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lntroduction
This book will help you to achieve three things:
1 To be a confident and creative linguist
To be proficient in Spanish at Diploma level you need to gradually build up your level of skill in
reading, listening to, speaking and writing the language.
r This new edition will steer you along the path to proficiency by offering a range of texts and
tasks that will provoke your curiosity, stimulate you to think and challenge you to be creative
with the language.
I As you work through the course, you will acquire strategies for learning, highhghted in the
Estrategias pard... feature. In doing so, you will learn to be a good communicator, a key
attribute of the IB learner profile. In keeping with the aims of the IB, our book also explores
concepts and issues that will enable you to become more knowledgeable, make you a more
open-minded student of other cultures, and turn you into a more reflective learner.
r §7e introduce and remind you of the 'nurs and bolts' of Spanish tanguage in regular
Qrurnática features; these are linked to a more detailed Grammar Summary at the end of
the book, covering all the key structures that you need to know.
r And we won't let you forget that learning should be funl Speaking activities such as roleplays
and debates are opportunities to be creative in the language. §7e also give you some
pointers to Hispanic films in ¡Yeatnos una película,! and songs in ¡Escuchemos una
canción!
2To score the highest grades in lB Spanish Language B
The activities in this course will prepare you thoroughly for the IB examination.
r Coverage of the prescribed IB themes is extensive. Each of the five themes, Social
organization, Identities, Experiences, Human ingenuity and Sharing the planet, has
three units dedicated to it. This edition incorporates new sections and texts, which are up
to date and cover a range of issues past and present, from traditional fiestas to the impact
of computer technology. And there are plenty of opportunities to acquire the vocabulary
associated with them.
I Reading and writing activities will prepare you for the examination by familiarising you with
a range of task types.
I Listening passages, photographs and a variety of speaking activities will help you prepare for
your listening and oral exams.
r \ü/e give you detailed advice on how to tackle different types of text for the writing exam in
the ¡Qué bien escribesJ sections, and for the oral exam in the ¡Qué bíen hablas! sections.
In Units 2-15, the ¡Analiza ellenguaje! feature will stimulate you to think about the writer's
style and presentation ofhis / her text.
¡ §7e link the topic content with both the Theory of Knowledge and CAS to give you lots of
practice in discussing ideas related to these important aspects of the IB Diploma programme.
r If you are studying at Higher level, you will be stretched by the more challenging reading
passages and audio, idendfied by the heading Nio,el superior.
I Also for Higher level, we feature a dedicated literature section in every unit, with topicrelated
extracts for you to enjoy, analyse and reflect on, from a wide range ofnotable
Hispanic writers. Your acquaintance with the work of these writers will help you to prepare
for your oral discussion of one of the two literary works you will study. At the end of each
o{ Uni.dades 7-15, the Extracto de una obraliteraria feature will enable you to practise for the