The entertaining and illustrated reading of Mexico, manual of civilization is complemented by a didactic support that proposes activities for the exploitation of the texts and exercises from web pages, and with an oral preparation for the Intermediate and Superior Diplomas of the Cervantes Institute (DELE) that also promotes tolerance with multiculturalism. It is, therefore, a manual to use in class.
It is made up of nine modules that address the most outstanding information on reality and Mexican identity. Each module presents explanatory texts that are easy to read for a student of Spanish as a foreign language at level B, extracts from relevant authentic documents to create a global idea of the content of the module, extracts from phrases representative of the content of the module and a didactic exploitation of the elements. That composes.
Module content:
Mexico: geography, symbols of identity, natural resources and the Mexican linguistic variety.
Indigenous Mexico: Mesoamerica, Teotihuacán, Mexicas and Mayans.
Mestizo Mexico: the meeting of two worlds, the colonial viceroyalty, independence, foreign invasions, the Mexican Revolution, the 20th and 21st centuries.
Flavors and colors: chili and its varieties, corn, chocolate, the Mexican diet.
The arts: literature, cinema, muralism.
Traditions: the Day of the Dead; Christmas in Mexico, the Independence Day, Holy Week, folklore.
Popular culture: soccer, wrestling, northern bands, rancheras.
