Acercandome

Acerca?ndome guides students of Spanish in their transition from beginning to intermediate language proficiency. At this level, students will develop the skills necessary to express opinions, make predictions, speak hypothetically and engage in debate.

Acerca?ndome not only presents complex vocabulary and grammatical structures, but also the development of pragmatic skills, metalinguistic knowledge and socio- cultural awareness.

• Includes student-centered activities that allow students to actively discover vocabulary, hypothesize about grammatical structures, and induce rules independently.
• Encourages students to experience language as a social construct - The publication includes a variety of discourse genres (interviews, blogs, advertisements, etc), different contexts, registers, and dialects.
• Promotes Critical Thinking! Students will analyze data, work with metalinguistic terminology and discover linguistic universals, thus increasing their overall awareness of human communication.
• Is Student Friendly! Included activities accommodate a variety of learning styles by stimulating learning through the use of logic, emotions, senses, and imagination.
• Is Interactive! An accompanying website with activities and online resources is provided.