14 Shop for student savings at our online store: vistahigherlearning.com/store Experiencias: Beginning Spanish was developed to give students a collection of rich cultural experiences of the Spanish-speaking world from which they build their own multimodal cultural portfolio of engaging projects in the target language. What sets Experiencias: Beginning Spanish apart? synthesize all they have learned about each region. In addition to these portfolio-style tasks/projects that appear in each lesson, students are also asked to work on a cultural project, a high-interest contemporary project, and a project where they need to research their own community. • Students learn with metacognition: Through the character Daniel—who makes frequent appearances throughout the program as the students’ personal guide and mentor, sharing language acquisition tips and strategies— students are made aware of how best to learn language. • Articulated program: Experiencias Beginning can be followed by Experiencias Intermediate. • Culture is the content: Deepening students’ understanding of the Spanish-speaking world’s cultures and developing cultural competence is the priority of this program. To do so, culture is the point of departure for all activities. • Second language acquisition (SLA) research put to practice: The authors have developed this program based on SLA research and their own classroom experience. Vocabulary is presented in smaller chunks utilizing inputbased and inductive approaches, with a reduced grammar focus and a concentration on high-frequency language. • Task-supported and project-based approach: In each chapter, learners need to complete three multimodal projects: write their own travel blog, create their own video, and Learn more at learn.vistahigherlearning.com/experiencias Experiencias: Beginning Spanish Diane Ceo-Difrancesco, Kathy Barton, Gregory L. Thompson, Alan V. Brown 1st Edition | ©2022 | 12 chapters Culture is the point of departure for all activities, and cultural competence is cultivated. Based on research in second language acquisition, metacognition, and student-centered pedagogy, Experiencias takes a unique and fresh approach where students are empowered with strategies that encourage them to take charge of their own learning experience. NOW WITH SUPERSITE! INTRODUCTORY SPANISH
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