Student Viewers Guide to accompany Sol y viento - Softcover

VanPatten, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072965789 ISBN 13: 9780072965780

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2005

Synopsis

The Student Viewer's Guide is deal for those courses in which the Sol y viento film is used as a supplement to another core text. The Student Viewer's Guide offers a variety of pre- and post-viewing activities for use with the film, as well as cultural information and a process writing activity that accompanies each episode of the film.

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About the Author

Bill VanPatten is Professor and Director of Applied Linguistics and Second Language Studies at Texas Tech University. His areas of research are input and input processing in second language acquisition and the effects of formal instruction on acquisitional processes. He has published widely in the fields of second language acquisition and language teaching and is a frequent conference speaker and presenter. His publications include Making Communicative Language Teaching Happen (with James F. Lee, 2003,McGraw-Hill), From Input to Output: A Teacher’s Guide to Second Language Acquisition (2003, McGraw-Hill), Processing Instruction: Theory, Research, and Practice (2004, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates) and most recently, Theories in Second Language Acquisition: An Introduction (with Jessica Williams, 2007, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates). He is the lead author of Vistazos, ¿Sabías que...?, Destinos and Sol y viento. Dr. VanPatten is the 2007 recipient of the Anthony Papalia Award for Excellence in Teacher Education, awarded jointly by ACTFL and NYSAFLT. When not engaged in academic activities, he writes fiction and performs stand-up comedy. He has recently published his first work of fiction, a collection of short stories titled Chicago Tales, published by Outskirts Press (2007).

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0072965789
• ISBN 13: 9780072965780
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1