S6 viii • New to Dicho y hechoLive! New to Dicho y hechoLive! • Live from Vista Higher Learning transforms language instruction through consistently refreshed language and cultural content that keeps courses new and engaging for today’s learners. • Updated Vocabulary Tools interface with audio and visuals. • Refreshed authentic and cultural content for better connection to cultural practices and perspectives, with 3 new video clips and 1 new Lectura article. • Revised Learning Objectives on the Chapter Opener pages and Learning Objectives in each section make the learning process transparent and help students understand the purpose and intention behind everything they do. Can-do statements at the end of each section promote self-reflection about their progress. • Engaging texts in a great variety of formats: infographics, commercials, photos, and short authentic video clips, several new to Dicho y hechoLive, jump-start each chapter. These simple and dynamic materials invite students to gradually immerse themselves in the chapter theme with thought-provoking questions while previewing some of the vocabulary and grammar of the chapter. • Así se dice sections ensure that high-frequency and appropriate vocabulary terms are presented and practiced. ¿Qué observas? and ¿Y tú? activities accompany visual presentations, and ¿Y tú? activities are now also online. • Así se forma sections create a more explicit inductive approach to grammar instruction. Each explanation starts with guiding questions and a sample text to further develop your students' critical-thinking skills by observing language in context. New to Dicho y hechoLive, at least one Interactive Grammar Tutorial corresponds to every single grammar topic, and all Tutorials include embedded interactive practice items. • Dicho y hechoLive now includes Estrategia de aprendizaje notes, offering new learning insights and circling back to previously introduced topics to help your students become smarter, more effective learners overall. • Cultura readings, many of them newly revised, aim at fostering a deeper understanding of students' own culture as well as that of the diverse Spanish-speaking world. New to Dicho y hechoLive, Cultura readings offer Audio-sync technology online, allowing students to follow along on the page as they hear the text. • The skill-development section, also called Dicho y hecho, allows students to easily identify each subsection. These progress from interpretive (Lectura and Video) to presentational (Proyecto oral and Proyecto escrito). • Lectura includes new readings for Dicho y hechoLive as well as revised readings, all covering contemporary topics. Lectura readings, too, offer Audio-sync technology, allowing students to follow along on the page as they hear the text. • Video features an authentic collection of thoughtprovoking videos, some new to Dicho y hechoLive, reflecting a variety of formats and facilitating discussion about current issues, as well as featuring a wide range of voices and perspectives from across the Spanish-speaking world. • A Proyecto oral integrates the chapter content. The projects, many revised for Dicho y hechoLive, are supported by guiding questions, examples, and a Grading Rubric to set clear expectations. • Many culminating Proyecto escrito writing tasks were revised to better integrate the chapter content and provide students with more support and clearer expectations.
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