Students will continue to pass through these same three stages with the new material of each chapter. This process helps students continue to acquire higher level lexical and grammatical structures. We anticipate that students will make many errors as speech emerges. Students acquire language best in a low-anxiety environment and when they are truly engaged with the material.
The Dos mundos program creates a positive classroom atmosphere by sparking student interest and encouraging involvement in two sorts of activities: those that relate directly to students and their lives and those that relate to the Hispanic world. Hence, the dos mundos referred to in the title. Input and interaction in these two areas—along with the expectation from the instructor that students will be able to communicate their ideas—create a classroom environment wherein the instructor and the students feel comfortable listening and talking to one another.
Group work in a Dos mundos classroom provides valuable oral interaction in Spanish and creates a classroom community that facilitates communication. Students are also encouraged to integrate themselves into the larger Hispanic community through cultural readings, Internet activities, and service opportunities. Speaking helps language acquisition in several ways. Speaking also allows students to engage in real language use as the instructor and students share opinions and information about themselves.
Dos mundos provides students with many opportunities for meaningful production in Spanish. Some language students derive great satisfaction when they learn about what they are acquiring and when they are able to utilize grammatical knowledge to make the input they hear and read more comprehensible. In addition, a gentle focus on form may help some students to recognize gaps in their developing language and thereby achieve more accuracy in their output.
The following types of communicative activities appear in most chapters. Students should recognize these words when they are used in a clear, communicative context. Many will also be actively used by students in later chapters and as the course progresses. The readings in Dos mundos are by no means exhaustive; we recommend that instructors read aloud to students and when students are ready for independent reading, allow them to select material of interest to them.
The purpose of the grammar exercises is for students to verify that they have understood the explanation: we do not believe that students acquire grammar by doing exercises. Students may self-check their work using the Answer Key found in Appendix 4 of the textbook. Krashen for his research on second-language acquisition theory. Krashen has given us many valuable insights into creating more natural activities and providing comprehensible input for students.
We also remain grateful to Dr. We would like to thank Dr. The authors would like to express their gratitude to the many members of the language-teaching profession whose valuable suggestions through reviews and user diaries contributed to the preparation of the Seventh Edition.
The appearance of their names here does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of the text or its communicative methodology. Goebel Jr. Sandford, Ventura College Terry D. We feel indebted to Dr. Thalia Dorwick for the guidance and opportunities she has given to us throughout the years. We are grateful to Dr. William Glass, our Editorial Director for this project, who encouraged us to strengthen the cultural and literary content of Dos mundos and who continues to advise us on aspects of second-language acquisition.
Our sponsoring editor, Katie Crouch, helped us to envision the design of this edition and brought a wealth of fresh ideas to our project. Our Seventh Edition editor, Jenni Kirk, was immensely helpful. We thank her for her patience, care, and support for helping us to realize all of our new ideas and for the great photos she found!
Special thanks go to Sally Richardson, the gifted artist who made our Cast of Characters come to life in previous editions and to Daryl Slaton, the artist on the Seventh Edition who also created our exciting animation segments. In addition we would like to thank Laura Chastain El Salvador for her help with questions of language usage and cultural content.
Finally, we thank each other for many years of moving Dos mundos from idea to print. We hope our contributions continue to be worthwhile in the 21st century. Language learning is not as useful in oral communication, but it helps us edit our speech and writing.
Our goal in Dos mundos is to make it possible for you to acquire the language, not just learn it. Keep in mind that language acquisition takes place when we understand messages; that is, when we comprehend what we read or what we hear.
You only need to focus on what your instructor is saying; that is, on the message. You do not have to think consciously about grammar or try to remember all the vocabulary that is being used.
You will also have plenty of opportunities for reading. The more you read, the better your Spanish will become. When you are reading, pay attention to the message. You will be speaking a lot of Spanish in the classroom, both with your instructor and with your classmates.
And when you speak, you will make mistakes. The best way to eliminate your errors is not to worry or think hard about grammar when you talk but to continue to get more language input through listening, conversation, and reading. In time, your speech will become more accurate. The key to communication is understanding the ideas and the message the speaker wants to convey. Several techniques can help you develop good listening comprehension skills. First and most important, you must guess at meaning!
In order to improve your ability to guess accurately, pay close attention to the context. If someone greets you at p. You can make a logical guess about the message being conveyed by focusing on the greeting context and time of day. What is the most likely thing to have been said in a particular situation?
Context, gestures, and body language will all help you guess more accurately. Another strategy for good guessing is to listen for key words. These are the words that carry the basic meaning of the sentence. Does this man have brown hair?
Remember: You do not need to know grammar rules to understand much of what your instructor says to you. Nor would you have needed to study verb conjugations. Descriptions of pictures: Your instructor will bring pictures to class and describe the people in them. Your goal is to identify the picture being described.
In addition, you will learn to say a few common phrases of greeting and leave-taking in Spanish. You will practice these in short dialogues with your classmates. Your pronunciation will not be perfect, but if you are able to communicate with native speakers, then your accent is good enough.
Your accent will continue to improve as you listen and interact in Spanish. Lecturas Vocabulary Because comprehension depends on your ability to recognize the meaning of key words used in the conversations you hear, the preliminary chapters of Dos mundos—the Pasos—will help you become familiar with many new words in Spanish, probably several hundred of them.
You should not be concerned about pronouncing these words perfectly; saying them easily will come with more exposure to spoken Spanish. Review key vocabulary frequently: Look at the Spanish and try to visualize the person for words such as man or child , the thing for words such as chair or pencil , a person or thing with particular characteristics for words such as young or long , or an activity or situation for phrases such as stand up or is wearing.
You do not need to memorize these words; concentrate on recognizing their meaning when you see them and when your instructor uses them. Classroom Activities In the preliminary chapter, Paso Step A, you will be doing three types of class activities: 1 TPR; 2 descriptions of classmates; and 3 descriptions of pictures. In TPR activities your instructor gives a command that you act out. With their Dec. Sunday Dec.
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