¡Avance! Intermediate Spanish Student Edition

By Mary Lee Bretz, Carl Kirschner, Trisha R. Dvorak, et al.

Book Overview

Avance : Intermediate Spanish is an exciting program for second-year students of Spanish. In response to requests from many users of the highly acclaimed Pasajes series, McGraw-Hill is pleased to publish the Second Edition of this single volume version, which distills the very best of Pasajes: Lengua, Cultura, and Literatura. The result is a comprehensive yet manageable program that enriches students language foundation in thematic vocabulary and grammatical structures with a broad selection of literary and cultural readings. The overall goal of Avance is the development of functional, communicative language ability, accomplished through reinforcement, expansion, and synthesis. Contextualized activities that review language and foster skill development provide the core of Avance At the same time, the growing interest in cultural competence coupled with the desire to introduce students to literature at the intermediate level motivates the inclusion of cultural and literary texts in alternate chapters. As a result, Avance meets the professional demand that instructional materials be not merely contextualized but also content-rich and interesting to today s students."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0073513172
• ISBN13: 9780073513171
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.9" x 0.7" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Great book!

Buying this book instead of the new edition of this title saved me over $50! The only downside is that it does not have the story "La Llorana" in it...other than that it is basically an exact replica of the new edition!

Good Intermediate Spanish Textbook

I used this textbook in my intermediate Spanish class in college (SPI 201 & 202). I found the choice of vocabulary throughout the chapters to be strange, but I like the grammar explanations. Here are the chapters in this book: Preface: Bienvenidos 1. Tipos y estereotipos 2. La comunidad humana 3. Costrumbes y tradiciones 4. La familia 5. Geografia, demografia, tecnologia 6. El hombre y la mujer en el mundo actual 7. El mundo de los negocios 8. Creencias e ideologias 9. Los hispanos en los Estados Unidos 10. La vida moderna 11. La ley y la libertad individual 12. El trabajo y el ocio My favorite part of the book were the sections on the subjunctive. I used them as a reference when I was writing my book. If you want to look up the sections on the subjunctive in this book, bookmark the following pages: 120, 166, 197, 224, & 241. Brandon Simpson

Avance Spanish textbooks

The books arrived in record time and all were just as advertised...brand new...still in the wrapper. We are very pleased with the experience.