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Workbook/Lab Manual Part A to accompany Dos mundos, 7th Edition
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The Cuaderno de actividades is intended for use primarily outside the classroom. This combined workbook/laboratory manual features Actividades escritas, Actividades auditivas, Resumen cultural, Pronunciacion y ortografia, Videoteca, and Lecturas. The Preface in the Cuaderno de actividades provides a detailed description of all sections and types of activities. This version of the Cuaderno covers the first half the book, Paso A-Capitulo 7.
(Note: The preliminary chapters (Paso A-C) and Capítulo 1 of this Table of Contents provide a comprehensive listing of contents for those chapters, as representative of the other chapters. Capítulo 2-15 provides only the vocabulary topics and grammatical structures.)
The following lists the Enlace readings found in each chapter:
Capítulo 1 Enlace a la música • Cuba
Capítulo 2 Enlace a la música • La música andina
Capítulo 3 Enlace al cine • México y España
Capítulo 4 Enlace a la literatura • “Versos sencillos” José Martí
Capítulo 5 Enlace a la música • El rock en español
Capítulo 6 Enlace a la literatura • “Cuadrados y ángulos” Alfonsina Storni
Capítulo 7 Enlace a la literatura • “Cuando salimos de El Salvador” Jorge Argueta
Capítulo 8 Enlace a la literatura • “Jitomates risueños” Francisco X. Alarcón
Capítulo 9 Enlace a la música • La música infantil
Capítulo 10 Enlace a la literatura • “Dos cuerpos” Octavio Paz
Capítulo 11 Enlace a la música • La danza negra en Perú
Capítulo 12 Enlace al cine • Argentina y Chile
Capítulo 13 Enlace a la literatura • “Nada más” María Elena Walsh
Capítulo 14 Enlace a la literatura • “Kinsey Report No.6” Rosario Castellanos
Capítulo 15 Enlace a la literatura • “La noche buena” Tomás Rivera
Paso A La clase y los estudiantes
Actividades de comunicación
Los nombres de los compañeros de clase
¿Quién es?
Los colores y la ropa
Los números (0–39)
Los saludos
Gramática
A.1 Naming and Describing: The Verbs llamar and llevar
A.2 Spelling: The Spanish Alphabet
A.3 Identifying People and Things: Subject Pronouns and the Verb ser
A.4 Identifying People and Things: Gender
A.5 Responding to Instructions: Commands
Paso B Las descripciones
Actividades de comunicación
Hablando con otros
Las cosas en el salón de clase
Los números (40–69)
El cuerpo humano
La descripción de las personas
Gramática
B.1 Addressing Others: Informal and Polite you (tú/usted)
B.2 Expressing Existence: hay
B.3 Describing People and Things: Negation
B.4 Describing People and Things: Plural Forms
B.5 Describing People and Things: Adjective-Noun Agreement and Placement
Paso C Mi familia y mis amigos
Actividades de comunicación
La familia
¿Qué tenemos?
Los números (10–100) y la edad
Los idiomas y las nacionalidades
Gramática
C.1 Expressing Possession: The Verbs tener and ser de (l)
C.2 Expressing Possession: Possessive Adjectives
C.3 Expressing Age: The Verb tener
C.4 Describing People: Adjectives of Nationality
C.5 Talking about Habitual Actions: Present Tense of Regular –ar Verbs
Capítulo 1 Los datos personales y las actividades
Actividades de comunicación y lecturas
Las fechas y los cumpleaños
Datos personales: El teléfono y la dirección
Ventanas culturales • Nuestra comunidad: Rigoberta Menchú
Enlace a la música • Cuba
La hora
Las actividades favoritas y los deportes
Ventanas al pasado • Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo
En resumen
Lectura: La pasión por los deportes
Gramática
1.1 Counting: Numbers 100–1000 and Dates
1.2 Talking about Habitual Actions: Present Tense of –er and –ir Verbs
1.3 Asking Questions: Question Formation
1.4 Telling Time: Hours and Minutes
1.5 Expressing Likes and Dislikes: gustar + Infinitive
Capítulo 2 Mis planes y preferencias
Actividades de comunicación
Los planes
Las clases
Las preferencias y los deseos
El tiempo
Gramática
2.1 Expressing Future Plans: ir + a + Infinitive
2.2 Sequencing: Ordinal Adjectives
2.3 Stating Preferences and Desires: preferir and querer + Infinitive
2.4 Describing the Weather: Common Expressions
2.5 Pointing Out People and Objects: Demonstrative Adjectives
Capítulo 3 Los lugares y las actividades
Actividades de comunicación
Las actividades diarias
Las tres comidas
Los lugares
¿De dónde es usted?
Gramática
3.1 Talking about Habitual Actions: Present Tense of Regular Verbs
3.2 Using Irregular Verbs: haver, salir, jugar
3.3 Referring to Objects Already Mentioned: Direct Object Pronouns lo, la, los, and las
3.4 Asking and Answering Questions
3.5 Talking About Location and Origin: estar + en, ir + al / a la and ser de
Capítulo 4 La vida diaria y los días feriados
Actividades de comunicación
Los dias feriados y las celebraciones
La rutina diaria
Los estados físicos y anímicos
Gramática
4.1 Discussing Habitual Actions: Verbs with Stem-Vowel Changes (ie, ue) in the Present Tense
4.2 Discussing Habitual Actions: Irregular Verbs
4.3 Describing Daily Routine: Reflexives
4.4 Ordering Events: Infinitives after Prepositions
4.5 Describing States: estar + Adjective and tener + Noun
Capítulo 5 Las clases y el trabajo
Actividades de comunicación
Las actividades de la clase de español
Las habilidades
Las carreras y las actividades del trabajo
Las actividades futuras
Gramática
5.1 Indicating to Whom Something is Said: Indirect Object Pronouns with Verbs of Informing
5.2 Expressing Abilities: saber and poder + Infinitive
5.3 Referring to Actions in Progress: Present Progressive
5.4 Expressing Obligation and Duty: tener que, deber, necesitar, hay que, es necesario
5.5 Expressing Plans and Desires: pensar, quisiera, me gustaría, tener ganas de
Capítulo 6 La residencia
Actividades de comunicación
El vecindario y la casa
Las actividades en casa
Las actividades con los amigos
Las presentaciones
Gramática
6.1 Making Comparisons of Inequality: más/menos
6.2 Making Comparisons of Equality: tan/tanto
6.3 Talking about Past Actions: Preterite Tense of Regular Verbs (Part 1)
6.4 Knowing People, Places, and Facts: conocer and saber
6.5 Referring to People Already Mentioned: Personal Direct Object Pronouns
Capítulo 7 Hablando del pasado
Actividades de comunicación
Mis experiencias
Las experiencias con los demás
Hablando del pasado
Gramática
7.1 Talking About Past Actions: Preterite Tense of Regular Verbs (Part 2)
7.2 Relating Past Events (Part 1): Verbs with Irregular Preterite Forms
7.3 More About Relating Past Events (Part 2): Stem-Changing Verbs in the Preterite
7.4 Reporting the Past: Indirect Object Pronouns with decir
7.5 Expressing ago: hacer + Time
Capítulo 8 La comida
Actividades de comunicación
Las comidas, las bebidas y la nutrición
La compra y la preparaciónde la comida
Los restaurantes
Gramática
8.1 Referring to Objects Already Mentioned: Impersonal Direct Object Pronouns lo, la, los, and las
8.2 More about Expressing Likes: The Verbs gustar and encantar
8.3 Making Negative Statements and Questions: No, never
8.4 Expressing one or you: The Impersonal se
8.5 Using Stem-Changing Verbs like pedir and servir: Present Tense and Preterite Forms
Capítulo 9 La niñez y la juventud
Actividades de comunicación
La familia y los parientes
La niñez
La juventud
Gramática
9.1 Describing Family Relationships: The Reciprocal Reflexive Verbs parecerse and llevarse bien
9.2 Expressing for, from, to whom: Prepositions + Pronouns
9.3 Saying What You Used to Do: The Imperfect Tense
9.4 Describing the Past: The Imperfect and Preterite of “State” Verbs
9.5 Saying What You Were Going to Do: The Imperfect Tense of ir + a + Infinitive
Capítulo 10 Nuestro planeta
Actividades de comunicación
La geografía y el clima
Los medios de transporte
La ecología y el medio ambiente
Gramática
10.1 Saying What You Have Done: The Present Perfect
10.2 Exclamations with ¡Qué… !, ¡Cuánto/a/os/as… !
10.3 Expressing by, through, Destination and Time (Part 1): por and para
10.4 Describing Actions: Adverbs
10.5 Expressing Reactions: More Verbs like gustar
Capítulo 11 De viaje
Actividades de comunicación
Los viajes en automóvil
En busca de sitios
Los planes de viaje
Los sitios turísticos
Gramática
11.1 Giving Instructions: Polite Commands
11.2 Softening Commands (Part 1): The Present Subjunctive following querer
11.3 Expressing Indefinite Future and Present Subjunctive of Irregular Verbs
11.4 Talking About Past Actions in Progress: Imperfect Progressive
11.5 Saying What Was Happening: The Imperfect in Contrast to the Preterite
Capítulo 12 La salud y las emergencias
Actividades de comunicación
El cuerpo humano y la salud
Las enfermedades y su tratamiento
Las visitas al médico, a la farmacia y al hospital
Los accidentes y las emergencias
Gramática
12.1 Expressing Existence: haber
12.2 Expressing Changes in States: Become, get
12.3 Making Requests: Indirect Object Pronouns with Commands and the Present Subjunctive
12.4 Adverbs Relating Unplanned Occurrences: se
12.5 Narrating Past Experiences: Present Perfect, Imperfect, and Preterite
Capítulo 13 De compras
Actividades de comunicación
Los productos y los materiales
Los precios
Comprando ropa
Las compras y el regateo
Gramática
13.1 Describing People and Things: Adjectives Used as Nouns
13.2 Indicating Which Ones(s): Demonstrative Pronouns
13.3 Talking about Price, Beneficiary, and Purpose: por and para (Part 2)
13.4 Exchanging Items: Indirect Object Pronouns
13.5 Referring to People and Things Already Mentioned: Using Indirect and Direct Object
Pronouns TogetherCapítulo 14 La familia y los consejos
Actividades de comunicación
La familia, las amistades y el matrimonio
Las instrucciones y los mandatos
Las órdenes, los consejos y las sugerencias
La crianza y el comportamiento
Gramática
14.1 Expressing each other: Reciprocal Nouns
14.2 Describing: ser and estar
14.3 Giving Direct Commands: Polite and Informal
14.4 Using Softened Commands: The Subjunctive Mood
14.5 Saying Let/Have Someone Else Do It!: ¡Que + Subjunctive!
Capítulo 15 El porvenir
Actividades de comunicación
El futuro y las metas personales
Cuestiones sociales
El futuro y la tecnología: Posibilidades y consecuencias
Gramática
15.1 Talking about the Future: The Future Tense
15.2 Talking about When: The Subjunctive in Time Clauses
15.3 Adding Details and Expressing Why and How: More Uses of the Subjunctive
15.4 Expressing Opinions and Reactions: Indicative and Subjunctive
15.5 Hypothetical Reactions: The Conditional
15.6 If Clauses and the Past Subjunctive
About the Author
Tracy Terrell
Tracy D. Terrell (late) received his Ph.D. in Spanish Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin and published extensively in the area of Spanish dialectology. Professor Terrell’s publications on second-language acquisition are widely known in the United States and abroad.
Magdalena Andrade
Magdalena Andrade received her first BA in Spanish and French and a second BA in English from California State University, San Diego. After teaching in the Calexico Unified School District Bilingual Program for several years, she taught elementary and intermediate Spanish at both San Diego State and the University of California, Irvine, where she also taught Spanish for Heritage Speakers and Humanities Core Courses. Upon receiving her PhD from the University of California, Irvine, she continued to teach there for several years and also at the University of California, Riverside, and California State University, Long Beach, where she taught the graduate foreign language methods courses and coordinated the Spanish and French TA Programs as well as the Credential Program for foreign languages. For several years she has taught at the community college level, but currently, she is taking time off from regular teaching to help dyslexic children hone their reading skills. She also tutors special-needs students taking college-level Spanish courses. Professor Andrade has coauthored the textbook Dos mundos: Comunicación y comunidad and the readers Mundos de fantasía: Fábulas, cuentos de hadas y leyendas and Cocina y comidas hispanas (McGraw Hill).
Jeanne Egasse
Jeanne Egasse received her BA and MA in Spanish Linguistics from the University of California, Irvine. She also holds California Credentials for Spanish as well as for Bilingual Cross-Cultural Education. Professor Egasse has taught foreign-language methodology courses and introductory linguistics, and served as supervisor of foreign language and ESL teachers in training for the Department of Education at the University of California, Irvine. From 1980 to 2020 she was a full-time professor of Spanish, coordinator of the Spanish Department, and co-chair of World Languages at Irvine Valley College. Professor Egasse continues to offer online conversation groups for local college students and volunteers for the Irvine Valley College Foundation. In addition, she serves as a consultant for local schools and colleges on implementing the Natural Approach in the language classroom. She has coauthored the first-year college Spanish textbook Dos mundos: Comunicación y comunidad and the readers Cocina y comidas hispanas and Mundos de fantasía: Fábulas, cuentos de hadas y leyendas (McGraw Hill).
Elías Miguel Muñoz
Elías Miguel Muñoz holds a PhD in Spanish from the University of California, Irvine, and has taught language and literature at the university level. Dr. Muñoz is the author of Viajes fantásticos and Ladrón de la mente, titles in the Storyteller’s Series by McGraw Hill, and coauthor of the textbook Dos mundos: Comunicación y comunidad, also from McGraw Hill. He has published six novels, which include Vida mía, Brand New Memory, and Diary of Fire; two books of literary criticism; and two poetry collections. One of his plays was produced off-Broadway, and his creative work has been featured in numerous anthologies and source books, including Herencia: The Anthology of Hispanic Literature of the United States, The Encyclopedia of American Literature, W.W. Norton’s New Worlds of Literature, and The Scribner Writers Series: Latino and Latina Writers. He is currently at work on a sci-fi historical novel.
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