Portales - PROGRAM SAMPLER

S-5 IM-9 Portales includes a variety of features that streamline faculty work and give students direction to independently explore, practice, and gain comfort learning and practicing Spanish so that they are prepared for in-class conversation. This new edition brings new activity types and online group work among many other updates so that students build their proficiency through practice and collaboration with their peers. Featured in this edition: A Project-Focused Learning Track incorporates sustained investigation, reflection, and peer review tasks, encouraging students to engage in target-language media exploration and develop their communication skills. Group Chat and Individual Recording Activities allow single or multiple students to record a video production exercise, providing you with more flexibility in creating and assigning activities to groups within your classes. Integrated Performance Assessments (IPAs) are now assignable online—giving you insight into student performance using the three modes of communication, and giving them valuable feedback. The new Fotonovela presents the adventures of a group of friends in Madrid, Spain. You’ll follow them through some of the greatest natural and cultural treasures of the Spanish-speaking world, as well as the highs and lows of everyday life. New Panorama cultural videos —84 in total—provide interesting visuals for the 4 paragraphs on every Panorama spread. New to this Edition of Portales I What ’ s New? S-5