CONTEMPORARY PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE - THE WAY YOU WANT TO TEACH IT Completely updated to reflect the 1990 Acordo Ortográfico (spelling reform), ensuring students learn how to accurately read and write in Portuguese today. NEW photography program highlights for students the diversity of the Portuguese speaking world. NEW MyPortugueseLab TM delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals. Available for Fall 2012 courses. CONNECT WITH CULTURE All readings, from the brief informational paragraphs found in Língua and Cultura boxes to the longer texts in Vamos viajar and Horizontes, have been thoroughly reviewed and in many cases revised to reflect changes in society and the most recent cultural data available (for example, new census figures). Several new Cultura boxes comment on important aspects of contemporary life in Portuguese-speaking countries that are relevant to each chapter’s theme. The Horizontes section in Liç©o 14 features a new segment on the former Portuguese territory of Macau (now a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China). EXPLORE GRAMMAR & BUILD VOCABULARY NEW exercises in the “Estruturas” section precede each grammar explanation and introduce students to new grammar structures in a contextualized manner. NEW Projeto final section in each chapter allows for review and consolidation of the vocabulary and main grammatical structures introduced in each chapter while engaging students in meaningful task-oriented communication that takes them through a series of interconnected assignments (for example, various stages of planning a party).