McGraw-Hill Education MÁS

For your classes in Intermediate Spanish McGraw-Hill introduces the latest in its acclaimed M Series. The M Series started with your students. McGraw-Hill conducted extensive market research with over 4,000 students to gain insight into their studying and buying behavior. Students told us they wanted more portable texts with innovative visual appeal and content that is designed according to the way they learn. We also surveyed instructors, and they told us they wanted a way to engage their students without compromising on high quality content Welcome to MÁS: an exciting new content-based intermediate Spanish program created in response to student feedback on the look and function of their learning materials. With integrated multi-media content from around the Spanish-speaking world, MÁS exposes students to the importance of culture with many opportunities for open-ended conversation, while offering a review and expansion of language structures appropriate for the second year. One of the highlights of MÁS is the stunning collection of short films integrated into the program from Mexico, Spain, Uruguay, and Costa Rica, available for student viewing online and on DVD for instructors. In addition, MÁS contains both literary and journalistic readings to provide even more authentic input to students on current on provocative topics allowing for more students interaction in class. More current, more portable, more captivating, plus a rigorous and innovative research foundation adds up to: more learning. When you meet students where they are, you can take them where you want them to be. About the Author Ana Marï¿a Pï¿rez-Gironï¿s is an adjunct Professor of Spanish oat Western University, Middletown, Connecticut. She received a Licenciatura en Filologï¿a Anglogermï¿nica from the Universidad de Sevilla in 1985, and her M.A. in General Linguistics from Cornell University in 1988. Her professional interests include second language acquisition and the integration of cultural competence and technology in language teaching Virginia M. Adï¿n-Lifante is Lecturer and Coordinator of the Spanish language courses at the University of California, Merced. She received her Licenciatura en Filologï¿a Hispï¿nica from the Universidad de Sevilla in 1987, and her Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1997. Dr. Adï¿n-Lifante has served as reviewer of several Spanish language manuals and she has published numerous reviews and articles in professional journals such as La Torre, The Bilingual Review, Gestos, Revistas de Estudios Norteamericanos, South Central Review, and Revista de Estudios Hispï¿nicos.