Generaciones: Composicion Y Conversacion En Espanol

Generaciones is an intermediate-level Spanish composition and conversation textbook for college and advanced high school courses, for native speakers of both Spanish and English. It focuses on cultural content with extensive readings from sources all across the Hispanic world. In Generaciones, students can learn to engage in Spanish conversation in engaging new ways using an extensive assortment of spoken language functions such as inquiries, compliments, excuses, complaints, and defending opinions. The text presents writing activities in a challenging, creative, and most of all, a realistic format to help students master several different styles of composition. It is filled with brainstorming exercises on vocabulary building and collaborative writing with a communicative purpose, and presents opportunities for peer editing throughout. Generaciones is designed to draw on writing skills developed in high school AP Spanish programs. It is appended not only with an AP Spanish test from ETS with official scoring rubrics and but also with actual essay questions from past AP national exams. Also available with this new edition are additional learning resources for students. Students can get access to the following materials from www.universityreaders.com. Chapter-by-chapter exercises for group work, classroom activities, individual study, and review from the Manual de ejercicios. Dozens of additional editing exercises from both the textbook and the manual de ejercicios as text files, ready to download and edit for homework assignments. Audio files for listening exercises ready to be played on your computer, iPod or other MP3 player.