Through its proven approach to language learning, EL MUNDO 21 HISPANO provides heritage speakers of Spanish with a wealth of both contextualized and purposeful content. The completely revised and redesigned second edition provides integrated coverage of grammar, vocabulary, media (audio and video), and culture as well as ample opportunities to review each lesson's theme. Throughout the book, readers are given multiple opportunities to learn about their own country of origin, or that of their ancestors, so that they begin to respect and take pride in their own cultural heritage. As readers discover the 21 countries that comprise the Spanish-speaking world, they will achieve a global understanding of the issues and challenges faced by the Spanish-speaking world today. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Using a content-based, student-centered approach, Mundo 21 emphasizes communication, pair and group work, learning in context, and critical-thinking skills.Except for the grammar explanations, the text is written entirely in Spanish, exposing students on a consistent basis to natural language. Offering a grammar manual written entirely in Spanish, Mundo 21, Edicion alternativa, is suitable for heritage learner courses as well as for courses conducted in Spanish.Intended to broaden students' cultural competency, Mundo 21, 2/e, is organized around eight geographically oriented units covering the world' s 21 Spanish-speaking countries and diverse Hispanic populations. In addition, each lesson (three per unit) contains a cultural vignette followed by a short exercise.Vivid photographs of people, places, and art work illustrate each lesson to enrich students' experience with Hispanic culture. Images accompanying each Lectura provide important clues and context to heighten comprehension.The Gente del Mundo 21 section at the beginning of the lessons profiles three noteworthy personalities in the arts, literature, sports, and the entertainment industry of the country featured.Each Del pasado al presente reading provides a brief historical and cultural overview of the country under study, accompanied by an A ver si comprendiste! activity.Each unit contains a literary reading in Y ahora, a leer!, accompanied by an extensive pre-reading apparatus, Anticipando la lectura; post-reading support, Comprendiste la lectura? which checks comprehension and encourages analysis and discussion; a new feature, Introduccion al analisis literario; and an additional creativewriting activity.Cultura en vivo sections provide a cultural context for the thematic, interactive vocabulary sections, Mejoremos la comunicacion. A conversar! sections reinforce the new vocabulary through pair and group activities. Palabras claves sections focus on a key word from the Cultura en vivo reading and prompt student interaction with the vocabulary.Escribamos ahora sections, appearing at the end of Lesson 2 in each unit, provide an innovative process approach to developing writing skills and organizational techniques that helps students produce a well-developed composition.An end-of-text Manual de gramatica, cross-referenced to the text and designed for independent study, offers review and practice of the grammatical structures in meaningful contexts.Supported by Luz! Camara! Accion! sections in the text, the 60-minute Mundo 21 Video offers authentic footage, documentaries, travelogues, music, and other cultural features from various regions of the Hispanic world.Exploremos el ciberespacio sections at the end of each lesson direct students to the Mundo 21 Web Site, which features web-search activities, auto-correcting self-tests, and a resources section for additional research.

En respuesta al creciente interés por los estudios ecológicos de los fenómenos lingüísticos, este volumen presta especial atención a la influencia de los contextos culturales, históricos, sociales y políticos.

In this inspirational and unflinchingly honest memoir, acclaimed author Reyna Grande describes her childhood torn between the United States and Mexico, and shines a light on the experiences, fears, and hopes of those who choose to make the harrowing journey across the border. Reyna Grande vividly brings to life her tumultuous early years in this “compelling...unvarnished, resonant” (BookPage) story of a childhood spent torn between two parents and two countries. As her parents make the dangerous trek across the Mexican border to “El Otro Lado” (The Other Side) in pursuit of the American dream, Reyna and her siblings are forced into the already overburdened household of their stern grandmother. When their mother at last returns, Reyna prepares for her own journey to “El Otro Lado” to live with the man who has haunted her imagination for years, her long-absent father. Funny, heartbreaking, and lyrical, The Distance Between Us poignantly captures the confusion and contradictions of childhood, reminding us that the joys and sorrows we experience are imprinted on the heart forever, calling out to us of those places we first called home. Also available in Spanish as La distancia entre nosotros.