Gabriela McEvoy was born in Lima, Peru. She received her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in literature from the University of California, San Diego. She is professor of Spanish and the chair of the Department of Languages at Lebanon Valley College. McEvoy teaches all levels of Spanish language, literature, and culture. Carmen Del Castillo-Zerbe a native of Lima, Peru, earned her J.D. from the University of San Martin de Porres and her Master of Education in Spanish at Millersville University. Her related experience includes teaching undergraduate students and adult learners in and around Harrisburg. She regularly instructs in-person, blended, and fully online courses, which include Introductory and Intermediate Spanish, Advanced Conversation and Composition, Spanish for the Healthcare, and various levels of Conversational Spanish in continuing education programs. Ileana Feistritzer is a native of San Jose, Costa Rica. She holds B.A. degrees in linguistics and literature and TEFL from the Universidad Nacional in Heredia, Costa Rica. She earned an M.A. from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in Hispanic linguistics with emphasis in sociolinguistics and foreign language in teaching and learning.
Raices: Una aproximacion comunicativa intercultural a la lengua espanola, Volumen dos is a communicative-based, learner-centric book designed to give Spanish 102 students opportunities to develop and practice Spanish in everyday situations. Each chapter of the book features distinct sections--a) !A empezar!, b) !A conversar!, c) !A escuchar!, d) !A escribir!, and e) !A leer!-- to help develop the students' five language skills: writing, reading, speaking, listening, and cultural awareness. At the end of each lesson, is included Perspectiva cultural and !A pronunciar! or Ortografia. The text offers a variety of interactive and communicative exercises such as tongue-twisters, crosswords, riddles, real world tasks, role play, reading excerpts, short film discussion questions, and other listening exercises. Students learn how to use reflexive verbs, comparatives, and superlatives; talk about clothing and shopping; use present progressive; talk about local and Hispanic dishes; use indefinite and negative words; and much more. With emphases on practical application, conversational Spanish, and cultural understanding, this text is the second volume in a three-book series developed to help foster students' language acquisition and speaking ability.