
Ambientes Looseleaf, 1st Edition
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We all love stories. In Ambientes, students view, analyze, and converse about compelling stories and themes that organically emerge from the cortometrajes that serve as the foundation for every chapter. Highly contextualized grammar and language practice is presented in support of students’ pursuit to discuss and think critically about the stories told and the people who tell them. By focusing on the stories' visual narrative and authentic cultural contexts as a means to language practice and acquisition, students become engaged and active participants in their language-learning process. With highly interesting topics, consistent recycling of structures, and manageable groupings of thematic vocabulary, Ambientes unlocks each learner's potential and sets students up for success and engagement in the Intermediate Spanish course. Ambientes is designed for 1-semester Intermediate Spanish courses and is delivered to students in a loose-leaf format.
Ambientes 1e Table of Contents
Capítulo 1
Chapter Opener (Art): La familia - Gabriel Fernández Ledesma (MEX)
I: Anticipación: La concordancia de género y número; los pronombres de sujeto
II. Vocabulario
Tema I: La familia
III. Gramática
Tema II: Los mayores de edad
1.1 El presente de indicativo
1.2 Los verbos pronominales y los pronombres reflexivos
1.3 Los usos de ser y estar
Cortometraje: Éramos pocos (ESP)
IV. Contextos sociales
Tema III: Cocinar y disfrutar de la comida
Entrevista a la Chef Colondres (PR)
V. Contextos expresivos
Writing assignment: Describe a family or friend gathering that happens every year that centers on food.
Capítulo 2
Chapter Opener (Art): Romance guajiro – Pedro Blanco Aroche (CUB)
I: Anticipación: Previous chapter content; los usos de artículos definidos e indefinidos; -ir + a + infinitivo; las palabras interrogativas; el presente progresivo
II. Vocabulario
Tema I: La compatibilidad y las relaciones románticas
III. Gramática
Tema II: La unión sagrada, la unión civil y la cohabitación
2.1 Los verbos regulares, los verbos con cambio de raíz y los cambios de ortografía comunes en el pretérito
2.2 Los verbos irregulares en el pretérito
2.3 Los pronombres de complemento directo
Cortometraje: La lotería (DR)
IV. Contextos sociales
Tema III: La soltería
No a la soledad (MEX)
V. Contextos expresivos
Writing assignment: We’re in the future looking back. What happened in the last 20 years with Augusto and Savannah? - Narrating events in the past
Capítulo 3
Chapter Opener (Art): Niños jugando al recorrecalles – Francisco Goya (ESP)
I: Anticipación: Previous chapter content; los verbos del tipo gustar; los adverbios; el presente perfecto de indicativo
II. Vocabulario
Tema I: La diversión y el espectáculo
III. Gramática
Tema II: El deporte
3.1 El imperfecto
3.2 Los pronombres de complemento indirecto
3.3 El pretérito y el imperfecto en contraste
Cortometraje: De cómo Hipólito Vásquez encontró magia donde no buscaba (ARG)
IV. Contextos sociales
Tema III: La diversión y la niñez
Cuatro bicicletas – Federico Ivanier (URU)
V. Contextos expresivos
Writing assignment: Narrate a childhood story (using pret and imperf)
Capítulo 4
Chapter Opener (Art): Pushak, el que dirige - María Cristina Medeiros Soux (CHI)
I: Anticipación: Previous chapter content; la a personal; por/para; otras preposiciones
II. Vocabulario
Tema I: El sector informal de la economía
III. Gramática
Tema II: Los pueblos indígenas
4.1 Los pronombres en combinación
4.2 Los mandatos formales e informales
4.3 Las frases negativas e indefinidas
Cortometraje: Kay Pacha (PER)
IV. Contextos sociales
Tema III: Los papeles de los géneros
La infiel – Dirma Pardo Carugati (PAR)
V. Contextos expresivos
Writing assignment: Write a letter to your younger (high school freshman) self, giving advice
Capítulo 5
Chapter Opener (Art): Braceros - Domingo Ulloa (EE. UU.)
I: Anticipación: Previous chapter content; las frases verbales y preposicionales
II. Vocabulario
Tema I: Los trabajadores migrantes
III. Gramática
Tema II: La raza y la etnia
5.1 El presente de subjuntivo (formas)
5.2 Los usos del presente de subjuntivo: cláusula de sustantivo
5.3 El presente perfecto de subjuntivo
Cortometraje: Hispaniola (DR)
IV. Contextos sociales
Tema III: Las fronteras y las barreras
No se raje, chicanita – Gloria Anzaldúa (EEUU)
V. Contextos expresivos
Writing assignment: Brochure/guide book for new immigrants
Capítulo 6
Chapter Opener (Art): Protesta estudiantil - Mural (NIC)
I: Anticipación: Previous chapter content; el tiempo futuro; el modo condicional; el futuro perfecto y el condicional perfecto
II. Vocabulario
Tema I: La vida agraria
III. Gramática
Tema II: La guerra civil
6.1 El imperfecto y pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo
6.2 Las oraciones condicionales
Cortometraje: Kalashnikov (COL)
IV. Contextos sociales
Tema III: El activismo y la resistencia
Josefa Isolda Rodríguez Rosales (NIC)
V. Contextos expresivos
Writing assignment: You are a political analyst hypothesizing about what would have happened had a certain event not happened or had a different outcome


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