Hoy día Spanish for Real Life, Volume 2, Books a la Carte Edition
, by McMinn, John T.; Alonso García, Nuria
- ISBN: 9780205010721 | 0205010725
- Cover: Loose-leaf
- Copyright: 6/13/2010
Hoy diacute;a:Spanish for Real Lifefocuses on the Spanish you need for everyday communication and teaches you to function in a variety of settings.Hoy diacute;ahelps you focus on what you need to know now to use Spanish effectively in real life. This Books aacute; la Carte Edition is an unbound, three-hole punched version of theHoy diacute;aVolume 2 text and provides students the opportunity to personalize their book by incorporating their own notes and taking only the portion of the book they need to class - all at an affordable price.
John McMinn teaches both Spanish and French at Austin Community College in Austin, Texas. He graduated with his Masters degree in Romance Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin in 1981, and while pursuing doctoral studies there, he began working as an editor of Spanish and French textbooks at Holt, Rinehart and Winston and Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich publishers. He has worked as an editor on numerous texts, and in addition to Trato hecho and Hoy día: Spanish for Real Life, he is the co-author of the secondary-level Spanish program Exprésate, as well as the college-level French texts Horizons and Qu'est-ce qu'on dit?
Nuria Alonso García is an Associate Professor of Spanish at Providence College Department of Foreign Language Studies, where she teaches courses in Spanish language and culture, linguistics, language methodology and global studies. She graduated from the Universidad de Oviedo, Spain, with a degree in Spanish Philology, and holds a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia in Madrid. She has published various articles in sociolinguistics, and authored a number of pedagogical materials for foreign languages. She is a co-author of Trato hecho, and Hoy día: Spanish for Real Life published by Pearson-Prentice Hall.
Capítulo 7 De viaje
Tema 1 ¿Adónde fuiste de vacaciones?
Vocabulario Los viajes
Gramática 1 Saying where you went and what you did: The preterit of regular verbs, ir and ser
Gramática 2 Saying what you did: The preterit of stem-changing verbs
Tema 2 ¿Qué tal el viaje?
Vocabulario Los vuelos
Gramática 1 Saying what you did: The preterit of verbs ending with —car, —gar, —zar; and verbs like leer
Gramática 2 Saying what you did: The preterit of irregular verbs
Tema 3 ¿Conoces bien la ciudad?
Vocabulario Lugares en la ciudad
Gramática 1 Avoiding repetition: Direct object pronouns
Gramática 2 Asking what people know:Saber and conocer
Tema 4 ¿Te gustó el hotel?
Vocabulario El hotel
Resumen de gramática
En la vida real En el aeropuerto
Hoy día
Lectores de hoy Blog de viajes
Reading strategy Recognizing words from the same family
Voces de la calle Dime adónde viajas y…
Listening strategy Putting yourself in the place of the interviewer
Escritores en acción Una reseña de hotel
Writing strategy Using models
Capítulo 8 La niñez
Tema 1 ¿Cómo eras de niño/a y dónde vivías?
Vocabulario La niñez
Gramática 1 Describing how things used to be: The imperfect
Gramática 2 Saying what is or was done: Impersonal se
Tema 2 ¿Qué recuerdos tienes?
Vocabulario Los grandes acontecimientos de la vida
Gramática 1 Describing an event interrupting an action in progress: Using the preterit and imperfect
Gramática 2 Distinguishing completed and ongoing actions: Using the preterit and imperfect
Tema 3 ¿Qué cuentas?
Vocabulario Expresiones para narrar
Gramática 1 Narrating in the past: Using the preterit and imperfect
Gramática 2 Taking about the past: Using querer, poder, saber, and conocer in the imperfect and preterit.
Tema 4 ¿Qué querías ser?
Vocabulario Profesiones
Resumen de gramática
En la vida real En el departamento de policía
Hoy día
Lectores de hoy La Llorona
Reading strategy Story mapping
Voces de la calle Ayer y hoy
Listening strategy Making inferences from non-verbal clues
Escritores en acción Un informe policial
Writing strategy Preparing an incident report
Capítulo 9 En el restaurante
Tema 1 ¿Te gusta(n)…?
Vocabulario Comidas y bebidas
Gramática 1 Describing interactions: Indirect object pronouns and the verb dar
Gramática 2 Expressing likes, dislikes and interests: Verbs like gustar
Tema 2 ¿Qué me recomienda usted?
Vocabulario En el restaurante
Gramática 1 Avoiding repetition: Using direct and indirect object pronouns together
Gramática 2 Making polite requests: The conditional
Tema 3 ¿Qué deberías comer y beber?
Vocabulario Una dieta equilibrada
Gramática 1 Making resolutions: The future tense
Gramática 2 Saying whose it is: Possessive pronouns
Tema 4 ¿Quiere usted algo más?
Vocabulario En el mercado
Resumen de gramática
En la vida real En el restaurante
Hoy día
Lectores de hoy La pirámide nutricional.
Reading strategy Outlining and summarizing
Voces de la calle Con sazón
Listening strategy Identifying keywords
Escritores en acción Una reseña gastronómica
Writing strategy Selecting the most precise Word.
Capítulo 10 En el médico
Tema 1 ¿Te duele?
Vocabulario El cuerpo
Gramática 1 Giving advice: Commands in the usted and ustedes forms
Gramática 2 Making suggestions: More reflexive verbs and reflexive/object pronouns with commands
Tema 2 ¿Cómo te sientes?
Vocabulario Los síntomas y los accidentes
Gramática 1 Giving advice: Commands in the tú form
Gramática 2 Influencing others: The subjunctive and its use after verbs expressing desires
Tema 3 ¿Te mantienes en buena forma?
Vocabulario La medicina preventiva
Gramática 1 Making suggestions: The subjunctive of stem-changing verbs and its use with impersonal expressions
Gramática 2 Expressing doubts: The subjunctive after verbs of doubt
Tema 4 ¿Necesitas ver a un especialista?
Vocabulario Unos especialistas
Resumen de gramática
En la vida real En el hospital
Hoy día
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Reading strategy Sorting and grouping ideas.
Voces de la calle Mente sana, cuerpo sano
Listening strategy Inferring meaning from speakers’ interaction .
Escritores en acción Una campaña de concientización pública
Writing strategy Designing a public awareness campaign
Capítulo 11 En el trabajo
Tema 1 ¿Qué experiencia tiene usted?
Vocabulario Un curriculum vitae
Gramática 1 Saying when something will happen: The subjunctive after conjunctions of time
Gramática 2 Giving explanations: Por and para
Tema 2 ¿Qué sabes hacer?
Vocabulario En la oficina
Gramática 1 Describing resulting states: Using past participles as adjectives
Gramática 2 Talking about experiences: The present perfect
Tema 3 ¿Quién es el responsable?
Vocabulario Descripciones de puestos de trabajo
Gramática 1 Connecting ideas: Relative pronouns with the indicative and subjunctive
Gramática 2 Expressing feelings: The subjunctive after expressions of emotion and the present perfect subjunctive
Tema 4 ¿Cómo administras tu dinero?
Vocabulario En el banco
Resumen de gramática
En la vida real En una agencia de trabajo
Hoy día
Lectores de hoy ¡Sí a la igualdad en el trabajo!
Reading strategy Reacting to a text
Voces de la calle Empresarios hispanos
Listening strategy Summarizing
Escritores en acción Una carta de presentación
Writing strategy Preparing a cover letter
Capítulo 12 Los medios de comunicación
Tema 1 ¿Cómo te informas?
Vocabulario Los medios de comunicación
Comprehension strategies: Putting yourself in the place of the interviewer and Recognizing words from the same family.
Repaso 1 Avoiding repetition: Direct object pronouns
Repaso 2 Saying what to do: Command forms
Repaso 3 Communicating information: Indirect object pronouns
Repaso 4 Saying what is important and interesting to you: Verbs like gustar
Tema 2 ¿Qué cuentan las noticias?
Vocabulario Las noticias locales y nacionales
Comprehension strategies: Story mapping and Preparing a report
Repaso 1 Saying what happened: Regular and stem-changing verbs in the preterit
Repaso 2 Saying what happened: Irregular verbs in the preterit
Repaso 3 Describing how things used to be: The imperfect
Repaso 4 Recounting what happened: The preterit and the imperfect
Tema 3 ¿Qué pasa en el mundo?
Vocabulario Las noticias internacionales
Comprehension strategies: Selecting the most precise word and Reacting to a text.
Repaso 1 Telling what you know: Saber and conocer
Repaso 2 Giving explanations: Por and para
Repaso 3 Expressing opinions and wishes: The subjunctive with impersonal expressions and expressions of desire
Repaso 4 Expressing doubts and emotions: The subjunctive with expressions of doubt and emotion
Tema 4 ¿Qué cambiará y cuándo?
Vocabulario Problemas y Soluciones
Comprehension strategies: Sorting and Regrouping ideas.
Repaso 1 Describing how things should or could be: The conditional and impersonal se
Repaso 2 Predicting what will happen: The future and the subjunctive in adverbial clauses
Repaso 3 Saying what progress has been made: The present perfect and the present perfect subjunctive
Repaso 4 Connecting ideas: Relative clauses with the indicative or subjunctive
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