Putting Spanish to Work: Spanish for Agriculture
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 274
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 274
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Today’s students of agriculture with a basic grasp of the Spanish language and understanding of Hispanic culture will be better able to choose a career that is both satisfying and financially rewarding.
Putting Spanish to Work: Spanish for Agriculture is designed for the introductory “Spanish for Agriculture” classroom. It features content and vocabulary useful in agricultural settings and includes functional, communicative activities for students to apply their new language and culture skills. Though it is designed for beginning–level Spanish students, it has also proven suitable for those with some prior instruction in the language and could easily be adapted for community classes of students already working in their vocations or for training within companies or other organizations.
The worktext fits handily in a 1” binder. Its loose-leaf format allows students to remove pages as needed for submitting written activities and to later reinsert them in their binder.
Acknowledgements
Preface
About the Author
Dedication
Tips for Students
1 Introducción al español
El alfabeto español y la pronunciación
El acento
Expresiones útiles
Los cognados
NOTA CULTURAL: Terminology: Hispanic, Latino, American
Repaso
2 Buenos días. ¿Cómo está usted?
Saludos
¿De dónde es usted? (nacionalidades)
NOTA CULTURAL: Saludos y despedidas
Subject Pronouns
El verbo ser
NOTA CULTURAL: Nombres hispanos
Repaso
3 Vocabulario básico de trabajo
El verbo estar
Términos básicos
The Definite Article and Grammatical Gender
NOTA CULTURAL: Collectivist and Individualist Cultures
Repaso
4 Los números para la agricultura
Los números
NOTA CULTURAL: La familia tradicional
El calendario
La hora
NOTA CULTURAL: Perceptions of Time
Pesos y medidas
El tiempo
Repaso
5 Trabajo de granja
Herramientas y utensilios de granja
Regular -ar Verbs
Forming Questions
El trabajo en la granja
NOTA CULTURAL: La comunicación
En la granja
Regular -er/-ir Verbs
Los mandatos
Repaso
6 Salud y seguridad
Agricultural Workers in the U.S.
Farm-Worker Health and Safety
Las partes del cuerpo humano
Enfermedades y síntomas
La enfermedad del tabaco
Medicinas y remedios
NOTA CULTURAL: Traditional Medicine and Healing
Worker Protection Standard
Bilingual Resources
La seguridad
Repaso
7 Animales y plantas de granja
Los animales de granja
Las partes del caballo
Las partes de la vaca
Las partes del cerdo
Las partes del gallo
NOTA CULTURAL: La charreada
Plantas y cultivos
El tabaco
Un trabajador mexicano en los Estados Unidos
La comida
NOTA CULTURAL: Una historia corta de México
Repaso
Apéndice A: Mapa del mundo hispanohablante
Apéndice B: Mapa de México
Apéndice C: Summary of Cultural Comparisons
Apéndice D: Present Tense Spanish Verbs
Apéndice E: Vocabulario misceláneo de trabajo
Apéndice F: ¿Adónde vamos?
Apéndice G: La familia
Apéndice H: Equitación
Apéndice I: Listening Scripts
Glosario: Español-inglés
Glosario: Inglés-español
Cindy Barnett is a Senior Lecturer of Spanish at Murray State University. She once lived in a migrant labor camp in Eastern Oregon where she co-created and taught a bilingual (Spanish-English) nutrition program for the children of the farm workers. Later, she served as Peace Corps Volunteer to Ecuador in an integrated rural development program combining efforts to improve the people’s nutrition, health, and farming methods. She has also taught ESL to migrant farm workers and other adult-education students in Tennessee and Kentucky and worked as a Spanish-English interpreter/translator in a public health setting. Additionally, she lived on a small farm in Tennessee for 25 years.