The readings in the first unit in particular have been completely revised to help ease the transition into second year. A new pre-reading section, Comentarios preliminares, allows students to practice vocabulary from the reading as well as talk about the reading's topic. Every unit and chapter is established around a set of proficiency functions that are spiraled throughout the text, giving additional practice to the more frequent functions. Authentic materials are used to practice all four skills listening, reading, speaking, and writing. Grammar explanations are in English, followed by a number of contextualized exercises for student practice.
Material is recycled to allow for additional student practice.
Communicative activities many based on realia are designed to help students work together cooperatively in class. I La familia y las tradiciones Cap tulo 1 La personalidad, unos contrastes Lectura 1. Adjectives Related to Reflexive Verb Forms 8. Reflexive Verb Forms with Adjectives 9. Lectura Gram tica en contexto 11.