Destinos is an innovative beginning Spanish program based on a 26-week television series that premiered on PBS in the fall of 1992. The 52 half-hour shows of the series use the powerful appeal of a uniquely Hispanic genre - the telenovela (soap opera) - to make language and culture come alive. The situation and context of each episode introduce students to the basic structures, language functions and vocabulary groups of Spanish that are presented in most introductory- and intermediate-level Spanish courses. Both volumes of this Student Viewer's Handbook to Accompany Destinos, Second Edition, is designed to help instructors and students use Destinos as a supplement in a wide variety of courses, at beginning, intermediate, or advanced levels of instruction. By using the handbook, instructors and students will enjoy viewing the 52 half-hour episodes of the television series more and get more out of them. Also contained in the second edition of the handbook is additional information about the series characters, cultural information from around the Spanish-speaking world, and process writing tasks, all of which will enhance Spanish instruction at all levels.
Destinos is the best thing to happen to foreign language learning since the invention of the language laboratory.The handbook will greatly improve a student's ability to retain and utilize the Spanish he/she learns in the video series. There are many exercises relating to each episode and the Mas Alla del episodio readings add extra information to the story which is not in the videos themselves.I teach Spanish at community college and have used the manual and videos for a number of years with excellent results.
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