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Breaking the Spanish Barrier 1A: Vamos! Online Access Code
Your Breaking the Spanish Barrier 1A: Vamos! Online Access includes 12 months of cultural videos, grammar exercises, and interactive vocabulary flashcards. Along with the Student Edition, this is an essential part of the course and requires reliable internet access. Access is renewable 30 days from the end of your year for a reasonable fee. You will receive an email and can choose when to begin your online access. ~Sara
Online Access integrates audio, video, cultural articles, answers, beautiful pictures of sites of interest, and notable people from Spanish-speaking countries. The exercises are interactive. A student can click on any single answer, see immediately if he/she is right or wrong, and view the correction. There are also responsive flashcards with audio, oral questions, and video instructional capsules. The explanations, exercises, and vocabulary are the same as the print book. Online Access provides students tools that may appeal to different learning styles, especially auditory and visual learners.
Overview:
Designed for total beginners who are ready to immerse themselves into the beautiful language of Spanish, ¡Vamos! Beginner "A" presents essential vocabulary, key grammar, and important cultural information from many Spanish-speaking countries. It is ideal for students in middle school as well as for older students who would prefer a more deliberate pace.
The STEPS Section:Students begin their journey with the engaging “STEPS Section,” ten essential building blocks (greetings, family, telling time, numbers, weather, days of the week, home and school vocabulary, etc.) that help students begin speaking immediately. Students build confidence from day one!
Core Content Covered:
After the STEPS section, students work through chapters that are thematically organized. Each chapter features a region of the Spanish-speaking world.
Each chapter includes:
- A visually designed cultural map of a part of the Spanish-speaking world
- Vocabulary with interactive flashcards for fun and easy practice
- Clear presentation and explanation of grammar topics with plenty of practice
- Practice activities online with correction feedback and the ability to repeat practice as needed
Key Grammar Topics covered:
- Present and preterite (past) tenses
- Subject pronouns
- Object pronouns
- Adjectives
- Ser and Estar verbs
- Prepositions and conjunctions
A special section in the middle of each chapter called ¿Recuerdas? focuses on concepts presented in earlier chapters, so that students can review prior material as they learn new ideas.
Cultural Content:Up-to-date cultural information from countries such as Mexico, Spain, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, and Ecuador is offered at the beginning of each chapter. Students are exposed to different Spanish-speaking accents from native speakers throughout the program.
You will find the tone of these pages to be welcoming and conversational.
Ready to go? ¡Vamos!
QuantityThe original Breaking the Spanish Barrier Level 1 (Beginner) has been reorganized and expanded for students who prefer a more deliberate, comfortable pace with more review along the way. Lessons begin with cultural content highlighting a Spanish-speaking part of the world. Your learner is instantly engaged!
Students will use their own Student Edition workbook and Online Access for every lesson, and a parent will want the Answer Key. The course can be done independently using the 4-day lesson planning guide in the Homeschool Package.
1A: Vamos! begins with greetings and other commonly used words. You then learn the present tense, past tense (preterit), and move onto pronouns/adjectives, ser/estar, and prepositions/conjunctions, all with frequent review.
Components:
- Student Edition with Online Access is now a full-color consumable workbook. Each student needs their own. This book automatically comes with your 12 months of online access. Also new are useful QR codes for a student to access pronunciation help from anywhere!
- Online Access includes 12 months of cultural videos, grammar exercises, and interactive vocabulary flashcards. This code is renewable 30 days from the end of your access for a reasonable fee.
- Answer Key shows reduced student edition pages (4/pg) with answers filled in. Looseleaf.
- Teacher Edition with Online Access is a full-size student edition with answers filled in. It is much easier to see when you are actively teaching a lesson. This is only available with 12 months of online access.
- Test Program includes all new consumable tests and quizzes just for this edition!
- Oasis is a laminated pocket guide with useful phrases and vocabulary.
- Homeschool Package is required for a high school student working for a full credit. Includes: Student Edition, Online Access 1-year, Test Program, Answer Key Booklet, Oasis Guide, and the Homeschool Pacing Guide, which now includes 1 semester of lesson planning (4 days a week, ~40 minutes a day).
~Sara