Pura vida Beginning Spanish, 1st Edition by Norma Lopez-Burton
By: Norma Lopez-Burton, Laura Marques Pasqual, Cristina Pardo Ballester
Publisher: Wiley
Print ISBN: 9781118087107, 1118087100
eText ISBN: 9781118807002, 1118807006
Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 2014
Pura vida: Beginning Spanish is an input-rich, culture-based Beginning Spanish program. The Costa Rican expression Pura vida, which means ?pure life? or ?true to life,? reflects the program?s commitment to true-to-life portrayals of Latin American and Spanish cultures. This program supports the five goals of the National Standards for Foreign Language Learning ? communication, culture, connections, comparisons, and communities. The program departs from prevalent portrayals of el mundo hispano or pan-latinidad to illustrate the differences among the twenty-one Spanish-speaking countries. Culture is presented through four lenses: how we see ourselves, how we see other cultures, how they see themselves and how they see us. Pura vida: Beginning Spanish presents concepts inductively, so that activities drive the grammar.
Additional ISBNs
9781118514764, 9781118807125, 1118514769, 111880712X, 9781118514764, 1118514769
