AVENTURAS SIXTH EDITION - PROGRAM SAMPLER

36 IAE-36 standards Aventuras was written with the concerns and philosophy of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines in mind, incorporating a proficiency-oriented approach from its planning stages. The pedagogy of Aventuras was also informed by the Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century published by ACTFL in 1996. The National Standards in Foreign Language Education Project established the Standards, which are organized into five goal areas. Since Aventuras takes a communicative approach to the teaching and learning of Spanish, the Communication goal is central to the student text. For example, the diverse formats used in Conversación and Síntesis activities—pair work, surveys, task-based, and so forth—engage students in meaningful exchanges of information and expressions of feelings and emotions. The Cultures goal is most evident in the Cultura and Aventuras en los países hispanos sections. In keeping with the Connections goal, students can connect with other disciplines such as geography, history, fine arts, and science in the Aventuras en los países hispanos section; they can acquire information and recognize distinctive cultural viewpoints in the non-literary and literary texts of the Lectura sections. Students can work toward the Connections and Communities goals when they complete the Cultura and Aventuras en los países hispanos sections’ Conexión Internet activities on the Aventuras Supersite. In addition, special Standards annos appear on the student text pages of your IAE to call out activities that have a particularly strong relationship with the Standards. These are a few examples of how Aventuras was written with the Standards firmly in mind, but you will find many more as you use the textbook and its ancillaries. Aventuras and the World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages 32