Mastering Spanish through Global Debate

Author:   Nieves Pérez Knapp ,  Krishauna Hines-Gaither ,  Morella Ruscitti-Tovar ,  Emily Spinelli
Publisher:   Georgetown University Press
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9781647122911


Pages:   136
Publication Date:   03 January 2023
Format:   Paperback
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Building superior Spanish language proficiency through critical engagement with global challenges Mastering Spanish through Global Debate is a one-semester textbook designed for students with Advanced-level Spanish language skills, moving toward Superior. Over the course of each chapter, students gain linguistic and rhetorical skills as they prepare to debate on broad, timely topics, including environmental consciousness, immigration, wealth distribution, surveillance and privacy, cultural diversity, and education. Discussion of compelling issues promotes not only linguistic proficiency but social responsibility through critical engagement with complex global challenges. Each chapter includes topic-specific reading texts and position papers by writers from various Spanish-speaking countries. In addition to pre- and post-reading activities, students benefit from lexical development exercises, rhetorical methods sections, and listening exercises with audio available on the Press website. An online instructor’s manual provides pedagogical recommendations and an answer key.

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Author:   Nieves Pérez Knapp ,  Krishauna Hines-Gaither ,  Morella Ruscitti-Tovar ,  Emily Spinelli
Publisher:   Georgetown University Press
Imprint:   Georgetown University Press
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9781647122911


ISBN 10:   1647122910
Pages:   136
Publication Date:   03 January 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Language:   Spanish

Table of Contents

ContenidoPrefacioAgradecimientosIntroducciónRecursos en líneaTermas1. Medio ambiente y economía - Una economía en colores Antes de la lecturaEstudiando el temaDominio del vocabularioConstrucción del discurso críticoComprensión auditivaConstruyendo el argumento: el proceso escritoConstruyendo el argumento: el proceso oralReflexión2. Intervencionismo o aislamiento - El dilema de la democracia y el intervencionismo: la historia se repiteAntes de la lectura Estudiando el tema Dominio del vocabulario Construcción del discurso crítico Comprensión auditiva Construyendo el argumento: el proceso escrito Construyendo el argumento: el proceso oral Reflexión 3. Redistribución de la riqueza o autosuficiencia - La brecha económica: ¿es posible una redistribución justa de la riqueza?Antes de la lectura Estudiando el tema Dominio del vocabulario Construcción del discurso crítico Comprensión auditiva Construyendo el argumento: el proceso escrito Construyendo el argumento: el proceso oral Reflexión 4. Conservación cultural o diversidad - Inmigración: ¿amenaza o pluralidad?Antes de la lectura Estudiando el tema Dominio del vocabularioConstrucción del discurso crítico Comprensión auditiva Construyendo el argumento: el proceso escrito Construyendo el argumento: el proceso oral Reflexión 5. Seguridad nacional o libertad personal - Si vis pacem, para bellumAntes de la lectura Estudiando el temaDominio del vocabulario Construcción del discurso crítico Comprensión auditiva Construyendo el argumento: el proceso escrito Construyendo el argumento: el proceso oralReflexión 6. Educación formal o experiencia profesional - Claves del éxito: Educación o experiencia profesionalAntes de la lectura Estudiando el tema Dominio del vocabulario Construcción del discurso crítico Comprensión auditiva Construyendo el argumento: el proceso escrito Construyendo el argumento: el proceso oralReflexión Apéndice A: Structuring a Debate 165Apéndice B: Rubric for Writing and Speaking 169

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Nieves Knapp is teaching professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Brigham Young University. Krishauna Hines-Gaither has taught Spanish since 1999.Currently, she is the Vice President for Equity, Diversity & Justice at Mount Saint Mary’s University-Los Angeles. She is the Past President of the Foreign Language Association of NC, and has chaired committees with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, including the African-American Student Special Interest Group. Morella Ruscitti-Tovar is assistant teacher professor of Spanish at the Pennsylvania State University.

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