Portales Comunidad Y Cultura

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: 0-13-049810-6O'Donnell, Cathryn Collopy is the author of 'Portales Comunidad Y Cultura' with ISBN 9780130257727 and ISBN 0130257729.