Conversacion Y Repaso
by Sandstedt,Lynn A.Edition: 8th
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Pub. Date: 2003-07-02
Publisher(s): Cengage Learning
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Summary
CONVERSACIN Y REPASO, Ninth Edition, is part of a three-volume INTERMEDIATE SPANISH series that gives you a thorough review of grammatical structures and helps you communicate with confidence in Spanish. You'll find clear, easy-to-understand explanations of grammar topics in plain English that you can follow on your own. You'll quickly learn to use and develop reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills through a variety of activities and exercises for conversation. Plus, the book's many study resources, including Heinle iRadio's MP3-ready, Spanish-language tutorials for pronunciation and grammar, will help you succeed in the course!
Table of Contents
| 1. ORÃGENES DE LA CULTURA HISPÃNICA: EUROPA | |
| En contexto: Mi clase de cultura hispánica | |
| Estructura: Nouns and articles | |
| Subject pronouns | |
| The present indicative of regular verbs | |
| Stem-changing verbs | |
| Other stemchanging verbs | |
| Spelling-change verbs | |
| The present indicative of irregular verbs | |
| Adjectives | |
| The personal a | |
| A conversar: Nonverbal communication | |
| A escuchar: ¿Catalán o castellano? Investigación y presentación: El sur | |
| 2. ORÃGENES DE LA CULTURA HISPÃNICA: AMÉRICA | |
| En contexto: El dÃa siguiente en mi clase de cultura hispánica | |
| Estructura: The imperfect tense | |
| The preterite tense of regular verbs | |
| The preterite tense of irregular verbs | |
| Uses of the imperfect and the preterite | |
| Direct object pronouns | |
| The reflexive verbs and pronouns | |
| A conversar: Language functions | |
| Verbal communication | |
| A escuchar: Una visita | |
| Investigación y presentación: México: Fascinante, múltiple y diverso | |
| 3. LA RELIGIÓN EN EL MUNDO HISPÃNICO | |
| En contexto: El dÃa de los Difuntos | |
| Estructura: The ir + infinitive construction | |
| The future and conditional tenses | |
| The future and conditional to express probability | |
| Indirect object pronouns | |
| Double object pronouns | |
| Gustar and similar verbs | |
| The verbs ser and estar | |
| A conversar: Guessing from the context | |
| A escuchar: La luna de miel de Maribel | |
| Investigación y presentación: Juan Diego y la Virgen de Guadalupe | |
| 4. ASPECTOS DE LA FAMILIA EN EL MUNDO HISPÃNICO | |
| En contexto: ¿Vamos al cine? Estructura: The progressive tenses | |
| The perfect tenses | |
| The future and conditional perfect | |
| Possessive adjectives and pronouns | |
| Interrogative words | |
| Hacer and haber with weather expressions | |
| Hacer with expressions of time | |
| A conversar: Initiating a conversation | |
| Ending a conversation | |
| A escuchar: Buenos dÃas | |
| Investigación y presentación: ¿De qué se quejan los españoles? 5. EL HOMBRE Y LA MUJER EN LA SOCIEDAD HISPÃNICA | |
| En contexto: En el cine | |
| Estructura: The subjunctive mood | |
| Some uses of the subjunctive | |
| Commands | |
| Relative pronouns | |
| A conversar: Techniques for maintaining a conversation | |
| A escuchar: La joven professional | |
| Investigación y presentación: En el paÃs de la libertad, las mujeres aún son discriminadas laboralmente: Igualdad de sexos, mitos hasta en E | |
| 6. COSTUMBRES Y CREENCIAS | |
| En contexto: Momentos tristes | |
| Estructura: The imperfect subjunctive and the present perfect and past perfect subjunctive | |
| The subjunctive in noun clauses and sequence of tenses | |
| The subjunctive after impersonal expressions | |
| Affirmative and negative expressions | |
| A conversar: Following a conversation | |
| A escuchar: Costumbres | |
| Investigación y presentación: Tu nombre es un número, y ese número, tu futuro: ¡Búscalo! 7. ASPECTOS ECONÓMICOS DE HISPANOAMÉRICA | |
| En contexto: A mudarnos a la capital | |
| Estructura: The subjunctive in adjective clauses | |
| Subjunctive versus indicative after indefinite expressions | |
| Prepositions | |
| Uses of por and para | |
| Prepositional pronouns | |
| A conversar: How to involve others in conversations | |
| A escuchar: EconomÃa global | |
| Investigación y presentación: ¿Es usted un consumista? 8. LOS MOVIMIENTOS REVOLUCIONARIOS DEL SIGLO XX | |
| En contexto: En la mansión de los Hernández Arias | |
| Estructura: The subjunctive in adverbial clauses (1) | |
| Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns | |
| The reciprocal construction | |
| The reflexive for unplanned occurrences | |
| A conversar: Interrupting a conversation | |
| A escuchar: De vacaciones | |
| Investigación y presentación: "Voy a arrasar; Guatemala está cansada de abusos | |
| 9. LA EDUCACIÓN EN EL MUNDO HISPÃNICO | |
| En contexto: Esperando al profesor de historia | |
| Estructura: The subjunctive in adverbial clauses (2) | |
| Adverbs | |
| Comparison of adjectives and adverbs | |
| Irregular comparatives and superlatives | |
| The absolute superlative | |
| Exclamations | |
| A conversar: Keeping control of a conversation | |
| A escuchar: Carreras | |
| Investigación y presentación: La CYA contra el suspenso | |
| Atención, concentración y acción | |
| 10. LA CIUDAD EN EL MUNDO HISPÃNICO | |
| En contexto: En el Café Alfredo | |
| Estructura: If clauses | |
| Verbs followed by a preposition | |
| Diminutives and augmentatives | |
| A conversar: Expressions that ensure continuous interaction | |
| A escuchar: ¿Al rancho? Investigación y presentación: La capital de la alegrÃa y del contento | |
| 11. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS Y LO HISPÃNICO | |
| En contexto: Después de los exámenes finales | |
| Estructura: The passive voice | |
| Substitutes for the passive | |
| Uses of the infinitive | |
| Nominalization | |
| The conjunctions pero, sino, and sino que | |
| The alternative conjunctions e and u | |
| A conversar: Idioms | |
| A escuchar: PolÃtica | |
| Investigación y presentación: Reglas de oro para comer sanamente | |
| 12. LA PRESENCIA HISPÃNICA EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS | |
| En contexto: Los viajes del verano | |
| Estructura: Review of uses of the definite article | |
| Review of uses of the indefinite article | |
| Expressions with tener, haber, and deber | |
| Miscellaneous verbs | |
| A conversar: Saying and proverbs | |
| A escuchar: Lo colonial |
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