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Mary Ann Blitt began her Spanish studies at the age of 13 while living in Madrid, Spain. She received her B.A. in Spanish from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, and after spending a year studying at the Universidad de Granada, she returned to the university to obtain a teaching certificate. She later attended Colorado State University, where she received her master's degree in Spanish with interdisciplinary studies in French. After teaching Spanish and coordinating the study abroad program at Metropolitan Community College-Maple Woods in Kansas City for fourteen years, she joined the faculty at College of Charleston in 2014. Mary Ann has studied in Spain, Mexico, France, and Canada and has trained teachers of English as a Foreign Language in Asunción, Paraguay. She is currently actively involved in professional development workshops. Margarita Casas was born in Mexico City, Mexico. She completed her bachelor's degree in sciences and techniques of communication in Guadalajara, Mexico. She holds two master's degrees from Colorado State University, one in Spanish literature with an emphasis on education, and the other in Teaching English as a Second Language. Currently, she is faculty and Chair of the Foreign Language Department at Linn-Benton Community College. She has collaborated on two textbooks prior to EXPLORACIONES and has published a novel, Italia en cuatro estaciones, winner of the first literature contest of the Universidad de Guadalajara. She is an avid traveler who hopes to inspire her students to travel and see the world by themselves. Mary T. Copple joined the Department of Modern Languages at Kansas State University in 2007; she currently coordinates the Spanish Language Program and teaches courses in linguistics, second language acquisition, and foreign language pedagogy. She also works with graduate students in the Second Language Acquisition (SLA) MA degree programs. Working from a usage-based perspective, her research focuses primarily on language acquisition and Spanish linguistics in the areas of language variation and change, and sociolinguistics. She is currently involved in a project that explores how students acquire second language sounds and variation among speakers of different backgrounds.

• PRELIMINAR: REVIEW CHAPTERRegular and irregular verbs (including tener, ir, ser, estar); Verbs like gustar; Saber and conocer; Interrogatives; Negatives; Por and para; Object pronouns; Reflexive verbs; Preterite of regular verbs / irregular verbs / stem-changing verbs; Imperfect and imperfect; Present subjunctive verb forms; Past progressiveCAPÍTULO 1: GENERACIONES Y RELACIONES HUMANASCommunicative ObjectiveAfter completing the chapter, you will be able to: Discuss personal relations and cultural values; Improve your ability to narrate past eventsEstrategia para avanzar: Indicating time Vocabulary: Family and personal relationshipsGrammarA perfeccionar: Preterite and imperfect Estructuras: Pronominal verbs (reflexive se and process se); Reciprocal verbsCulture (5Cs)Conexiones… a la economía: Los tiempos cambian; Comparaciones: De generación a generación; Cultura: Cambios en la sociedad y en las familias mexicanas; Comunidad WritingUn diario (Write a journal entry based on a day in your life)ListeningA escuchar: Los ancianos y su papel en la familiaVideo and LiteratureCortometraje (short film): Un día de estos (6 min.)Cápsula cultural: Uruguay regala tablets a sus jubiladosLiteratura: La foto, por Enrique Anderson Imbert CAPÍTULO 2: COSTUMBRES, TRADICIONES Y VALORES.Communicative ObjectiveAfter completing the chapter, you will be able to: Discuss traditions and celebrations; Describe cultural values and aspects of relationships; Express opinions; Express desires and give recommendations Estrategia para avanzar: Using circumlocutionVocabulary: Traditions, customs, and values GrammarA perfeccionar: Commands; Estructuras: Subjunctive with impersonal expression; Subjunctive with verbs of desire and influenceCulture (5Cs)Conexiones… a la antropología: Los valores culturales; Comparaciones: Los apellidos:tradición y cultura; Cultura: Artesanías del mundo hispanohablante; Comunidad WritingEnsayo informativo (Explain a tradition common in a Spanish-speaking country)Video [Short film] and LiteratureCortometraje: Rogelio (5 min)Cápsula cultural: Cometas gigantes para los muertos Literatura: Celebración de la fantasía, por Eduardo Galeano ListeningA escuchar: ¿Cómo son las fiestas?CAPÍTULO 3: A LA MESACommunicative Objective:After completing the chapter, you will be able to: Discuss eating habits; Express your opinions on what is healthy; Express preferences and make recommendations; Compare and contrast eating habits across cultures Estrategia para avanzar: Connecting ideasVocabulary: Eating habits, food, diet, and measurement terms; GrammarA perfeccionar: Ser, estar and haber; Estructuras: Subjunctive with verbs of doubt. Subjunctive with expressions of emotionCulture (5Cs)Conexiones… a la gastronomía: El pan dulce: ¿una tradición en peligro?; Comparaciones: Comparaciones: La hora del café; Cultura: La comida y los valores culturales; Comunidad Writing.Descripción (Discuss your eating preferences and describe a favorite dish)Video [Short film] and Literature.Cortometraje: La suerte de la fea a la bonita no le importa (8 min)Cápsula cultural Las tapas: Las reinas de la revolución gastronómicaLiteratura: Sobrecitos de azúcar, por Hjalmar Flax ListeningA escuchar: ¿Cómo es la dieta en España?CAPÍTULO 4: LÍDERES DEL PRESENTE Y DEL PASADOCommunicative Objective.After completing the chapter, you will be able to: Discuss the characteristics of leaders; Narrate and describe past events with more accuracy Estrategia para avanzar: Rehearsing narrativesVocabulary: History and politics GrammarA perfeccionar: Preterite vs. imperfect; Estructuras: Imperfect subjunctive; Subjunctive with adjectivesCulture (5Cs)Conexiones… a la historia: César Chávez y Dolores Huerta; Comparaciones: La Malinche; Cultura: La cultura de los antihéroes: ComunidadWritingLa biografía (Write a biographical sketch of a person you admire.)Video (Short film) and LiteratureCortome