Epocas y avances [Student Text] (Paperback)

Scott Gravina

ISBN 10: 0300217951 / ISBN 13: 9780300217957

Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, 2015

About this Item

Paperback. Intended for intermediate- to advanced-level students, Epocas y avances uses a unique communicative-humanistic approach to second language acquisition. Through a series of original readings and related activities Epocas enhances linguistic proficiency while emphasizing important aspects of the history, literature, art, society, geography, language, and culture of Spain and Latin America. The interdisciplinary content of Epocas is designed to:Provide specific tools to generate optimized language production.Reinforce the main skills of language learning, including oral and written comprehension and production.Enable students to encounter, examine, and acquire new vocabulary and linguistic structures.Show students the importance of some of the major civilizations and social processes throughout history that influenced and shaped the language and culture of Spain and Latin America as we know them today.Offer a complete, intellectually stimulating, and academically challenging tool for awakening a general interest in the humanities and enriching students' personal interaction with other cultures.Give students ample opportunity to explore the diversity of other peoples and cultures in more detail, thus preparing them for their role as global citizens. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Epocas y avances [Student Text] (Paperback)
• Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300217951
• ISBN 13: 9780300217957
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Intended for intermediate- to advanced-level students, Épocas y avances uses a unique communicative-humanistic approach to second language acquisition. Through a series of original readings and related activities Épocas enhances linguistic proficiency while emphasizing important aspects of the history, literature, art, society, geography, language, and culture of Spain and Latin America. The interdisciplinary content of Épocas is designed to:

• Provide specific tools to generate optimized language production.
• Reinforce the main skills of language learning, including oral and written comprehension and production.
• Enable students to encounter, examine, and acquire new vocabulary and linguistic structures.
• Show students the importance of some of the major civilizations and social processes throughout history that influenced and shaped the language and culture of Spain and Latin America as we know them today.
• Offer a complete, intellectually stimulating, and academically challenging tool for awakening a general interest in the humanities and enriching students' personal  interaction with other cultures.
• Give students ample opportunity to explore the diversity of other peoples and cultures in   more detail, thus preparing them for their role as global citizens.

 

About the Author

Scott Gravina teaches at Brandeis University. Isabel Jaén-Portillo teaches at Yale University. Claudia Mendez teaches at the University of Pennsylvania. Regina Schroeder teaches at Yale University.