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Edexcel Spanish for A Level Student's Book with Dynamic Learning CD-ROM
Mike Thacker, Monica Morcillo
ISBN 9780340968864
Publisher: Hodder Education
Paperback: 324 pages
Pub Date: Jul 2008
£25.00
Edexcel's own course for Edexcel's own specification.
Edexcel Spanish for A Level is a brand new one-volume Spanish course for students following the Edexcel specification at AS and A2.
It is endorsed by Edexcel and written by Senior Examiners and offers comprehensive coverage of the specification topics, in a carefully planned teaching scheme to ensure effective language learning plus effective exam preparation.
It is supported by two Dynamic Learning resources:
- For Teachers the Network Edition DVD-ROM (978 0340 968895) provides all elements of the Student Book for use on the whiteboard or school network plus all required audio files and Teacher's Resource Book. It also adds video clips and interactive versions of 200 of the language activities. The aim is to allow teachers to teach in a truly integrated way launching all the resources they need from a single platform. It also includes a powerful and intuitive 'lesson builder' for you to create your own lessons from the resources we have provided combined with your own favourite websites or other learning activities.
- For the Student each copy of the book comes with a CD or a password to access a powerful set of activities and advice for independent learning. This Dynamic Learning Home Edition CD-ROM includes expert advice, and interactive activities, and exam practice for Listening, Grammar, Vocabulary, Speaking, Exam and Study Skills as well as a range of weblinks to explore to help students improve their Spanish.
For the full range of support for Edexcel A Level Spanish see also:
Audio CD Set 978 0340 968888
Teacher's Resource Book 978 0340 968871
Edexcel Spanish Grammar for A Level 978 0340 968543
- Edexcel's own course for Edexcel's own specification
- Introductory unit ensures a smooth transition from GCSE to A level
- Each unit has three stages - introductory, developmental and creative - to ensure progressive development of language skills
- Regular 'study skills' feature offers authoritative and accessible advice on the examination demands of the Edexcel specification
- Full support for the research-based essay-writing task
- Full coverage of all topics in the specification but in a carefully planned teaching framework to ensure engagement and variety
- Includes a rich variety of authentic written and recorded source material
- Effective support for grammar including presentations and exemplification of grammar in context through each unit and comprehensive grammar summary at the back of the book
- Dynamic Learning Network Edition of the Student's Book provides fully integrated digital support with interactive tasks, audio, video clips as well as all teachers notes and additional assessment resources
- For students there is a Dynamic Learning Home Edition CD in the front of the book which offers access to free online 'Review and Revise' material to help students achieve exam success. It explains and practices all the language skills required for the Edexcel examinations.
Table of Contents:
Transition chapter
Unidad 1: Asuntos familiares
Cada familia, un mundo
Temas laborales
La economía doméstica
Otros asuntos familiares
Grammar: radical-changing verbs in the present tense
adjectives
future tense
AS
Unidad 2: Jóvenes: una vida por delante
• Los jóvenes españoles de hoy en día
• Al teléfono
• ¿Qué piensan y sienten los jóvenes?
• Cantabria
• Problemas sociales relacionados con la juventud
• El deporte
Grammar: imperfect tense
comparison
the subjunctive
possessives
Unidad 3: ¿Gozas de buena salud?
• Los productos
• La dieta mediterránea
• El desayuno
• Los platos
• La Comunidad Valenciana
• ¡Come y duerme bien!
• El tabaco y las drogas
Grammar: gender of nouns
preterite tense
imperative (1)
definite and indefinite articles
Unidad 4: Viajes: la vuelta al mundo
• Los medios de transporte
• Cataluña
• El transporte público
• Los trenes
• Turismo y viajes
Grammar: verbs like gustar
perfect tense
superlative
Unidad 5: La educación: armados para el futuro
• Respeto al prójimo
• Recordando los días de la escuela
• Chile
• El valor de la educación
• El currículo escolar, ¿qué debe incluir?
• Padres y profesores
• Dificultades en la educación
Grammar: Hay que + infinitive
preterite and imperfect tenses
uses of the subjunctive (1)
direct and indirect object pronouns in the third person
Unidad 6: ¡Hasta arriba de trabajo!
• En busca de empleo…
• Sectores discriminados…
• Bolivia
• La mujer en el mundo del trabajo
• Trabajos de todo tipo…
Grammar: imperative (2)
gender of professions
passive voice
Unidad 7¿Cómo nos comunicamos?
• La publicidad
• Las Islas Canarias
• La prensa
• La radio y la televisión
• Los periodistas
• Internet
Grammar: uses of the subjunctive (2)
reflexive verbs
uses of the subjunctive (3)
how to express "for" with a period of time
uses of the subjunctive (4)
A2
Unidad 8: ¡Protejamos nuestro entorno!
• Temas medioambientales
• Los árboles
• Especies salvajes
• Andalucía
• Problemas medioambientales
• Una solución moderna: el reciclaje
• Un fenómeno global: el cambio climático
Grammar: conditional tense
imperfect subjunctive
how to write percentages, fractions and numbers over 1000 in Spanish
Unidad 9: Tecnología: ¿progreso o retroceso?
El impacto de las nuevas tecnologías
Los avances médicos
El País Vasco
La electrónica y el ocio
El impacto de la tecnología en la economía
Grammar: gerund (1)
para
por
modal verbs
Unidad 10: ¿Somos todos iguales?
• Los derechos humanos a nivel europeo
• Los derechos de las mujeres
• El derecho a morir: la eutanasia
• Los inmigrantes
• Los derechos de los indios
• México
Grammar: double negatives
gerund (2)
lo, lo que and lo cual
Unidad 11: Argentina, España y un mundo que se globaliza
Argentina desde 1946
Argentina
España desde 1981
El mundo se globaliza
Grammar: ser and estar
Unidad 12: Iguales ante la ley
• La Constitución Española
• Delitos varios
• Asesinatos, secuestros y narcotráfico
• Inmigración y criminalidad
• La Comunidad de Madrid
• Seguridad ciudadana
Grammar: two uses of the subjunctive
adjectives relating to places
Unidad 13: Por amor al arte
• Consumo cultural de la sociedad
• Tendencias musicales en España
• Pueblos y cultura
• Perú
• Arquitectura y artesanía
• Las artes: literatura, cine, pintura y flamenco
Grammar: el (hecho) de que + subjunctive
más de / menos de with quantities
verbs followed by prepositions
Grammar Summary
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