pronouns
Review: The present subjunctive
Cultura