This peer-reviewed textbook is designed for the true beginner with U.S. college students in mind. It contains themed chapters, which are divided into 8 sections. Each section has its own set of learning objectives, and is further separated into three types of assignments, Para estudiar en casa (with detailed explanations), Para practicar en casa (homework exercises), and Para practicar en clase (paired and group classwork activities). The explanations and primary input are written to be easily comprehensible. The individual exercises are geared towards acquisition of form and function, and the communicative classwork exercises promote interpersonal exchanges between students. The digital copy includes some embedded audio files, and we are developing a website to house many more resources.

Table of Contents
1.En la universidad
2. La familia
3.En casa
4.De compras
5.Los pasatiempos

The title of this book is Trayectos, which in Spanish means pathways. We have developed the material in this volume to guide your learning process and your pathway of discovery of the Spanish-speaking world with the objective to prepare you linguistically and culturally to use Spanish to communicate with speakers in this country and around the world.

Each instructional module in Trayectos will offer cultural and linguistic information, and ample opportunities to use Spanish in three modes of communication: Interpersonal (oral interactions with other speakers), interpretive (reading and listening comprehension), and presentational (writing). Also, we will help you make connections between grammatical forms and the social contexts in which you use them.

In this instructional module, we will start learning about Hispanic Texas. Can you name some places in Texas with Spanish names? What do you know about the Hispanic presence in Texas? Write down some ideas, and then discuss them with the rest of your class.

Are you ready to start your learning process? Entonces, ¡comencemos a descubrir! (So, let’s start our discovery!)

As you learned in Volume 1, the title of this book is Trayectos, which in Spanish means pathways. In the first volume, you started using Spanish to talk about personal aspects of your life, such as your educational experience (e.g., clases, compañeros, materias, actividades académicas), tu familia y tu casa. In Volume 2, you will continue using your second language to tie it to your life. ¿Estás list@ para aprender más español? Pues, ¡continuemos con nuestro trayecto!

Objetivos del volumen 2
Comunicación
In this volume, you will learn how to…

Talk about your favorite places and leisure activities (e.g., sports, hobbies, etc.)
Talk about your daily routine and activities in the near future
Talk about the kinds of food and clothes you prefer
Give recommendations to friends/classmates to have a healthy, happy life
Talk about your favorite celebrations (e.g., birthdays, holidays)
Talk about a past memorable celebration/activity

Lengua
Usos del verbo ir
Reflexive verbs
Comparatives and superlatives
The present tense of stem-changing verbs (e→ie; o→ue; u→ue; e→i)
The present tense of the verb estar and the present progressive (gerund)
Recommendations with tener que
The preterite with regular and stem changing verbs
The preterite with irregular verbs

Cultura
La presencia hispana en Austin
La presencia hispana en Houston
La presencia hispana en la frontera
Argentina
Perú
Guatemala

VARIEDADES is a Spanish conversation book for the student at the intermediate / advanced intermediate level (DELE nivel B2). Through audiovisual activities, the student is expected to put their previous knowledge into practice and continue to develop their ability to understand, write, listen and speak in Spanish.

VARIEDADES offers communicative activities that can be easily adapted into courses of different levels. In addition, it offers an appendix of activities with films and a Spanish grammar section that by subject directs the student to electronic databases that are freely accessible or are part of the Open Access platform

You have learned two words in a second language just by reading the title of the book. Think about that for a moment and reflect upon your prior foreign language experiences. Often, students enter language classes with previously acquired skills, be they from secondary school or another college. Many say, “I have studied Spanish for years and don’t know how to speak or write it,” while others are a bit anxious about taking a second language for the first time, but all are overwhelmed by the expensive textbooks and online packages that don’t seem to be practical or relevant. We sought to change these common complaints by creating materials that take a new approach to learning a second language based upon the skills that we deem most useful and that will enable our students to confidently express themselves in Spanish. The text is designed for beginning Spanish language students. The pedagogical approach incorporates the flipped classroom methodology.

Table of Contents
Introducción
Unidad 1: Los sonidos del español
Unidad 2: ¿Quiénes somos?
Unidad 3: Mis planes
Unidad 4: En mi casa
Unidad 5: En la comunidad
Verbs: Spanish to English
Glosario Español
Glosario Inglés
Objetivos por unidad

Perhaps you remembered what the title of your book means from your previous experiences with Spanish. That is a great start! As you begin the equivalent of a second semester Spanish course with these materials, some of you might think about how long it has been since you studied Spanish while others may come to the class with some background knowledge. We want you to know this book has been designed with many types of learners in mind. Our goals were to address the need for students to achieve the ability to communicate in written and spoken form. We sought to address a common statement by students that may have previous experiences, be they from secondary school or another college that say, “I have studied Spanish for years and don’t know how to speak or write it.” We also sought to present a reasonable alternative to the expensive textbooks and online packages that don’t seem to be practical or relevant. We sought to enhance second language learning by creating our own materials that take a new approach, the flipped classroom model, to learning a second language based upon the skills that we deem most useful and that will enable our students to confidently express themselves in Spanish–tú puedes con Yo puedo 2.

Table of Contents
Introducción
Vocabulary Lists & Glossaries
Unidad 1: Los conceptos que debes saber
Unidad 2: De compras y la ropa
Unidad 3: Las comidas y los restaurantes
Unidad 4: Estudiando en el extranjero
Unidad 5: Consejos para tus estudios en el extranjero
Verbos y conjugaciones con traducción
Verbs: Spanish to English
Glosario Español
Glosario Inglés
Objetivos por unidad