Fully updated in 2021, this resource for adolescents and adults takes an in-depth look at a wealth of different topics related to Spain, including politics, history, geography, health, artistic movements and lifestyles. Each theme is presented via a double-page spread comprising short texts and images on the left-hand page, whilst on the right-hand page there are varied activities that serve to test students' reading comprehension skills and to stimulate classroom discussion.
Answers to the exercises (with explanations) can be found at the back of the book.
Furthermore, there is a comprehensive monolingual glossary to aid understanding.
The audio content can be downloaded via the following link: www.enclave-ele.com
There are 12 downloadable audio recordings in total, which correspond to the topics covered in the book.
Themes covered include the following: Spain's climate/weather, the Camino de Santiago (known in English as the Way of St. James), the 'Andalusian' (also known as the Pure Spanish Horse), castles, the International Brigades, the Real Academia Española (the Royal Spanish Academy), the Paradores de Turismo de España (a chain of Spanish luxury hotels), Spanish working hours, Velázquez and Madrid, bulls, 'botellón' (a deep-rooted custom whereby young people meet in large groups to drink outside), and 'mileuristas' (people who earn less than one thousand euros per month).
This book is divided into 7 blocks (each comprising several units), as follows:
1) Los paisajes (geografía española).
2) la Historia.
3) la política (el papel del estado, España e
Iberoamérica, etc.),
4) la economía española (modernización,
productos "made in Spain", etc.).
5) la sociedad (familia, educación, trabajo, ocio,
etc.).
6) la cultura (manifestaciones literarias, artes
plásticas, música y folclore, la cultura viva,
los medios de comunicación).
7) el día a día (el lenguaje de los jóvenes, reparto del tiempo, mi casa, a la mesa).
