Gente, lengua y cultura: curso avanzado de español provides a set of materials for advanced Spanish learners. Using the curated, interactive texts, audios, and visuals, students will be exposed a variety of authentic Spanish, learn more advanced vocabulary, review difficult grammar structures, and achieve a strong cultural background before studying more advanced courses in language, culture, and literature.
Gente, lengua y cultura: curso avanzado de español is designed to help advanced second-language learners improve their overall Spanish skills. It provides a variety of texts (literature, movies, newspaper articles, speeches, and essays) as a basis for reviewing grammatical concepts, developing writing competency, refining analytical skills, and improving overall communication abilities in Spanish. Through work on authentic and original texts, this course continues to focus on refining the four language skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening, as well as further developing critical analytical capacities. With the materials included, students will also explore contemporary socio-cultural issues in the context of the Hispanic world and analyze the application of different linguistic structures as tools employed to create meaning and convey a message.
Unidad 1: Una lengua vivaLección 1: El español, lengua de millones
Unidad 2: Vivir la vidaLección 1: México está de fiesta
Unidad 3: Mi comunidad y yoLección 1: Así soy yo
Unidad 4: El mundo en el que vivo Lección 1: Tierra solo hay una