Based on instructor and student feedback to the first edition of Imagina, we have made some exciting changes and additions for the second edition.

• Two new films, Hiyab (Spain) and El rincón de Venezuela (Venezuela, US)
• En pantalla section featuring authentic TV clips and pre-and-post viewing activities
• Three new readings: La desesperación de las letras, Ginés S. Cutillas, La mejor tinta, Armando Valladares, Algo muy grave va a suceder en este pueblo,
  Gabriel García Márquez
• Web-SAM, students can now use one password to access their Supersite and Web-SAM accounts.
• Voice Board that allows students to participate in threaded oral discussions and to submit recorded assignments to the instructor 

Next : Contents >

Imagina

Lección 1: Sentir y vivir
Lección 2: Vivir en la ciudad
Lección 3: La influencia de los medios
Lección 4: Generaciones en movimiento
Lección 5: Las riquezas naturales
Lección 6: El valor de las ideas
Lección 7: Perspectivas laborales
Lección 8: Ciencia y tecnología
Lección 9: Escapar y divertirse
Lección 10: Herencia y destino

Next : Components >

For Students

Student Edition with Supersite AccessISBN: 978-1-60576-248-7 Paperback

The Student Edition features a fresh, magazine-like design that engages students while integrating thematic, cultural, and grammatical concepts within every section of the text.  The Imagina Supersite provides a wide range of online resources that support and enhance the Student Edition:

• Auto-graded practice activities with real-time feedback
• Open-ended Internet search activities
• The complete Imagina Film Collection in streaming video
• Dramatic recordings of literary and cultural readings
• MP3 files of the complete Lab audio program
• Recorded vocabulary

Imagina Student Edition vText with Supersite Access  ISBN:978-1-60576-485-6   Passcode
The Imagina vText online Student Edition takes online books to a whole new level! Textbook pages become interactive via links to practice activities, audio, and video. Connected to the Instructor's Supersite, assignments and activity grades appear right on the textbook page, and autograded activites are recorded instantly in the instructor gradebook.

Student Activities Manual  Workbook and Lab ManualISBN: 978-1-60576-159-6   Paperback

Workbook activities provide additional practice of the vocabulary and grammar in each textbook lesson. They also reinforce the content of the Imagina sections, including the main reading, the documentary, and the Galería de creadores. Lab Manual activities focus on building listening comprehension skills in Spanish, and provide additional practice of the vocabulary, grammar, and literary reading in each textbook lesson.

Web-SAM Online Student Activities Manual  ISBN: 978-1-60576-185-5 Passcode

The Imagina Web-SAM delivers the Student Activities Manual online with automatic scoring. The complete audio program is also included. Instructors have access to powerful classroom management and grade book tools that allow in-depth tracking of students' scores, customization of activities, and exporting of grades to Blackboard and WebCT courses.

Student Activities Manual Answer Key ISBN:978-1-60576-160-2   Paperback

This component contains answer keys for all activities with discrete answers in the Workbook and Lab Manual. It is available in print and on the Instructor's Resource CD.

Also Available

Student Supersite ISBN: 978-1-60576-181-7   Passcode

Included with purchase of the Student Edition, Student Supersite passcodes are also available for separate purchase.

 

 

For Instructors

Instructor's Annotated Edition ISBN:978-1-60576-092-6   Paperback

The Instructor's Annotated Edition contains a wealth of teaching information designed to support teaching in the classroom and to save instructors time in preparation and class management. Answers to all exercises with discrete answers are overprinted on the student text pages. The marginal annotations include previews, suggestions, expansions, teaching options, National Standards icons, and instructional resource notes that correlate all available student and instructor ancillaries.

Instructor's Supersite  Free to adopting instructors  Passcode

The Imagina Instructor Supersite includes a wealth of downloadable instructor resources and a student-performance tracking system—all in one convenient location. Included are:

• The complete Instructor's Resource Manual
• The complete Testing Program
• MP3 files of the Lab and Testing Audio Programs
• Student Activities Manual Answer Key
• Lesson plans
• Answers to Manual de gramática activities
• Voice Board (powered by Wimba)
• Streaming video
• Course management and gradebook
• Student Supersite access

Instructor DVD Set ISBN: 978-1-60576-223-4  2 DVD's

The Instructor's DVD Set includes:

• Cinematica DVD
   
• Flash cultura DVD

Next : Lesson Tour >

Each Imagina lesson is supported by a wide range of ground- breaking, exciting, and authentic media.

Here is a preview of some of the resources that accompany Lesson 4:

En Pantalla  Authentic clips such as commercials and news stories from Spanish-speaking media engage students and help them to develop listening and comprehension skills. Film Collection An authentic short film from the Spanish-speaking world serves as a springboard to each lessons' cultural themes and language functions.

Visit the Imagina Supersite Demo to access the audio, video, practice, and resources that accompany this sample lesson.

Due to rights restrictions, a complete preview of the Imagina Film collection can only be accessed via the Imagina Supersite. Contact your Modern Language Specialist for access.

Next : Integrated Technology >

Link to Imagina vText Demo >

Imagina textbook pages come to life via links to practice activities, audio, and video programs. And because the vText is connected to the instructor gradebook, students can see assignments and grades right on the textbook page! Dynamic and easy-to-use, Imagina vText provides a learning environment that will engage and support intermediate Spanish students. Students will be able to:

• Click right on the textbook page to complete mouse-icon activities online
• Clearly see which activities have been assigned on each vText page
• Access audio and video programs directly at point-of-use on the textbook page
• Access all Supersite resources for additional support – extra-practice activities, online dictionary, grammar and vocabulary tutorials
• Quickly search table of contents or browse by page number
• Use one login for both the vText and Supersite
• Have activities automatically recorded in instructor gradebook