En contacto: lecturas intermedias

PREFACE: En contacto is a complete intermedíate Spanish program designed to put the English-speaking student in touch with today’s Hispanic culture through its language and literature. The program includes a review grammar Gramática en acción, a reader Lecturas intermedias, a workbook/lab manual Cuaderno de ejercicios, and a tape program. En contacto is based on the philosophy that the acquisition of vocabulary is as important to the intermediate student as the review of grammar. Therefore, each of the twelve chapters of each component is coordinated with the corresponding chapters of the other components by grammar topic, theme, and high-frequency core vocabulary. The program is arranged for flexibility: the grammar text (and exercise manual) can be used independently of the reader in courses in which reading is not emphasized, and the reader can be used independently in intermediate courses stressing reading, literature, or conversation. The twelve chapter themes are varied and were chosen both to appeal to the contemporary student and to introduce cultural materials and stimulating topics for discussion or composition.