Table Of ContentCapítulo 1. Lectura: Muerta y resucitado, Amado Nervo. Seccion Gramatical: The Preterite and the Imperfect. Seccion L_xica: Ampliación: El sufijo -eo. Distinciones: Soler, Acaber de, Por poco. Equivalentes en espa_ol de la palabra time. Para Escribir Mejor: Observaciones sobre la ortografía espa_ola.Capítulo 2. Lectura: La casa nueva, Silvia Molina. Seccion Gramatical: Ser. Estar. Seccion L_xica: Ampliación: Expresiones con las partes del cuerpo. Distinciones: Equivalentes de to know. Para Escribir Mejor: La acentuaciónCapítulo 3. Lectura: El Hombre de Plata. Isabel Allende. Seccion Gramatical: Special Verb Constructions. Pronoun Constructions. Special Time Constructions. Seccion L_xica: Ampliación: Los nombres de los sonidos. Distinciones: Equivalentes en espa_ol de la palabra top. Para Escribir Mejor: El acento diacrítico. Capítulo 4. Lectura: Una luz en la noche, Enrique A. Laguerre. Seccion Gramatical: The Subjunctive. The Subjunctive I: The Subjunctive in Noun Clauses. Seccion L_xica: Ampliación: Diminutivos, aumentativos y despectivos. Distinciones: Diferentes equivalents de but. Para Escribir Mejor: Las palabras de enlace.Capítulo 5. Lectura: Calvario de un fumador, Juan David Medina, Revista Semana. Seccion Gramatical: Uses of the Subjunctive. The Subjunctive I (continued). The Subjunctive II. The Subjunctive in Relative Clauses. Seccion L_xica: Ampliación: La ínfluencia del ingles en los países hispfnicos. Vocabulario informftico. Distinciones: To ask. Para Escribir Mejor: Usos de la coma.Capítulo 6. Lectura: El tiempo borra, Javier de Viana. Seccion Gramatical: The Subjunctive III: The Subjunctive in Adverbial Clauses. Seccion L_xica: Ampliación: Los prefijos in- y des- . Distincciones: Equivalentes espa_oles de to become. Para Escribir Mejor: El punto y coma.Capítulo 7. Lectura: )Es justificable le eutanasia? Pablo J. Gin_s, Revista Epoca. Seccion Gramatical: Uses of the Definite Article. Uses of the Indefinite Article. The So-called Neuter Article lo. Prepositions I. Seccion L_xica: Ampliación: Prefijos y sufijos de origin griego. Distinciones: Parecer y parecerse a. Para Escribir Mejor: Otros signos de punctuación.Capítulo 8. Lectura: No moleste, calle y pague, se_ora, Lidia Falcón. Seccion Gramatical: Prepositions II. Seccion L_xica: Ampliación: Formación de sustantivos abstractos. Distinciones: Mosidmos con la palabra atención. Para Escribir Mejor: El diflogo.Capítulo 9. Lectura: Espejo del tiempo, Jos_ María M_ndez. Seccion Gramatical: Uses of para. Uses of por. Special Uses of para and por. Compound Prepositions. Seccion
Synopsis* Emphasizes the everyday usage of educated persons rather than the more formal, literary Spanish. * Significant differences between Peninsular and New World Spanish are pointed out. Whenever possible, the usage that is most widespread is given preference. * Repase y escriba covers the grammar in an orderly fashion. In this way the rules are not fossils from another age, but rather, they are appropriately treated as the guidelines of a rich, everchanging living thing: the language. * The text offers a multitude and a variety of exercises that involve creativity, completion, substitution, and matching. Almost all the exercises are contextualized. * Repase y escriba takes into consideration the special needs of the ever-increasing number of Hispanics in the classrooms of our universities. Spelling and the placement of accents create serious problems for these students as they strive to improve their writing skills. Accordingly, many exercises deal with those matters. * An appendix contains a series of charts showing certain less advanced grammar topics not included in the body of the text. Instructors are urged to point out the practical value of this appendix. * Spanish-English and English-Spanish glossaries., This perennial best-seller is written for Advanced Grammar and Composition or Advanced Composition and Conversation classes. Grammatical explanations are given in English to facilitate comprehension. Numerous exercises help improve oral, written, and vocabulary skills. The contextualized exercises focus on contemporary situations students are likely to encounter. With updated literary and cultural readings, Repase y Escriba includes an "oral exchange," to make the text more useful when stressing conversation. New sections provide hints on the "art" of writing and rules for punctuation and grammar., ∗ Emphasizes the everyday usage of educated persons rather than the more formal, literary Spanish. ∗ Significant differences between Peninsular and New World Spanish are pointed out. Whenever possible, the usage that is most widespread is given preference. ∗ Repase y escriba covers the grammar in an orderly fashion.