Experiencias: Beginning Spanish Beginning Spanish

Follow Daniel around the Spanish-speaking world as he guides students through this innovative new language course

Experiencias: Beginning Spanish is a dynamic and innovative introductory Spanish course that builds students’ language competency and offers realistic language encounters, so they can begin communicating in Spanish as early as possible. In Experiencias: Beginning Spanish, students meet Daniel, a native Spanish speaker who guides them through the learning process. For each chapter, there is a video episode of Daniel’s “how to” show, where he interviews his Spanish-speaking friends about authentic topics of interest to today’s students.

The Experiencias course focuses on connecting language with culture, engaging students with content related to the perspectives of native speakers. Each chapter focuses on a different country, integrating grammar and vocabulary into real-world units that will give students a sense of excitement and wonder. Additional pedagogical features include an emphasis on metacognitive learning strategies, a reduced grammatical syllabus that leaves room for extra work on challenging areas, and content recycling throughout the text for enhanced language mastery.

• Takes students on a journey through the Spanish-speaking world, featuring a different country in each chapter
• Offers innovative pedagogical techniques and activities drawn from the authors’ own classroom research
• Engages students with a focus on culture, practical communication, and video interviews with native Spanish speakers
• Develops oral and written communication skills through authentic tasks structured by the ACTFL  Proficiency  Guidelines

Capítulo 1 Experiencias del español en Estados Unidos p. 1

Capítulo 2 Un retrato personal p. 26

Capítulo 3 Pasatiempos y algo más p. 57

Capítulo 4 Ritmos y movimientos p. 97

Capítulo 5 La familia y las profesiones p. 135

Capítulo 6 La vida cotidiana p. 176

Capítulo 7 Necesidades básicas p. 213

Capítulo 8 El arte del buen comer p. 243

Capítulo 9 El entorno personal p. 277

Capítulo 10 La vida social p. 313

Capítulo 11 Momentos inolvidables p. 350

Capítulo 12 Según cuenta la historia p. 382

Appendix: Syllable (Word-level) Stress and Written Accent Marks in Spanish p. A-1

Glossory: Spanish-English p. G-1

Glossory: English-Spanish p. G-7

Index p. I-1