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ALIANZAS is a one-semester intermediate Spanish program that emphasizes real-world language and authentic culture through compelling content that motivates students to hone their communication skills.

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Sheri Spaine Long (Ph.D. UCLA) is Editor of Hispania - A journal devoted to the teaching of Spanish and Portuguese, the scholarly journal of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP). Formerly a faculty member, department chair, and study abroad program director, Dr. Long rose to the rank of Professor of Spanish at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and was appointed Distinguished Visiting Professor at the United States Air Force Academy. Most recently, Dr. Long served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Languages and Culture Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is a specialist in language teaching and learning. A regular presenter and invited speaker at national and international conferences, Dr. Long delivered over 100 talks from Havana to Beijing and across the United States. She actively engages the field and continues to publish on the integration of leadership development and language learning, the language profession, and Madrid in literature. Dr. Long published more than 50 articles, chapters, and reviews and her recent co-authored textbooks published with Cengage include Nexos. Introductory Spanish, 4th ed., and Alianzas. Intermediate Spanish., 2nd ed., Cuadros. Introductory and Intermediate Spanish., among others. She received the prestigious Steiner Award for Leadership in Foreign Language Education from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) in 2009.

Maria Carreira is Associate Professor of Spanish at California State University, Long Beach. She holds a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Illinois, Champaign. Carreira has written linguistic notes, profiles of well-known Hispanics, and heritage learner annotations. She is active in issues relating to heritage learners.

Sylvia Madrigal, a Yale graduate, has been in the foreign language publishing field for about 20 years. She has worked at Houghton Mifflin and at D.C. Heath, where she helped develop and write activities for the award-winning Dimelo CD-ROM series. She has authored a variety of educational materials, including video scripts for HM's TravelTour video and Caminos del jaguar.

Kris Swanson has an M.A. in Hispanic Studies from Brown University. She has been in the foreign language publishing field for about 15 years. She currently works as a consultant and freelance writer, editor, and project manager.
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Capitulo preliminary. YO BLOGUERO(A). !Imaginate! Vocabulario util: caracteristicas fisicas y las de tu personalidad*las nacionalidades de tus amigos y tu familia*tus estudios y las profesiones que te interesan*tus actividades diarias. *tu vida en la universidad o en el pueblo*los deportes que te interesan*tu estado emocional*las noticias del dia. !Preparate! Gramatica util: Repaso: Understanding the relationship among tenses in the indicative and the subjunctive moods. 'Que tal lo hice? Autoevaluacion: Diez mini-pruebas. A leer. Estrategia: Punto de vista. Lectura: "Tengo 18," (blog) Miguel Aspauza, Peru. Repaso y preparacion: Capitulo 1. 1. MI VIDA DIGITAL. !Imaginate! Vocabulario util: el e-mail y las acciones en linea*los aparatos electronicos*el intercambio de informacion personal en Internet *los sitios de red socials. *el texteo y el tuiteo*las compras y la banca en linea. Frases de todos los dias. Voces de la comunidad. *Manuel Blum y Luis Von Ahn: Ingenieros ingeniosos de la era digital. *Entrevista con Flor Olivo, fundadora del program "Ilumina tu gente." !Preparate! Gramatica util 1: Repaso y ampliacion: Ser and estar. Gramatica util 2: Repaso y ampliacion: Por and para. Gramatica util 3: Repaso y ampliacion: Verbos como gustar. !Explora y expresate! Livin' la vida digital. Espana: arte digital del Prado*Costa Rica: los mensajes de texto y el espanol*Amazonia: la telemedicina*Mexico: Internet gratis en el Zocalo*Peru: un juego popular en Facebook*Estados Unidos: los latinos conectados a la red. A leer. Estrategia: Using format clues and visuals to aid comprehension. !Fijate!: El voseo. Lectura: "chatear," Gustavo Escanlar, Uruguay. Repaso y preparacion: Capitulo 2. Perspectivas internacionales 1: La educacion global. Los aprendizajes. La composicion. Estrategia: Tema vs. Tesis. 2. EL CIUDADANO GLOBAL. !Imaginate! Vocabulario util: *tus antepasados. *tus raices*la vida del inmigrante*el exito del inmigrante. *algunos estados emocionales. Frases de todos los dias. Voces de la comunidad. * Carmen Zapata, Estela Scarlata y Margarita Galban: Tres grandes protagonistas del teatro bilingue. * Entrevista con Caguama, un conjunto musical. !Preparate! Gramatica util 1: Repaso y ampliacion: Preterite vs. imperfect. Gramatica util 2: Repaso y ampliacion: The perfect tenses, uses of haber and the past participle. Gramatica util 3: Estructuras nuevas: Past progressive, uses of the present participle and the infinitive. !Explora y expresate! El fruto de la fusion. *Canada, Venezuela, Marruecos, Italia y Chile: Mashala--una fusion de estilos musicales. *Costa Rica: la poesia afrocostarricense. *Bolivia: la moda "etnica urbana." *Venezuela: Paz Con Todo, un grupo que trae la paz a la vida cotidiana. *Guatemala: las tradiciones norteamericanas importadas a la cultura maya. *Estados Unidos: el alma bicultural que reside en ambos lados de la frontera. A leer. Estrategia: Establishing a chronology; Skimming for the main idea. !Fijate!: La historia de la Malinche, la "Madre de los Mestizos." Lectura: Malinche (excerpto), Laura Esquivel, Mexico. Repaso y preparacion: Capitulo 3. 3. EL FUTURO DEL PLANETA. !Imaginate! Vocabulario util: Los problemas ambientales*La naturaleza. *Amenazas a la naturaleza*La responsabilidad hacia el planeta. *La conciencia *Acciones "verdes." Frases de todos los dias. Voces de la comunidad. *La fama sostenible de Cameron Diaz. *Entrevista con Arian Razzaghi y Andrea Rivera, Refrescar Bolivia. !Preparate! Gramatica util 1: Repaso y ampliacion: Using the indicative and subjunctive moods. Gramatica util 2: Repaso y ampliacion: Requests, suggestions and indirect commands. Gramatica util 3: Repaso y ampliacion: Relative pronouns. !Explora y expresate! 'Quien dijo que iba a ser facil? *El Salvador: la cocina solar. *Panama y Estados Unidos: la ranita dorada. *Colombia: la ciclovia. *Cuba: los organoponicos. *Paraguay: la reforestacion. *Mexico: un museo subacuatico. A leer. Estrategia: Identifying cognates; Working with unknown grammatical structures: !Fijate!: El simbolismo del te. Lectura:"Bolsitas de te," Juan Jose Millas, Espana. Repaso y preparacion: Capitulo 4. Perspectivas internacionales 2: Ser estudiante extranjero(a). Programa de Becas Fulbright. La composicion. Estrategia: Writing Style. 4. LA SOCIEDAD EN TRANSICION. !Imaginate! Vocabulario util: El gobierno*Los funcionarios*Conceptos politicos y economicos. *Cuestiones sociales*La responsabilidad civica*Cualidades de un(a) lider o voluntario(a). *Acciones comunitarias*Organizaciones*El voluntariado en linea. Frases de todos los dias. Voces de la comunidad. *Los politicos hermanos: Lincoln y Mario Diaz-Balart, Linda y Loretta Sanchez y John y Ken Salazar. *Entrevista con Edward Acevedo: joven activista, politico del future. !Preparate! Gramatica util 1: Repaso: The uses of se. Gramatica util 2: The past perfect subjunctive. Gramatica util 3: Repaso y ampliacion: Summary of subjunctive tenses. !Explora y expresate! Ayudar al projimo. *Ecuador: el voluntariado y la constitucion. *Puerto Rico: formacion politica para jovenes. *Colombia: Acuerdo Generacional Colombia 2030. *Mexico: el Premio del Milenio Mundial. *Guatemala: voluntarios en linea. *Espana: Club de Madrid. A leer. Estrategia: Reading and understanding poetry; Using a bilingual dictionary. !Fijate!: La accion politica. Lectura: Uno no escoge (poema) y El pais bajo mi piel (excerpto), Gioconda Belli. Repaso y preparacion: Capitulo 5. 5. EL MUNDO SIN FRONTERAS. !Imaginate! Vocabulario util: *las perspectivas globales*la experiencia en el extranjero. *el estudiar en el extranjero*las cosas practicas*el vivir en el extranjero* el disfrutar de la vida en el extranjero*como describir a la gente. Frases de todos los dias. Voces de la comunidad. * Beatriz Terrazas y el arte del periodismo de viaje. *Entrevista con Gil Matos, Hult International Business School. !Preparate! Gramatica util 1: The future perfect and conditional perfect. Gramatica util 2: Repaso y ampliacion: Si clauses. Gramatica util 3: Repaso y ampliacion: Sequence of tenses in the subjunctive. !Explora y expresate! !A que no sabias! *Argentina. *Guinea Ecuatorial. *Honduras. *Nicaragua *Republica Dominicana *Uruguay. A leer. Estrategia: Activating background knowledge; Scanning for detail. !Fijate!: El renacimiento de Chile. Lectura: Mi pais inventado (excerpto), Isabel Allende. Perspectivas internacionales 3: Estudiar en otro pais. Una organizacion modelo: CIEE. La composicion. Estrategia: Frases generales vs. frases especificas.

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  • Publication date2014
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  • ISBN 13 9781285461533
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