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Claro Que Si!

Name: Claro Que Si!
Author: Lucía Caycedo Garner
ISBN: 9780395950272

by Lucía Caycedo Garner

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Overview

¡Claro que sí! is a proven, integrated skills program with a strong emphasis on developing oral proficiency and cultural competence. The text's combination of relevant themes, lively practice, and engaging technology tools allows students to start communicating early and with confidence. The authors' philosophy and approach cultivate active learners. Six solid principles of learning form the foundation of the text: students learn by doing; language is culture and culture is reflected in language; skill integration promotes language development; self-expression facilitates greater language proficiency; systematic recycling enables students to move from learning to acquisition; and engaging material enhances learning.

Up-to-date cultural information appears throughout the text in the ¿Lo sabián? culture notes and in the chapter-opening Datos interesantes feature, introducing facts relevant to each chapter's content.
The ¡Claro que sí! video features footage from five Spanish-speaking countries. A mix of interviews and documentary-based segments allow students to see how geography and ethnicity influences the everyday lives of Hispanics. At the same time, students increase their cultural awareness through ongoing contrast and comparison of social practices, products, and other topics. To support independent and classroom viewing, pre- and post-viewing exercises appear after each even-numbered chapter in the text.

Synopsis

Instructor's Annotated Edition. Includes Student Cassette Tape.

About the Author, Lucía Caycedo Garner

Lucía Caycedo Garner is from Colombia. She taught language and pedagogy courses for more than 30 years at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and is the author of Imágenes, ¡Claro que sí!, Fuentes: Conversación y gramática, Fuentes: Literatura y redacción and En parejas 1, 2, 3 y 4. She was an ACTFL OPI tester and trainer. She was a frequent presenter at the local, state, and national levels. She was also a contributor to the University of Wisconsin Spanish Placement Exam. She has recently been given the title of The World's Best Grandmother by her granddaughter, Pilar.

Debbie Rusch has been the coordinator of Elementary Spanish at Boston College since 1990. She is the author of Imágenes, ¡Claro que sí!, Fuentes: Conversación y gramática, and En parejas 1, 2, 3 y 4. At Boston College she teaches pedagogy courses. She has been an instructor of Spanish for more than a quarter of a century and has also taught English as a Foreign Language in Spain where she lived for more than six years. She is a frequent presenter at state, regional, and national conferences and conducts workshops for school districts. Debbie has obtained grant money to create a series of websites for French, Italian, and Spanish students containing activities dealing with art, literature, and feature films. Debbie prefers dogs over cats and Coke over Pepsi. She also makes a pretty darn good tortilla española.

Marcela Domínguez is from Argentina. She is a Lecturer at the University of Southern California. She was a lecturer and coordinator at Pepperdine University for seven and three yearsrespectively. She is the author of Imágenes, ¡Claro que sí!, Fuentes: Conversación y gramática, and En parejas 1, 2, 3 y 4. Her training is in Teaching English as a Foreign and Second Language and in Applied Linguistics. She is a frequent presenter at national conferences on language pedagogy and teaching techniques.