Composici on: Proceso y s Intesis - Softcover

Vald Es, Guadalupe; Dvorak, Trisha; Hannum, Thomasina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 007557358X ISBN 13: 9780075573586

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US, 1988

Synopsis

Composición: Proceso y síntesis is designed for use in the advanced Spanish composition course to help students develop the ability to perform the writing tasks that are generally expected of Spanish majors and minors. Since the publication of the first edition, instructors in this course have conveyed an increased interest in the development of functional, purposeful language skills, and the authors factored this into their revision. This fifth edition also takes into account recent findings in writing research, and owes many of its improvements to the helpful feedback from those who have used this best-selling textbook for more than twenty years.With the CourseSmart e Textbook version of this title students can save up to 50% off the cost of a print book, reduce their impact on the environment, and access powerful web tools for learning. Faculty can also review and compare the full text online without having to wait for a print desk copy. For maxiumum portability, e Textbooks can be viewed on an iPhone or iPod Touch, and they can be printed.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Composición consists of two texts: a standard text and a workbook that complements and expands the text material.
In response to the requests of adopters, the twelve chapters of the previous edition have been reduced to six chapters organized around the four major modes of writing: description, narration, exposition, and argumentation.
Material on comparison/contrast, cause and effect, analysis, and classification has been redistributed to other chapters.
Students do more writing throughout each chapter, including drafts and responding to drafts, so that by the time they have reached the end of the chapter they have completed a writing task.
Activities now give student practice in a variety of writing techniques, such as generating ideas, responding to ideas, peer editing, organizing, and so on.
New appendices include two former chapters, along with two newly created appendices on La correspondencia and Symbols for Correcting Compositions.
Grammar explanations have been simplified and the grammar exercises have been moved to the Workbook.
The exercises in the text and workbook help students expand and refine a number of writing tools control of grammar, range of vocabulary, rhetorical techniques, as well as strategies for getting started.
Within each chapter, the three-part organization of Composición focuses on the writing process. First, models are provided, accompanied by analysis, discussion questions, and exercises. Then a writing assignment is given. Finally, correcting and revising of the writing is addressed, including a grammar review, proof reading exercises, and checklists for revision.
New writing CD-ROM accompanies this edition. It contains a word processor with a Spanish thesaurus, spell-checker, and grammar reference. There is an Interchange feature that allows students to communicate together on-line during the writing process. An on-line Handbook contains key information (e.g., writing tips, etc.) from the textbook.

Book Description:

This widely used text is designed for use in third year composition courses. Composición is intended to develop students' abilities in the kinds of writing they are asked to do as Spanish majors and minors. This text helps students understand the roles of the sender and the receiver of the message in the writing process, and also focuses on developing the necessary tools and resources for being a good writer. The presentation of material in Composición is entirely in Spanish.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 007557358X
• ISBN 13: 9780075573586
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256