9780070020696-0070020698-Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish (Student Edition)

Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish (Student Edition)

ISBN-13: 9780070020696
ISBN-10: 0070020698
Edition: 1
Author: Bill VanPatten, Richard V. Teschner, Bill Van Patten, Martha Alford Marks
Publication date: 1991
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Format: Hardcover 544 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780070020696
ISBN-10: 0070020698
Edition: 1
Author: Bill VanPatten, Richard V. Teschner, Bill Van Patten, Martha Alford Marks
Publication date: 1991
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Format: Hardcover 544 pages

Summary

Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish (Student Edition) (ISBN-13: 9780070020696 and ISBN-10: 0070020698), written by authors Bill VanPatten, Richard V. Teschner, Bill Van Patten, Martha Alford Marks, was published by McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages in 1991. With an overall rating of 5.0 stars, it's a notable title among other Dictionaries & Thesauruses books. You can easily purchase or rent Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish (Student Edition) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Dictionaries & Thesauruses books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $2.21.

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DESTINOS is an innovative beginning Spanish program based on a 26-week television series premiering on PBS in the fall of 1992. The 52 half-hour shows of the series use the powerful appeal of a uniquely Hispanic genre -- the telenovela (soap opera) -- to make language and culture come alive. The situation and context of each episode introduce students to the basic structures, language functions and vocabulary groups of Spanish that are then presented in the print materials. (Most grammar explanations and exercises are in the workbook/study guides.) This complete one-year course is designed to help students develop communicative proficiency -- listening, speaking, reading, and writing -- as well as cultural awareness in Spanish. The plot of DESTINOS is designed to engage student viewers from the very beginning. A wealthy Mexican patriarch, nearing the end of his life, reveals a secret he has kept from his family for many years. His revelation leads to some important questions that must be answered before he dies. Raquel Rodríguez, a Mexican-American lawyer, embarks on a search for those answers, a search that takes her to Spain, Argentina, Puerto Rico, and back to Mexico. Students and viewers can join in the search -- learning Spanish and about the rich and diversified cultural context in which it is spoken throughout the world.

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