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MindTap for Blitt/Casas' Exploraciones, 1 term Instant Access, 4th Edition

Margarita Casas, Mary Ann Blitt

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MindTap for Blitt/Casas' Exploraciones, 1 term Instant Access 4th Edition by Margarita Casas/Mary Ann Blitt
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MindTap is an online learning platform that serves as a companion to your Cengage textbook. It offers powerful tools for quizzes and tests, grading and performance analytics, making it easier for you to track progress, identify learning gaps and support every student. With it, students get full access to their eBooks, along with a wide range of supplemental materials, including practice activities and study support to help them build confidence, master course concepts and build real-world skills.

The 5-step Learning Path in MindTap scaffolds student learning from basic form to meaningful communication, all within an intuitive, side-by-side layout that keeps instruction and practice together. Enhanced tools like immediate feedback, interactive content and AI-assisted grading make it easy for you to deliver effective, efficient language instruction across modalities.

Use MindTap for Blitt/Casas' "Exploraciones," 4th Edition, as-is, or personalize it to meet your specific course needs. You can also integrate MindTap into your existing Learning Management System (LMS), keeping everything you need in one place.

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Margarita Casas

Margarita Casas was born in Mexico City, Mexico. She completed her bachelor's degree in sciences and techniques of communication in Guadalajara, Mexico. She holds two master's degrees from Colorado State University, one in Spanish literature with an emphasis on education, and the other in Teaching English as a Second Language. Currently, she is faculty and Chair of the Foreign Language Department at Linn-Benton Community College. She has collaborated on two textbooks prior to EXPLORACIONES and has published a novel, Italia en cuatro estaciones, winner of the first literature contest of the Universidad de Guadalajara. She is an avid traveler who hopes to inspire her students to travel and see the world by themselves.

Mary Ann Blitt

Mary Ann Blitt began her Spanish studies at the age of 13 while living in Madrid, Spain. She received her B.A. in Spanish from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, and after spending a year studying at the Universidad de Granada, she returned to the university to obtain a teaching certificate. She later attended Colorado State University, where she received her master's degree in Spanish with interdisciplinary studies in French. After teaching Spanish and coordinating the study abroad program at Metropolitan Community College-Maple Woods in Kansas City for fourteen years, she joined the faculty at College of Charleston in 2014. Mary Ann has studied in Spain, Mexico, France, and Canada and has trained teachers of English as a Foreign Language in Asunción, Paraguay. She is currently actively involved in professional development workshops.

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  • MindTap is an outcome-driven application that propels students from memorization to mastery. It’s the only platform that gives you complete ownership of your course. With it, you can challenge every student, build their confidence and empower them to be unstoppable.
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Table of Contents

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1. Hola, ¿qué tal?
2. La vida diaria.
3. El clima y mis planes.
4. Mi casa y mi comunidad.
5. Un día típico.
6. El trabajo y el tiempo libre.
7. En el supermercado y el restaurante.
8. Mis actividades dentro y fuera de la casa.
9. ¿Qué pasó?
10. Vamos de viaje.
11. La moda y el arte.
12. Nuestro planeta.
13. La tecnología y nuestras relaciones.
14. Salud y bienestar en el mundo.

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This Cengage solution can be seamlessly integrated into most Learning Management Systems (Blackboard, Brightspace by D2L, Canvas, Moodle, and more) but does require a different ISBN for access codes. Please work with your Cengage Learning Consultant to ensure the proper course set up and ordering information. For additional information, please visit the LMS Integration site.

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  • ISBN-10: 8214145422
  • ISBN-13: 9798214145426
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  • ISBN-13: 9798214145440
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MindTap for Blitt/Casas' Exploraciones, 4 term Instant Access

ISBN: 9798214145440
MindTap is an online learning platform that serves as a companion to your Cengage textbook. It offers powerful tools for quizzes and tests, grading and performance analytics, making it easier for you to track progress, identify learning gaps and support every student. With it, students get full access to their eBooks, along with a wide range of supplemental materials, including practice activities and study support to help them build confidence, master course concepts and build real-world skills. The 5-step Learning Path in MindTap scaffolds student learning from basic form to meaningful communication, all within an intuitive, side-by-side layout that keeps instruction and practice together. Enhanced tools like immediate feedback, interactive content and AI-assisted grading make it easy for you to deliver effective, efficient language instruction across modalities. Use MindTap for Blitt/Casas' "Exploraciones" as-is, or personalize it to meet your specific course needs. You can also integrate MindTap into your existing Learning Management System (LMS), keeping everything you need in one place.