Imagina - PROGRAM SAMPLER

Getting to Know Imagina Imagina, Fifth Edition , is a market-leading intermediate Spanish program designed to provide students with an active and rewarding learning experience as they strengthen their language skills and develop their cultural competency. Imagina takes an interactive, communicative approach. It focuses on real communication in meaningful contexts to develop and consolidate students’ speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. Imagina features a fresh, magazine-like design that engages students while integrating thematic, cultural, and grammatical concepts within every section of the text. NEW to the Fifth Edition • New interactive videos with integrated viewing activities for all short films • Three new authentic short films: Eclipse (lesson 5), Justo (lesson 6), La jaula (lesson 7) • Four new Literatura readings: Las fiebres de la memoria by Gioconda Belli (lesson 4), Caso Gaspar by Elsa Bornemann (lesson 6), El carretillero by Nila López (lesson 7), La mancha de humedad by Juana de Ibarbourou (lesson 9) • Gender balance in Literatura authors • Revised Galería de creadores with gender balance and a musician in every lesson • Three revised Imagina readings • One new Cultura reading, with a new Cultura en pantalla TV clip aligned to it • New intermediate interactive grammar tutorials • New Video Virtual Chats • New communicative goals and Can-Do Statements • New Repaso section on the Supersite Plus, the original hallmark features of Imagina • Authentic short films by award-winning Hispanic filmmakers and a wide range of pre- and post-viewing activities • Dramatic photos and thought-provoking discussion questions • Real-life, practical vocabulary related to the lesson theme followed by directed and communicative activities • Rich, contemporary cultural presentations, including Flash cultura video and TV clips • Clear, comprehensive grammar explanations followed by thematically and culturally relevant activities • Manual de gramática supplemental grammar explanations and practice for every lesson at the back of the book • Authentic literary selections including poems and short stories IAE-5 S 1