Claro Que Si!

¡Claro que sí! takes a functional, integrated skills approach that helps students develop receptive and productive skills simultaneously. Students acquire communicative skills while gaining an awareness of and appreciation for Hispanic cultures. The program's practical, relevant themes, lively practice, and engaging technology components start learners communicating early and confidently. Consistent recycling of material and a balance of serious and humorous content make learning Spanish enjoyable.

• New! Revised grammar and vocabulary sequences results in cohesive chapters and an easy-to-use format for both two- and three-semester programs.
• New! Reorganized grammar sections present new activities after each grammar point for immediate practice and reinforcement.
• New! Grammar presentations enhanced with new summary charts and communicative activities accommodate different learning styles and clarify more difficult language functions such as ser/estar and por/para through the use of drawings, graphics, and color.
• New! New and expanded vocabulary sections introduce relevant terms, including current technological language, that allow students to converse about topics meaningful to their daily lives.
• New! Additional controlled and communicative activities provide students with ample opportunities to practice new structures and vocabulary while recycling material from previous chapters.
• New! Dynamic new art program engages students through humorous, colorful, and culturally accurate drawings created by a young Argentinean artist
• New! New reading selections expandstudents' knowledge of target cultures as they learn about cultural practices and modern-day social issues that affect Spanish-speaking populations.
• Focus on useful communicative language encourages self-expression and motivates students while fostering interaction through pair and group exercises and illustration-based tasks.
• Clear and concise functional grammar presentation incorporates a variety of learning tools including drawings, timelines, and contrasting examples, and contextualizes grammar through cartoons and video stills.
• Engaging reading and writing activities with accompanying strategies promote a process approach to the development of these skills.
• ¿Lo sabían? cultural notes introduce students to the Spanish-speaking world and encourage cross-cultural comparisons.

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 years respectively. 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.

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.