About the Author:
Ana C. Jarvis, a native of Paraguay, was born in Asuncion 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-Ayllon, 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 Garcia 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 Quien es Quien en las Letras Espanolas, 1978 (Who's Who in Spanish Letters), as an important contributor to contemporary Spanish literature. Professor Mena-Ayllon is now retired.
Review:
Unidad IV: PARA DIVERTIRSE. Leccion 7. Un fin de semana. Para hablar del tema: Vocabulario. Para practicar el vocabulario. Pronunciacion: Las consonantes l, r, rr. Puntos para recordar: Preterit of regular verbs. Preterit of ser, ir, and dar. Indirect object pronouns. The verb gustar. Reflexive constructions. Rodeo: Summary of the Pronouns. Entre nosotros. !Conversemos! Para escribir: Un dia tipico. Un dicho. Leccion 8. Las actividades al aire libre. Para hablar del tema: Vocabulario. Para practicar el vocabulario. Pronunciacion: Pronunciation in context. Puntos para recordar: Preterit of some irregular verbs. Direct and indirect object pronouns used together. Stem-changing verbs in the preterit. The imperfect tense. Formation of adverbs. Entre nosotros. !Conversemos! Para escribir: De vacaciones. Un dicho. Lectura: De versos sencillos (Jose Marti). El mundo hispanico. Cuba, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, La Republica Dominicana. Tome este examen. Lecciones 7, 8. Unidad V: 'QUE HACEMOS HOY? Leccion 9. No tengo nada que ponerme. Para hablar del tema: Vocabulario. Para practicar el vocabulario. Pronunciacion: Pronunciation in context. Puntos para recordar: Some uses of por and para. Weather expressions. The preterit contrasted with the imperfect. Hace... meaning ago. Possessive pronouns. Entre nosotros. !Conversemos! Para escribir: 'Como era Ud.? Un dicho. Leccion 10. Diligencias. Para hablar del tema: Vocabulario. Para practicar el vocabulario. Pronunciacion: Pronunciation in context. Puntos para recordar: Past participles. Present perfect tense. Past perfect (pluperfect) tense. Formal commands: Ud. and Uds. Entre nosotros. !Conversemos! Para escribir: En el banco. Un dicho. Lectura: Lecciones de ingles (Adaptado)(German Arciniegas). El mundo hispanico. Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay. Tome este examen. Lecciones 9, 10. Unidad VI: DE VACACIONES. Leccion 11. !Buen viaje! Para hablar del tema: Vocabulario. Para practicar el vocabulario. Pronunciacion: Pronunciation in context. Puntos para recordar: Introduction to the subjunctive mood. Subjunctive with verbs of volition. Subjunctive with verbs of emotion. Some uses of the prepositions a, de, and en. Entre nosotros. !Conversemos! Para escribir: En una agencia de viajes. Un dicho. Leccion 12. 'Donde nos hospedamos? Para hablar del tema: Vocabulario. Para practicar el vocabulario. Pronunciacion: Pronunciation in context. Puntos para recordar: Subjunctive to express indefiniteness and nonexistence. Familiar commands. Verbs and prepositions. Ordinal numbers. Entre nosotros. !Conversemos! Para escribir: En un hotel. Un dicho. Lectura: El canario y el cuervo (Tomas Iriarte). El mundo hispanico. Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, Brasil. Tome este examen. Lecciones 11, 12. Unidad VII: 'COMO TE SIENTES? Leccion 13. En la sala de emergencia. Para hablar del tema: Vocabulario. Para practicar el vocabulario. Pronunciacion: Pronunciation in context. Puntos para recordar: Subjunctive to express doubt, denial, and disbelief. Subjunctive with certain conjunctions. First-person plural commands. Rodeo: Summary of the Command Forms. 'Que? and 'cual? used with ser. Entre nosotros. !Conversemos! Para escribir: Un accidente. Un dicho. Leccion 14. Hablando con el medico. Para hablar del tema: Vocabulario. Para practicar el vocabulario. Pronunciacion: Pronunciation in context. Puntos para recordar: Future tense. Conditional tense. Rodeo: Summary of the Tenses of the Indicative. The imperfect subjunctive. If-clauses. Rodeo: Summary of the Uses of the Subjunctive. Entre nosotros. !Conversemos! Para escribir: Con el doctor. Un dicho. Lectura: Rimas (Gustavo Adolfo Bequer). El mundo hispanico. Espana. Tome este examen. Lecciones 13, 14. Un poco mas. Compound tenses of the indicative: Future perfect. Conditional perfect. Compound tenses of the subjunctive: Present perfect subjunctive. Pluperfect subjunctive. Appendices. Appendix A: Spanish Sounds. Appendix B: Verbs. Appendix C: Glossary of Grammatical Terms. Appendix D. Answer Key to Tome este examen. Vocabularies. Spanish--English. English--Spanish.
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