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Second Edition
Robert Hershberger
DePauw University
Susan Navey-Davis
North Carolina Sate University
Guiomar Borrás A.
Thunderbird, The American School
of International Management
With contributions from
Stacey Powell
Auburn University
Australia Canada Mexico Singapore Spain United Kingdom United States
REVISTA 1
102
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Plazas: lugar de encuentros / Robert Hershberger,
Susan Navey-Davis, Guiomar Borrás A. with
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VOCABULARY
09 08 07 06 05 04
CAPÍTULO
preliminar
¡Mucho gusto!
CAPÍTULO 1
En una clase de
2 español: Los
Estados Unidos
• Greet others,
introduce yourself,
and say good-bye
• Exchange personal
information (origin,
age, address, etc.)
• Identify quantities
of objects
• Ask and answer
questions
• Greetings
and good-byes
• Numbers 0 to 30
• Interrogative
words
• The Spanish
alphabet
4
12
14
20
• Subject pronouns
and the present
tense of the verbs
ser and tener 10, 16
• The verb
form hay and
numbers 1–30
12
• Question words
and inflection
14
• The Spanish
alphabet
20
• El lugar de
encuentro:
Las plazas
• ¿Ser informal
o formal?
¿Tú o usted?
• El mundo
hispanoamericano
CAPÍTULO 2
CAPÍTULO 3
En una reunión de
El tiempo libre:
familia: México 48 Colombia
7
9
• In the classroom
• The colors
• Foreign languages
and other academic
courses and majors
• University places
and buildings
• The time and the
days of the week
Celebraciones
hispanas en los
Estados Unidos
76
22
• Identify people
and things in
the classroom
• Indicate relationships
and specify colors
• Describe everyday
activities
• Talk about academic
courses and
university buildings
• Say what you like
and don’t like doing
• Tell time
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CULTURAL
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COMMUNICATIVE
GOALS
CHAPTER
PLAZAS
Second Edition
Hershberger / Navey-Davis / Borrás A.
• Define and ask
about family
relationships
• Indicate ownership
and possession
• Describe people
and things
• Indicate nationality
• Express physical
status
• Count from
30 to 100
• Describe daily
activities at home
or at school
24 • The family
24 • Physical features
and personality
• Nationalities
31 • Numbers
30 to 100
31
50
59
63
69
• Describe leisuretime activities
• Express likes
and dislikes
• Express plans
and intentions
• Describe basic
actions, places,
and activities
in town
• Talking about the
months, seasons,
and the weather
• Sports and
leisure-time
activities
• Places
• The months,
the seasons,
and weather
expressions
◆◆◆
¿Necesitas
100.000 pesos?
Tenemos un
trabajo para ti
◆◆◆
¿Sociable o
tímido? Dos
características de
la nacionalidad
mexicana
◆◆◆
Una nueva visión
artística del pintor colombiano
Fernando Botero
78
84
94
39
• Possessive
• Definite and
adjectives
indefinite articles
• Possession
and how to make
with de(l)
nouns plural
(Gender of nouns) 29 • Common uses
of the verb ser
• Present tense of
regular -ar verbs 35 • Agreement
with descriptive
• Me gusta +
adjectives
infinitive
38
• Present tense of
-er and -ir verbs
• Common uses
of the verb tener
• Los nombres
• Hispanohablantes
y apellidos
en los Estados
en español
Unidos
28
• La familia
• La educación en
hispana
Latinoamérica
y España
34
• El sistema
de 24 horas
41
53
53
57
59
• Gustar + infinitive
and gustar +
nouns
82
• Ir a + destination
or infinitive
86
• Irregular yo
verbs
90
• Saber, conocer,
and the
personal a
92
65
67
56
62
• Los deportes
en el mundo
hispano
• El café en
Colombia y
en el mundo
81
89
17
Scope and Sequence
iii
REVISTA 2
192
REVISTA 3
◆◆◆
CAPÍTULO 4
En la casa:
España
106
CAPÍTULO 5
La salud: Bolivia
y Paraguay
138
CAPÍTULO 6
¿Quieres comer
conmigo esta noche?:
Venezuela
166
Franquicias
latinoamericanas en los Estados
Unidos y en el mundo: Churro
manía
La magia de los magos
CHAPTER
CHAPTER
¡Mi casa es su casa!
◆◆◆
CAPÍTULO 7
De compras:
Argentina
196
CAPÍTULO 8
Fiestas y vacaciones:
Guatemala y
El Salvador
224
CAPÍTULO 9
De viaje por el Caribe:
La República
Dominicana, Cuba
y Puerto Rico
254
• Talk about holidays,
events, and activities
in the beach and
in the countryside
• Describe changes
in emotion
• Inquire and provide
information about
people and events
• Narrate in the past
• State indefinite ideas
and quantities
• Talk about periods
of time since an
event took place
• Talk about air
travel, other types
of transportation,
and lodging
• Simplify expressions
with indirect and
double object pronouns
• Talk about getting
around in the city
• Give directions and
express desires
• Make informal
requests
• Parties and
celebrations
• The beach and
the country
• Airline travel
• Hotels
• Directions
• Present tense of
stem-changing verbs
(e> ie, o> ue, e> i) 113
• More idioms
with tener
116
• Affirmative tú
commands
121
• Estar and the
present progressive 123
• Reflexive pronouns
and present tense
of reflexive verbs 144
• Acabar de +
infinitive
148
• Ser vs. estar
152
• Demonstrative
adjectives and
pronouns
156
• Comparatives
and superlatives
• Verbs regular
in the preterite
• Verbs with stem
and spelling
changes in
the preterite
• Gaudí y su obra
• Viviendas en
Lationamérica
y España
• Bolivia y la salud 143
• Tradición de
hierbas: Yerba mate
en Paraguay y
las hojas de coca
en los Andes
155
• La comida típica
venezolana
• Los postres
venezolanos
CULTURAL
INFORMATION
iv
Scope and Sequence
112
120
COMMUNICATIVE
GOALS
• Food and
beverages
• Dining out
«La casa de Bernarda Alba»,
Federico García Lorca
168
177
VOCABULARY
• The human body 140
• Health care
(illnesses, symptoms,
and medical
treatments)
149
◆◆◆
172
180
STRUCTURES
VOCABULARY
• Home and furniture 108
• Appliances and
household chores 118
• Numbers 100
and above
127
Curaméricas
180
171
179
CULTURAL
INFORMATION
• Talk about foods
and beverages for
breakfast, lunch,
and dinner
• Make comparisons
• Order food in
a restaurant
• Describe past
events in detail
COMMUNICATIVE
GOALS
• Identify parts
of the body
• Describe daily
routines and
hygienic practices
• Talk about what
you have just
finished doing
• Talk about illnesses
and health conditions
• Describing people,
things, and conditions
• Point out people
and things
STRUCTURES
◆◆◆
• Describe the features
of your home or
personal residence
• Talk about furniture
and appliances
• Describe household
chores
• Make commands
• State locations and
describe feelings
• Describe actions
in progress
• Count from 100
and higher
284
• Talk about shopping
for clothing
• Make emphatic
statements about
possession
• Talk about singular
and/or completed
events in the past
• Make selections and
talk about sizes and
other shopping
preferences
• Describe ongoing
and habitual actions
in the past
• Clothing and
fashion
• Shopping
198
207
• Stressed
possessives
• Verbs irregular
in the preterite
• Direct object
pronouns
• Imperfect tense
211
219
• Preterite vs.
imperfect
• Affirmative
and negative
expressions
• Hace and
hace que
• De compras en
Buenos Aires
• El tango argentino
201
210
• Chichicastenango
• Arzobispo Óscar
Arnulfo Romero
202
204
226
Experiencias en Santo Domingo,
República Dominicana y La
Habana, Cuba
◆◆◆
Gigante salvadoreño durmiente
◆◆◆
Mar del Plata, Argentina
256
268
271
237
233
240
244
230
239
• Indirect object
pronouns
261
• Double object
pronouns
266
• Prepositions and
adverbs of location 270
• Formal and negative
tú commands
274
• La República
Dominicana:
Santo Domingo,
la primera ciudad
de las Américas
260
• Cuba: Escuela
Latinoamericana de
Ciencias Médicas
265
• Puerto Rico: Estado
Libre Asociado
273
Scope and Sequence
v
314
CAPÍTULO 12
El medio ambiente:
Costa Rica
346
• Subjunctive following
verbs of emotion,
impersonal expressions,
and ojalá
353
• Subjunctive to state
uncertain, doubtful,
or hypothetical
situations
360
• Los novios en los
países hispanoamericanos
• Las bodas en el
mundo hispano
• El Canal de Panamá 320
• Protocolo en los
negocios en el mundo
hispanohablante
329
• Costa Rica:
Puros igredientes
naturales
• Costa Rica:
Estación biológica
“La Selva”
vi
Scope and Sequence
294
301
316
325
331
• Rural and urban
geography
• The environment
• Animals and the
wildlife preserve
348
356
364
352
359
402
378
CAPÍTULO 15
Los avances
tecnológicos:
Uruguay
◆◆◆
«Tosca» por Isabel Allende
430
COMMUNICATIVE
GOALS
• Por and para
321
• Subjunctive mood
and impersonal
expressions with
the subjunctive
330
• Formation of the present
subjunctive and statements of volition
334
CULTURAL
INFORMATION
• Present perfect
295
• Reciprocal constructions
with se, nos and os 298
• Adverbs and adverbial
expressions of time
and sequencing
of events
302
• Relative pronouns 305
299
• Professions
and offices
• The office, work,
and the job hunt
• Personal finances
CAPÍTULO 14
La vida pública:
Chile
◆◆◆
La fantasía artística en Perú,
Chile y Uruguay
Costa Rica: Recursos naturales
para pagar la deuda externa
• Talk about television
and other forms of
popular culture
• Talk about
anticipated actions
• Talk about the arts and
the vocations of artists
• Talk about unplanned or
accidental occurrences
• Describe completed
actions and resulting
conditions
• Talk about politics
and elections
• Talk about
future events
• Talk about political
issues and the media
• Express conjecture
or probability
• Talk about home
electronics and
computers
• Make statements
in the past with the
subjunctive mood
• Talk about
hypothetical
situations
• Television programs
and movies
380
• The arts and
artists
388
• Politics and voting 404
• Political issues
and the media
413
• High-tech
appliances
• The computer
432
440
• Subjunctive with
purpose and
time clauses
• Se for unplanned
occurrences
(No-fault se)
• Past participle
(as adjective)
• The future tense
• The conditional
• Present perfect
subjunctive
• Past (imperfect)
subjunctive
• If clauses
436
444
◆◆◆
Rubén Blades: Cuando una
carrera no es suficiente…
CAPÍTULO 13
El mundo del
espectáculo:
Perú y Ecuador
VOCABULARY
• Talk about rural and
urban locales and
associated activities
and problems
• Express emotion
and opinions
• Talk about the conservation and exploitation
of natural resources
• Hypothesize and
express doubts
and uncertainty
• Talk about a nature
preserve, animals, and
endangered species
VOCABULARY
• Talk about professions,
the office, and workrelated activities
• Make statements about
motives, intentions,
and periods of time
• Describe the job hunt,
benefits, and personal
finances
• Express subjectivity
and uncertainty
• Express desires
and intentions
• Personal
relationships
• Receptions and
banquets
290
En Honduras hay trabajo
para el verano
492
El Faro del Sur: Luces,
cámara, acción
STRUCTURES
280
• Talk about relationships
and courtship
• Describe recent actions,
events, and conditions
• Describe reciprocal
actions
• Talk about receptions
and banquets
• Qualify actions
◆◆◆
◆◆◆
STRUCTURES
COMMUNICATIVE
GOALS
CAPÍTULO 11
El mundo del
trabajo: Panamá
CULTURAL
INFORMATION
CHAPTER
Fundación Violeta Barrios
de Chamorro
CAPÍTULO 10
Las relaciones
sentimentales:
Honduras y
Nicaragua
REVISTA 5
374
CHAPTER
REVISTA 4
• La cinematografía
en Latinoamérica
• Oswaldo
Guayasamín
385
409
417
◆◆◆
Mujeres, en cifras (Estadísticas de
la Organización de las Naciones
Unidas (ONU) sobre las mujeres
en América Latina y el Caribe)
421
392
394
384
391
Appendices
000
Glossaries
000
Index
000
Credits
000
• El gobierno
de Chile
• La libertad
de prensa
409
416
• Las telecomunicaciones
en Uruguay
435
• Equipos: En la
palma de la mano 443
Scope and Sequence
vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
TO THE STUDENT
We would like to thank Wendy Nelson, former Publisher at Heinle, for her inspiration and confidence in us which were instrumental in both the inception and completion of this project, and to Helen Richardson, Acquisitions Editor, for her hard
work, motivation and dedication to the success of this project. A very special thanks
to Viki Kellar, whose words of encouragement and help were always present, and
to Glenn Wilson for his support. Our gratitude and very special thanks for her
hard and meticulous work reflected throughout the book go to Esther Marshall.
Dear Student,
Many thanks also go to our native reader, Luz Galante; copyeditor, Susan Lake;
copyeditor and proofreader, Margaret Hines; interior designers: John Walker for
the design of the chapters and Linda Beaupré for the design of the Revistas; cover
designer, Diane Levy; illustrator, Dave Sullivan; proofreaders, Patrice Titterington
and Soledad Phelan; and to the great team at Pre-Press Co. for the composition and
project management.
Reviewers
We are grateful for the comments and suggestions made by our colleagues who
reviewed this work during all stages of development. Your contribution to this
project makes it truly a community effort and your expertise and experience are
reflected on every page.
Plazas First Edition
Ellen Abrams, Northern Essex Community College
María Álvarez, Stetson University
Diana Álvarez-Amell, Seton Hall University
Eileen Angelini, Philadelphia University
Marta Antón, Indiana University-Purdue University
at Indianapolis
Frank Attoun, College of the Desert
Miriam Ayres, New York University
Helga Barkemeyer, Montclair State University
Keith Brower, Salisbury State University
Suzanne M. Buck, Duke University
Karina Collentine, Yavapai College
Richard K. Curry, Texas A&M University
John Deveny, Oklahoma State University
Doug Duno, Chaffey College
Ray Elliott, University of Texas at Arlington
José Antonio Fabres, Saint John’s University
Anna Gemrich, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ana Hnat, Houston Community College
Lina Lee, University of New Hampshire
Roxana Levin, St. Petersburg Junior College
Hilda López Laval, Chadron State College
Ernest Norden, Baylor University
Gabriela Pozzi, Grand Valley State University
Jim Rambo, DePauw University
Kay Raymond, Sam Houston State University
Steve Richman, Mercer County College
Joel Rini, University of Virginia
Mirna Rosende, County College of Morris
Vanisa Sellers, Ohio University
Julie Stephens, Central Missouri State University
Brian Stiegler, Salisbury State University
Jason Summers, University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
Bruce Williams, William Patterson University
Elizabeth Willingham, Baylor University
Diane Wright, Grand Valley State University
Daniel Zalacaín, Seton Hall University
Special thanks to Judy Armen, Yolanda González from Valencia Community
College, and Kim Faber from Oberlin College for their careful review of the
Plazas program at the initial stages of this revision.
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Andrew Gordon, Mesa State College
Terri A. Greenslade, Guilford College
Allan Hislop, Northern Essex Community College
Susan Jagendorf, State University of New York-Cobleskill
Steve Johnson, Pellissippi State Technical Community College
Michelle Johnson-Vela, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Wendy Jones-Worden, University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Jennifer M. Leach, Mount Saint Mary’s College
Benjamin Liu, University of Connecticut
Susan Linker, High Point University
Maria Luque-Eckrich, DePauw University
Olga Markof-Belaeff, Oberlin College
David McAlpine, University of Arkansas-Little Rock
Tim McGovern, University of California-Santa Barbara
Deanna Mihaly, Emory and Henry College
Don Miller, California State University-Chico
Lisa Nalbone, University of Central Florida
Fernando Palacios, University of Alabama-Birmingham
Achnowledgments
Learning Spanish successfully requires determination, good study habits and
patience. You must commit yourself to learning the language every day. Mastery
is the result of daily study and practice. Everything you learn relies, to a certain
extent, on previous material. If you invest your time from the beginning, what
you learn later will build naturally upon a solid foundation of understanding
and competence.
We wish you the very best in your introduction to Spanish and welcome you to the
communities of Plazas.
Robert Hershberger
Susan Navey-Davis
Plazas Second Edition
Ellen Abrams, Northern Essex Community College
Pilar Ara, Pasadena City College
Jon Aske, Salem State College
Frank Attoun, College of the Desert
Celestino Basile, Northern Essex Community College
Mara-Lee Bierman, Rockland Community College
Sherrie Bratcher, New Mexico State University
Ruth Budd, Longwood College
Piedad Burmaz, California State University-Fullerton
Elizabeth Cobb, University of Alabama-Birmingham
María Córdoba, University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Linda Crawford, Salve Regina University
Page Curry, Bellarmine University
Aaron Dziubinskyj, DePauw University
Love Ermentrout, York Technical College
J. César Félix-Brasdefer, Indiana University
Lillian Franklin, Wittenberg University
Don Gibbs, Creighton University
Spanish is quickly becoming a major second language of the United States.
Although southern and costal states have seen dramatic increases in Spanishspeaking populations for years, the presence of Latino communities in every large
city throughout the nation is now a reality. Spanish radio and television stations are
multiplying and playing to huge audiences. Latino entertainers are soaring to the
top of charts with smash hits and Spanish can be seen on road signs, menus and
product literature. In the entertainment, leisure and travel industries, Spanish is
more prevalent than ever before. Business people, teachers, civil servants, store
clerks and especially emergency and hospital personnel are scrambling to keep
up with am increasingly Spanish-speaking client base. Just recently peoples of
Hispanic descent have become the largest minority group in the United States and
are shaping social and political agendas in a profound way. Real-world incentives
to learn Spanish are all around you. Plazas welcomes you to join a community
of Spanish speakers not only in your class, but also in your neighborhood, work
environment or travel destination. Plazas is based on the Five C’s of Communication, Communities, Connections, Comparisons and Culture to ensure that your
interaction with the Spanish-speaking world is dynamic and profound. In Plazas
we not only introduce you to a language, but also to the people—their history,
traditions and culture—who speak the language.
Guiomar Borrás A.
Leonardo Palacios, University of Connecticut
Osvaldo Pardo, University of Connecticut
Esperanza Román-Mendoza, George Mason University
Louise Rozier, University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
Jorge Sagastume, Wittenberg University
Keahi Salvador, Leeward Community College
Jaime Sánchez, Volunteer State Community College
Lourdes Sánchez-López, University of Alabama-Birmingham
Barbara Sawhill, Oberlin College
Theresa Ann Sears, University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Roger Simpson, Clemson University
Irwin Stern, North Carolina State University
Pamela Taylor, University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Guillermo Valencia, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Roberto Vela-Córdova, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Nancy Whitman, Los Medanos College
Richard Williams, Benedict College
Carol Jo Wilkerson, Carson-Newman College
To the Student
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