Raíces

<p><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Raíces: Una aproximación comunicativa intercultural a la lengua española Volumen dos</em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> is a communicative-based learner-centric book designed to give Spanish 102 students opportunities to develop and practice Spanish in everyday situations.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Each chapter of the book features distinct sections-a) ¡A empezar! b) ¡A conversar! c) ¡A escuchar! d) ¡A escribir! and e) ¡A leer!- to help develop the students' five language skills: writing reading speaking listening and cultural awareness. At the end of each lesson is included </span><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Perspectiva cultural</em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> and ¡A pronunciar! or Ortografía. The text offers a variety of interactive and communicative exercises such as tongue-twisters crosswords riddles real world tasks role play reading excerpts short film discussion questions and other listening exercises.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Students learn how to use reflexive verbs comparatives and superlatives; talk about clothing and shopping; use present progressive; talk about local and Hispanic dishes; use indefinite and negative words; and much more.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>With emphases on practical application conversational Spanish and cultural understanding this text is the second volume in a three-book series developed to help foster students' language acquisition and speaking ability.</span></p>