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Book cover image of Nexos, Vol. 2 by Sheri Spaine Long

Authors: Sheri Spaine Long, Maria Carreira, Sylvia Madrigal Velasco, Kristin Swanson
ISBN-13: 9780547171890, ISBN-10: 0547171897
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Date Published: January 2009
Edition: 2nd Edition

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Author Biography: Sheri Spaine Long

Sheri Spaine Long is currently Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where she teaches Spanish language, literature, and culture courses at all levels. She holds a Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures from UCLA, and, as a scholar, her fields of interest are broad and range from contemporary Spanish prose to Spanish language and culture, foreign language pedagogy and policy, and international education. Long's publications include six co-authored college textbooks as well as over forty scholarly articles, notes, and reviews on literature, culture, and foreign language education and policy.

Mara Carreira is Associate Professor of Spanish at California State University, Long Beach. She holds a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Illinois, Champaign. Carreira has written linguistic notes, profiles of well-known Hispanics, and heritage learner annotations. She is active in issues relating to heritage learners.

Sylvia Madrigal Velasco (B.A., English, Yale University) has worked in foreign language publishing for 27 years. Her extensive career has included working with all the major higher education textbook publishers. In addition to her work on NEXOS, Second Edition, she is a co-author of ?Exprésate!, a Holt, Rinehart and Winston high school program.

Kris Swanson has an M.A. in Hispanic Studies from Brown University. She has been in the foreign language publishing field for about fifteen years. She currently works as a consultant and freelance writer, editor, and project manager.

Book Synopsis

Help your students connect to the language and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world with the completely integrated print and digital components that comprise the 2nd Edition of the NEXOS program. High-interest cultural themes and related activities encourage students to engage in meaningful communication using interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes. NEXOS' realistic pacing of material, easy-to-use grammar, practical vocabulary, and an engaging storyline video—which contextualizes grammar and vocabulary—all work together to help students gain confidence and move quickly toward proficiency. Whether you teach a traditional classroom course, a hybrid course (combination of classroom and online), or an online distance-learning course, the 2nd Edition of NEXOS offers solutions through carefully integrated resources that can be combined in any way, giving you the freedom to easily use the NEXOS program to teach your course your way.

Table of Contents

Capítulo preliminar: ¡Bienvenidos a la clase de español. The alphabet • Numbers 0-100 • People • Classroom objects • The textbook • Classroom commands. 1: ¿Cómo te llamas? Cultura: Introducción a los países de habla española; Hispanos en Estados Unidos y Canadá. Comunicación • exchange addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses • introduce yourself and others, greet and say good-bye • make a phone call • tell your and others' ages • address friends informally and acquaintances politely • write a personal letter. ¡Prepárate! Gramática útil. 1 Identifying people and objects: Nouns and articles. 2 Identifying and describing: Subject pronouns and the present indicative of the verb ser. 3 Expressing quantity: Hay + nouns. 4 Expressing possession, obligation, and age: Tener, tener que, tener + años. 2: ¿Qué te gusta hacer? Cultura: Hispanos en Estados Unidos. Comunicación • express likes and dislikes • compare yourself to other people and describe personality traits • ask and answer questions • talk about leisure-time activities • indicate nationality. ¡Prepárate! Gramática útil. 1 Describing what you do or are doing: The present indicative of -ar verbs. 2 Saying what you and others like to do: Gustar + infinitive. 3 Describing yourself and others: Adjective agreement. 3: ¿Qué clases vas a tomar? Cultura: Puerto Rico, Cuba y la República Dominicana. Comunicación • talkabout courses and schedules and tell time • talk about present activities and future plans • talk about possessions • ask and answer questions. ¡Prepárate! Gramática útil. 1 Asking questions: Interrogative words. 2 Talking about daily activities: -er and -ir verbs in the present indicative. 3 Talking about possessions: Simple possessive adjectives. 4 Indicating destination and future plans: The verb ir. 4: ¿Te interesa la tecnología? Cultura: España. Comunicación • talk about computers and technology • identify colors • talk about likes and dislikes • describe people, emotions, and conditions • talk about current activities • say how something is done. ¡Prepárate! Gramática útil. 1 Expressing likes and dislikes: Gustar with nouns and other verbs like gustar. 2 Describing yourself and others and expressing conditions and locations: The verb estar and the uses of ser and estar. 3 Talking about everyday events: Stem-changing verbs in the present indicative. 4 Describing how something is done: Adverbs. 5: ¿Qué tal la familia? Cultura: Honduras y El Salvador. Comunicación • talk about and describe your family • talk about professions • describe daily routines • indicate current actions. ¡Prepárate! Gramática útil. 1 Describing daily activities: Irregular yo verbs in the present indicative. 2 Describing daily activities: Reflexive verbs.. 3 Describing actions in progress: The present progressive tense 6: ¿Adónde vas? Cultura: México. Comunicación • talk about means of transportation • say where things are located • talk about where you are and where you are going • give directions • agree and disagree • indicate and talk about what you plan to buy • make polite requests and commands • refer to objects located close to you, farther away, and at a distance ¡Prepárate! Gramática útil. 1 Indicating location: Prepositions of location. 2 Telling others what to do: Commands with usted and ustedes. 3 Affirming and negating: Affirmative and negative expressions. 4 Indicating relative position of objects: Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns. 7: ¿Cuáles son tus pasatiempos preferidos? Cultura: Costa Rica y Panamá. Comunicación • talk about sports and leisure-time activities • talk about seasons and the weather • say how you feel using tener expressions • describe your recent leisure-time activities • suggest activities and plans to friends. ¡Prepárate! Gramática útil. 1 Talking about what you did: The preterite tense of regular verbs. 2 Talking about what you did: The preterite tense of some common irregular verbs. 3 Referring to something already mentioned: Direct object pronouns. 4 Telling friends what to do: Tú command forms. 8: ¿En qué puedo servirle? Cultura: Perú y Ecuador. Comunicación • talk about clothing and fashion • shop for various articles of clothing and discuss prices • describe recent purchases and shopping trips • talk about buying items and doing favors for friends • make comparisons. ¡Prepárate! Gramática útil. 1 Talking about what you did: The preterite tense of more irregular verbs. 2 Talking about what you did: The preterite tense of -ir stem-changing verbs. 3 Saying who is affected or involved: Indirect object pronouns. 4 Making comparisons: Comparatives and superlatives. 9: ¿Qué te apetece? Cultura: Bolivia y Paraguay. Comunicación • talk about food and cooking • shop for food • order in a restaurant • talk about what you used to eat and cook • say what you do for others. ¡Prepárate! Gramática útil. 1 Talking about what you used to do: The imperfect tense. 2 Talking about the past: Choosing between the preterite and the imperfect tenses. 3 Avoiding repetition: Double object pronouns. 4 Indicating for whom actions are done, and what is done routinely: The uses of se. 10: ¿Dónde vives? Cultura: Guatemala y Nicaragua. Comunicación • talk about your childhood • describe houses and apartments and their furnishings • talk about household tasks • indicate numerical order • talk about the duration of past and present events • say what people want others to do • emphasize ownership. ¡Prepárate! Gramática útil. 1 Expressing hopes and wishes: The subjunctive mood. 2 Emphasizing ownership: Stressed possessives. 3 Expressing ongoing events and duration of time: Hace / Hacía with time expressions. 4 Choosing between por and para. 11: ¿Qué quieres ver? Cultura: Venezuela y Colombia. Comunicación • talk about popular and high culture • express preferences and make suggestions about entertainment • express emotion and wishes • express doubt and uncertainty • express unrealized desires and unknown situations. ¡Prepárate! Gramática útil. 1 Expressing emotion and wishes: The subjunctive with impersonal expressions and verbs of emotion. 2 Expressing doubt and uncertainty: The subjunctive with expressions of doubt and disbelief. 3 Expressing unrealized desires and unknown situations: The subjunctive with nonexistent and indefinite situations. 12: ¿Qué síntomas tienes? Cultura: Argentina y Uruguay. Comunicación • talk about health and illness • describe aches and parts of the body • express probable outcomes • express yourself precisely with the subjunctive and the indicative • talk about future activities. ¡Prepárate! Gramática útil. 1 Expressing possible outcomes: The subjunctive and indicative with conjunctions. 2 Expressing yourself precisely: Choosing between the subjunctive and indicative moods. 3 Talking about future activities: The future tense. 13: ¿Te gusta trabajar con la gente? Cultura: Chile. Comunicación • talk about current events • interview for a job and talk about your skills and experience • talk about things you have done and had done in the past • express doubt, emotion, uncertainty, and opinions about recent events and actions ¡Prepárate! Gramática útil. 1 Talking about what has occurred: The present perfect tense. 2 Talking about events that took place prior to other events: The past perfect tense. 3 Expressing doubt, emotion, and will: The present perfect subjunctive. 14: ¿Te gustaría ir conmigo? Cultura: Countries with large Spanish-speaking communities: Andorra, Belice, Filipinas, Guinea Ecuatorial y Marruecos. Comunicación • talk about travel and make travel plans • describe animals and geography • hypothesize and speculate • express doubt, emotion, and reactions about past events. ¡Prepárate! Gramática útil. 1 Expressing doubt, emotion, volition, and nonexistence in the past: The imperfect subjunctive. 2 Saying what might happen or could occur: The conditional. 3 Expressing the likelihood that an event will occur: Si clauses with the subjunctive and the indicative.

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