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Book SynopsisFUENTES, is a two-volume intermediate Spanish program presenting an integrated skills approach to intermediate Spanish that develops both receptive and productive skills simultaneously. FUENTES is made up of FUENTES: CONVERSACIÓN Y GRAMÁTICA (FCG) and FUENTES: LECTURA Y REDACCIÓN (FLR). Although FUENTES: CONVERSACIÓN Y GRAMÁTICA and FUENTES: LECTURA Y REDACCIÓN are designed to be used together, they can also be used independently of each other. Each chapter in FUENTES: CONVERSACIÓN Y GRAMÁTICA, Fifth Edition focuses on theme, and grammar and vocabulary presentations that are based on language functions. The FUENTES program approach and philosophy: We learn by doing. By using the language to communicate original thoughts, in oral and written form, and by interacting with written texts and recorded conversations, students will acquire a high degree of proficiency. Skill integration promotes language development. Each skill reinforces the others; therefore, students learn to comprehend an
Table of ContentsFuentes: Conversaci��n y gram��tica. Cap��tulo Preliminar LA VIDA UNIVERSITARIA. Introducing Yourself and Others. Obtaining and Giving Information about Class Schedules. Las materias acad��micas. Expressing Likes and Dislikes. Gustar and Other Verbs: Describing Classes, Professors, and Students, Testing Your Knowledge of Spanish. 1. NUESTRAS COSTUMBRES. Podcast: Un conflicto de identidad. Narrating in the Present. A. Regular, Stem-Changing, and Irregular Verbs. B. Reflexive Constructions: Discussing Nightlife. La vida nocturna (Vocabulario): Obtaining and Giving Information. ��Qu��? and ��cu��l? Avoiding Redundancies. Subject and Direct-Object Pronouns: M��s all��. Videofuentes: Book (video c��mico). Proyecto: Un anuncio publicitario: Recycled Material: The Present Indicative; Ir a + Infinitive; Verbs Like Gustar. 2. ESPA��A: PASADO Y PRESENTE. Podcast: Un anuncio hist��rico: Narrating in the Past (Part One): A. The Preterit B. Narrating in the Past: Meanings Conveyed by Certain Verbs C. Indicating When Actions Took Place: Time Expressions D. Indicating Sequence: Adverbs of Time E. Past Actions That Preceded Other Past Actions: The Pluperfect: Discussing Movies. El cine (Vocabulario): Stating Time and Age in the Past. The Imperfect: M��s all��. Pel��cula: La lengua de las mariposas: Recycled Material: The Present Indicative; Telling Time. 3. LA AM��RICA PRECOLOMBINA. Podcast: La leyenda del ma��z: Narrating in the Past (Part Two). A. Preterit and Imperfect: Part One. B. Preterit and Imperfect: Part Two: Describing People and Things. A. Descripci��n f��sica (Vocabulario). B. Personalidad (Vocabulario): Describing. A. Ser and estar + adjective. B. The Past Participle as an Adjective: Indicating the Beneficiary of an Action. The Indirect Object: M��s all��. Videofuentes: Quiero ser charro (anuncio informativo) Proyecto: La leyenda de la llorona: Recycled Material: The Present Indicative; The Preterit; Time Expressions. 4. LLEGAN LOS INMIGRANTES. Podcast: Charla con nuestro nuevo amigo cubano. Discussing Immigration. La inmigraci��n (Vocabulario): Expressing Past Intentions, Obligations, and Knowledge. Preterit and Imperfect (Part Three): Expressing Abstract Ideas. Lo + adjective and lo que: Expressing Accidental or Unintentional Occurrences Unintentional se, Narrating and Describing in the Past. Summary of Preterit and Imperfect: Discussing the Past with Present Relevance. The Present Perfect: M��s all��. Pel��cula: Al otro lado: Recycled Material: The Present Indicative; The Preterit; The Imperfect; Time Expressions. 5. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS: SABROSA FUSI��N DE CULTURAS. Podcast: C��tedra y comida: Suggesting, Persuading, and Advising: A. The Present Subjunctive. B. Giving Indirect Commands and Information: Decir que + subjunctive or indicative. Giving Direct Commands: A. Affirmative and Negative Commands with Ud. and Uds. B. Affirmative and Negative Commands with t�� and vosotros: Discussing Food. La comida (Vocabulario): Informing and Giving Instructions. Impersonal and Passive se: M��s all��. Videofuentes: Marca Per�� (propaganda c��mica). Proyecto: Una receta: Recycled Material: The Imperfect; Direct-Object Pronouns; Indirect-Object Pronouns; The Preterit; Stem-Changing and Reflexive Verbs in the Present Indicative. 6. NUEVAS DEMOCRACIAS. Podcast: El otro 11 de septiembre: Expressing Feelings and Opinions about Future, Present, and Past Actions and Events: A. The Present Subjunctive. B. The Present Perfect Subjunctive: Discussing Politics. La pol��tica (Vocabulario): Expressing Belief and Doubt about Future, Present, and Past Actions and Events. The Present Subjunctive: Forming Complex Sentences The Relative Pronouns que and quien: Indicating Cause, Purpose, Destination, etc. Por and para: M��s all��. Videofuentes: Los j��venes que preservaron la Memoria (documental) Proyecto: Una vi��eta pol��tica: Recycled Material: The Imperfect; The Present Indicative; The Preterit; Ser and estar + adjective. 7. NUESTRO MEDIO AMBIENTE. Podcast: Unas vacaciones diferentes: Discussing Adventure Travel and the Environment: A. El equipaje (Vocabulario). B. Deportes (Vocabulario). C. El medio ambiente (Vocabulario): Affirming and Negating, Describing What One is Looking For. The Subjunctive in Adjective Clauses: Expressing Pending Actions. The Subjunctive in Adverbial Clauses: Avoiding Redundancies. Double-Object Pronouns: M��s all��. Videofuentes: Miner��a contaminante a cielo abierto en Colombia (anuncio informativo). Proyecto: Un anuncio informative: Recycled Material: The Preterit and the Imperfect; The Present Subjunctive. 8. HABLEMOS DE TRABAJO. Podcast: Pasant��as en el extranjero, Discussing Work. El trabajo (Vocabulario): Expressing Condition, Purpose, and Time. The Subjunctive in Adverbial Clauses: Reporting What Someone Said. Reported Speech: Negating and Expressing Options. O��� o, ni��� ni, ni siquiera: Describing Reciprocal Actions. Se/Nos/Os + Plural Verb Forms: M��s all��. Pel��cula: Volver: Recycled Material: The Preterit; The Imperfect; The Pluperfect; Ir a + Infinitive; The Present Subjunctive; Negation. 9. ES UNA OBRA DE ARTE. Podcast: Arte public: Discussing Art. El arte (Vocabulario): Giving Opinions, Suggesting, Expressing Doubt, etc., in the Past. The Imperfect Subjunctive: Shifting the Focus in a Sentence. The Passive Voice: Using the Infinitive. Summary of Uses of the Infinitive: Using Transitional Phrases. Expressions with por: M��s all��. Videofuentes: Ana y Manuel (cortometraje). Proyecto: Comentar un cuadro. Recycled Material: The Preterit; The Imperfect; The Present Subjunctive. 10. LAS RELACIONES HUMANAS. Podcast: Independizarse de los padres: Stating Future Actions, Making Predictions and Promises. The Future Tense: Saying What You Would Do, Giving Advice, and Making Requests The Conditional: Expressing Probability by Speculating and Wondering. The Future Tense and Conditional: Discussing Human Relationships. Las relaciones humanas (Vocabulario): Hypothesizing (Part One). Si Clauses (Part One): M��s all��. Pel��cula: Valent��n. Recycled Material: The Preterit; The Imperfect; The Imperfect Subjunctive. 11. SOCIEDAD Y JUSTICIA Podcast: ��Coca o coca��na? Discussing Crime and Justice. La justicia (Vocabulario): Hypothesizing (Part Two): A. The Future Perfect and the Conditional Perfect. B. Si Clauses (Part Two): Giving Opinions, Expressing Doubt, etc., in the Past. The Pluperfect Subjunctive: Linking Ideas. A. Pero, sino, and sino que. B. Aunque, como, and donde: M��s all��. Videofuentes: Medalla al empe��o (cortometraje), Proyecto: Entrevista por un mundo major: Recycled Material: The Future; The Conditional; Si Clauses; The Preterit; The Imperfect; The Present Perfect; The Imperfect Subjunctive. 12. LA COMUNIDAD LATINA EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS. Un poema. Narrating and Describing in the Past, Present, and Future (A Review): A. Discussing the Past. B. Discussing the Present. C. Discussing the Future: Recycled Material: All Tenses and Moods.
