En una palabra, Puebla, México : a CD-ROM for exploring culture in Spanish / Emmanuel Paris-Bouvret, Ana Pérez-Gironés & Octavio Flores-Cuadra.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Paris-Bouvret, Emmanuel.

Pérez-Gironés, Ana María.

Flores-Cuadra, Octavio.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Spanish language--Computer-assisted instruction for English speakers.

Spanish language.

Spanish language--Self-instruction--Interactive multimedia.

Spanish language--Study and teaching--English speakers.

Spanish language--Self-instruction.

Puebla de Zaragoza (Mexico)--Civilization--Study and teaching.

Puebla de Zaragoza (Mexico).

Genre:

Interactive multimedia.

Programmed instructional materials.

Physical Description:

1 CD-ROM : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2010].

Language Note:

In Spanish; some editorial material in English.

System Details:

System requirements, PC: Intel Pentium 4 processor or equivalent; 512 MB of RAM; Windows XP with SP2 or higher; QuickTime 7 or higher.

System requirements, Macintosh: PowerMac G3 or higher or Intel processor; 512 MB of RAM; OS 10.4 or higher; QuickTime 7 or higher.

digital

optical

data file

Summary:

"En una palabra is a unique interactive tool to help students learn about Spanish culture while increasing vocabulary and listening skills. Students experience the program through a series of video segments in which fifteen residents of Puebla--of varying ages and sociocultural backgrounds--define the same ten concepts: amigos (friends); familia (family); trabajo (work); país (country); libertad (freedom); éxito (success); orgullo (pride); indiviualismo (individualism); ambicíon (ambition); felicidad (happiness). While these words are easily translatable into any language, the definitions offered by the speakers reveal the diverse nature of culture and how words convey individual and collective values, which are not always obvious.This program is a resource flexible enough to fit into almost any curriculum by setting appropriate tasks and expectations. Especially for students at the intermediate level and beyond, En una palabra can assist in understanding how cultural values are reflected in a language."--Container.

Notes:

Title from disc label.

There is also a free, online instructor's manual that offers suggestions for using the CD-ROM in the classroom at different levels. The content is presented entirely in Spanish and plays on both PCs and Macs, using the free program QuickTime.

ISBN:

9781589016477 :

1589016475 :

OCLC:

639326273