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Destinos
''Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish'', also known as simply ''Destinos'', is a television program created by Bill VanPatten, who at the time was Professor of Spanish and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Running for two seasons, the show began in 1992 and was designed to introduce viewers to the basics of the Spanish language. Its 52 episodes are often used for educational purposes in schools, and are available online from the Annenberg Learner site and some local PBS stations. According to the Annenberg site, ''Destinos'' is one of the most popular series on the site to stream, and has sold more than any other Annenberg Media learning series or course. ''Destinos'' was produced by WGBH Boston and funded by the Annenberg/CPB Project, with additional funding by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. Format ''Destinos'' uses the ''telenovela'' (Spanish soap opera) format to teach Spanish-language communication and comprehension skills. Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WGBH-TV
WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded on-air as GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns Boston's secondary PBS member WGBX-TV (channel 44) and Springfield, Massachusetts PBS member WGBY-TV (channel 57, operated by New England Public Media), Class A Biz TV affiliate WFXZ-CD (channel 24) and public radio stations WGBH (89.7 FM) and WCRB (99.5 FM) in the Boston area, and WCAI radio (and satellites WZAI and WNAN) on Cape Cod. WGBH-TV also effectively, but unofficially serves as one of three flagship stations of PBS, along with WNET in New York City and WETA-TV in Washington, D.C. WGBH-TV, WGBX-TV, and the WGBH and WCRB radio stations share studios on Guest Street in northwest Boston's Brighton neighborhood; WGBH-TV's transmitter is located on Cabot Street (east of I-95/ MA 128) in Needham, Massachusetts, on the former candelabra tower, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augusto Benedico
Augusto Benedico (December 20, 1909 – January 19, 1992), born ''Augusto Pérez Lias'', was a Mexican actor of Spanish origin best known for his role as "Don Alberto Salvatierra" in the soap opera ''Los ricos también lloran'' and his role as "Don Fernando" in the American educational television program '' Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish''. Selected filmography * ''La venenosa'' (1949) - El tigre * ''Capitán de rurales'' (1951) - Doctor (uncredited) * ''They Say I'm a Communist'' (1951) - Don Federico, jefe de Benito (uncredited) * ''Doña Perfecta'' (1951) - Don Anselmo (uncredited) * ''Aquellos ojos verdes'' (1952) - Guillermo (uncredited) * ''Prisionera del recuerdo'' (1952) - Sr. Villalba * ''Casa de muñecas'' (1954) - Agustín Arreola * ''El gran autor'' (1954) - Don Sergio * ''La rival'' (1955) * ''Después de la tormenta'' (1955) * ''Historia de un amor'' (1956) - Especialista médico (uncredited) * ''Con quién andan nuestras hijas'' (1956) - Padre de Beatriz * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liliana Abud
Liliana Abud (born 5 July 1948) is an actress in telenovelas and Mexican cinema. She is also a screenwriter of telenovelas. Abud played Raquel Rodríguez, the main character in the educational television program ''Destinos''. As an actress Films * '' Íntimo terror'' (1992) * '' Vieja moralidad'' as Benedicta (1988) * '' La dama o el león'' (1986) * '' La doncella sabia'' (1986) * '' El gato con botas'' (1986) * '' Hansel y Gretel'' (1986) * '' El niño que quiso temblar'' (1986) * ''Rapunzel'' (1986) * '' El Rey Midas'' (1986) * '' El ruiseñor chino'' (1986) Telenovelas * ''Mi segunda madre'' as Sonia(1989) * '' Rosa Salvaje'' as Cándida Linares (1987) * ''Herencia maldita'' as Clara Velarde (1986) * ''Tú o nadie'' as Camila Lombardo (1985) * ''Un solo corazón'' as Maria (1983) * ''Gabriel y Gabriela'' (1982) * '' Limosna de amor, Una'' as Daniela (1981) * ''Colorina'' as Alba (1980) * '' La divina Sarah'' as Lysiana (1980) * '' Espejismo'' (1980) * ''Amor prohibido'' as S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill VanPatten
Bill VanPatten is a former Professor of Spanish and Second Language Acquisition at Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi .... He specializes in second language acquisition, which he investigates on both theoretical and practical levels, using techniques from psycholinguistics, applied linguistics, and cognitive psychology. Research VanPatten was the creator of the educational television show ''Destinos'', which is designed for use with Spanish courses. He worked with the theory of Input Processing theory, input processing in second language acquisition, which aims to offer an explanation on how L2 learners process input. This term was first used by professor Bill VanPatten. Since he grew up in a multilingual home environment he strongly believes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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