Basic Spanish Grammar - Softcover

Jarvis, Ana C.; Lebredo, Raquel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0669242861 ISBN 13: 9780669242867

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1992

Synopsis

The core text, "Basic Spanish", provides the basic grammatical structures needed to communicate in Spanish. The six worktexts, "Basic Spanish for Getting Along", "Basic Spanish for Business and Finance", "Basic Spanish for Medical Personnel", "Basic Spanish for Law Enforcement", "Basic Spanish for Social Services", and "Basic Spanish for Teachers" are communication worktexts that take the grammar learned in "Basic Spanish" and put it to use in communicating. The worktexts present realistic situations a student/learner will encounter in everyday life when needing to communicate in Spanish, and realistic situations each professional will encounter in their particular workplace, with attention to specialised vocabulary of each profession, dialogue competitions, role plays, and realia-based activities.

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Leccion preliminar I 1. Greetings and farewells 2. Cardinal numbers 0-39 3. The alphabet 4. Personal information 5. Days of the week 6. Months of the year 7. Colors En el laboratorio Leccion preliminar II 1. Gender and number 2. The definite and indefinite articles 3. Subject pronouns 4. The present indicative of ser 5. Uses of hay 6. Cardinal numbers 40-299 En el laboratorio Leccion 1 1. The present indicative of regular -ar verbs 2. Interrogative and negative sentences 3. Forms and position of adjectives 4. Telling time 5. Cardinal numbers 300-1,000 En el laboratorio Leccion 2 1. Agreement of articles, nouns, and adjectives 2. The present indicative of regular -er and -ir verbs 3. Possession with de 4. Possessive adjectives 5. The personal a En el laboratorio Leccion 3 1. The irregular verbs ir, dar, and estar 2. Ir a + infinitive 3. Uses of the verbs ser and estar 4. Contractions En el laboratorio Leccion 4 1. The irregular verbs tener and venir 2. Expressions with tener 3. Comparative forms 4. Irregular comparative forms En el laboratorio Leccion 5 1. Stem-changing verbs (e:ie) 2. Some uses of the definite article 3. The present progressive 4. Ordinal numbers En el laboratorio 'Cuanto sabe usted ahora? Lecciones 1-5 Leccion 6 1. Stem-changing verbs (o:ue) 2. Affirmative and negative expressions 3. Pronouns as object of a preposition 4. Direct object pronouns En el laboratorio Leccion 7 1. Stem-changing verbs (e:i) 2. Irregular first-person forms 3. Saber contrasted with conocer 4. Indirect object pronouns En el laboratorio Leccion 8 1. Pedir contrasted with preguntar 2. Special construction with gustar, doler, and hacer falta 3. Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns 4. Direct and indirect object pronouns used together En el laboratorio Leccion 9 1. Possessive pronouns 2. Reflexive constructions 3. Command forms (Ud. and Uds.) 4. Uses of object pronouns with command forms En el laboratorio Leccion 10 1. The preterit of regular verbs 2. The preterit of ser, ir, and dar 3. Uses of por and para 4. Seasons of the year and weather expressions En el laboratorio 'Cuanto sabe usted ahora? Lecciones 6-10 Leccion 11 1. Time expressions with hacer 2. Irregular preterits 3. The preterit of stem-changing verbs (e:i and o:u) 4. Command forms (tuacute;) En el laboratorio Leccion 12 1. En and a as equivalents of at 2. The imperfect tense 3. The past progressive 4. The preterit contrasted with the imperfect En el laboratorio Leccion 13 1. Changes in meaning with the imperfect and preterit of conocer, saber, and querer 2. Hace meaning ago 3. Uses of se 4. 'Que? and 'cual? used with ser En el laboratorio Leccion 14 1. The past participle 2. The present perfect tense 3. The past perfect (pluperfect) tense En el laboratorio Leccion 15 1. The future tense 2. The conditional tense 3. Some uses of the prepositions a, de, and en En el laboratorio 'Cuanto sabe usted ahora? Lecciones 6-10 Leccion 16 1. The present subjunctive 2. The subjunctive with verbs of volition 3. The absolute superlative En el laboratorio Leccion 17 1. The subjunctive to express emotion 2. The subjunctive with some impersonal expressions 3. Formation of adverbs En el laboratorio Leccion 18 1. The subjunctive to express doubt, disbelief, and denial 2. The subjunctive to express indefiniteness and nonexistence 3. Diminutive suffixes En el laboratorio Leccion 19 1. The subjunctive after certain conjunctions 2. The present perfect subjunctive 3. Uses of the present perfect subjunctive En el laboratorio Leccion 20 1. The imperfect subjunctive 2. Uses of the imperfect subjunctive 3. If clauses En el laboratorio 'Cuanto sabe usted ahora? Lecciones 16-20 Appendixes: A. Spanish Pronunciation. B. Verbs. C. Careers and Occupations. D. Answer Key to 'Cuanto sabe usted ahora? Sections. Spanish-English Vocabulary. English-Spanish Vocabulary. Index

About the Author

Ana C. Jarvis, a native of Paraguay, was born in Asunción and attended school in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She received her Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of California, Riverside, in 1973. Dr. Jarvis retired from Chandler-Gilbert Community College after a long and distinguished career. Prior to CGCC, she taught at Mesa Community College; the University of California, Riverside; San Bernardino Valley College; Brigham Young University; and Riverside City College. In addition to authoring numerous Spanish textbooks, she has published several short stories in Spanish. In 1988, she was chosen as Faculty Member of the Year" at Chandler-Gilbert Community College."

Raquel Lebredo was born in Camaguey, Cuba. She attended school in Havana and later enrolled at the University of Havana, where she received a Ph.D. in Education. She was subsequently employed as an elementary school principal, and taught literature and language at a preparatory school in Havana. She moved to the United States after living in Spain for a period of time. Dr. Lebredo was awarded a Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of California, Riverside. Since then, she has taught Spanish at Claremont Graduate School, Crafton Hills College, the University of Redlands, and California Baptist University, and has authored several Spanish textbooks. In 1985, she was chosen as Faculty Member of the Year" by the student body at California Baptist University, and in 1991 she received a YWCA "Women of Achievement" award."

Francisco Mena-Ayllón, a native of Madrid, Spain, received his Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of California, Riverside, in 1973. He has taught Spanish language and literature courses at the University of California, Riverside; Oberlin College; California State University, Chico; the University of Redlands; and Crafton Hills College. In addition to authoring numerous Spanish textbooks in the United States, he has published a book about Federico García Lorca and several volumes of his own poetry. His poetry has been published in Spain, Latin America, and the United States. His work has also been included in several anthologies of contemporary Spanish poets, and he is listed in Quién es Quién en las Letras Españolas, 1978 (Who's Who in Spanish Letters), as an important contributor to contemporary Spanish literature. Professor Mena-Ayllón is now retired.

Edition details

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0669242861
• ISBN 13: 9780669242867
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 342