Getting to Know Perspectivas Perspectivas, Second Edition, offers a unique focus on the cultural perspectives of the Spanish-speaking world by embedding cultural products and practices into every aspect of instruction. It teaches students to communicate in and out of the classroom with competence and understanding of the target culture. It also offers a rich variety of authentic materials, including documentary-type videos, short video clips, authentic audio selections, and literary readings. NEW to the Second Edition • Four new Documental videos: Trayectoria de Rab’in Ajaw (lesson 1), Máscaras de vejigante en coco (lesson 3), El sueño de Pampa (lesson 4) and De los campos de Florida a traductora maya en los EE.UU. (lesson 10) • One new TV clip: Entrevista al presidente de Costa Rica (lesson 6) for the Escuchar section • Two new articles: Zarzuela paraguaya: entre lo erudito, lo popular y lo patriótico (lesson 8) and Día de la Danza de Tijeras (lesson 9) • One new article with three videos: Pawkar Raymi: la fiesta de los colores (lesson 9) • Three new literary readings: Como la nieve by Rosa Fasolís (lesson 3), Los reyes magos y la muñeca by Virginia Grütter (lesson 4), and Acerca de escribir by Leila Guerriero (lesson 10) • All student edition activities are now available online, including group chats and videorecord and submit activities • Communicative objectives and Can-Do statements for most sections in every lesson • Theme-based project in every lesson, available online • Students can check their comprehension with integrated viewing activities as they watch the Documental videos • Special icons for the ACTFL modes of communication call out sections that have a particularly strong relationship with the standards • Integrated Performance Assessments (IPAs) are now assignable via the Perspectivas Supersite Plus, the original hallmark features of Perspectivas • Authentic documentary-type videos integrated with lesson themes and grammar topics • A contemporary cultural focus with contents correlated to the ACTFL principles allows students to interact with the perspectives of other cultures by comparing them to their own • Multiple opportunities for intercultural analysis and communication with an authentic article and a hybrid reading • Authentic TV clips, audio and literary pieces • Development of writing skills which emphasize presentational communication and strategies in several writing genres, such as description, opinion, comparison, etc. IAE-6S4
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