Entre Nosotros (Spanish Edition) - Softcover

Jarvis, Ana C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0395929148 ISBN 13: 9780395929148

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin College Div, 2000

Synopsis

This one-semester intermediate program is designed to develop all four language skills and enhance students' cultural awareness. It presents a review and expansion of essential grammar that builds on first-year concepts, combined with high-frequency vocabulary, ample practice, and opportunities for meaningful communication. The seven manageable lessons in Entre nosotros explore a variety of topics chosen for their cultural relevance and their success in generating student interaction.

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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.

Review

Each chapter contains "Para practicar el vocabulario." Leccion 1. Buscando trabajo Estructura: Los verbos ser y estar; Construcciones reflexivas; Pronombres de complemento directo e indirecto usados juntos; Usos y omisiones de los articulos definidos e indefinidos; Usos de las preposiciones por y para Un paso mas Lecturas periodisticas: Como alcanzar el exito en su carrera Cruzando fronteras: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia Ventana al mundo literario: "Celos", Roberto J. Payro; "Solo, " Nicanor Parra; "Los bomberos, " Mario Benedetti; "La senorita Julia, " Ana Cortesi; "Lo fugaz, " Ricardo Jaime Freyre Leccion 2. Para divertirse Estructura: El preterito contrastado con el imperfecto; Verbos que cambian de significado en el preterito; Comparativos de igualdad y de desigualdad; Algunas preposiciones Un paso mas Lecturas periodisticas: Esquiar en la inmensidad de los Andes [adaptation] Cruzando fronteras: Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela Ventana al mundo literario: "La pantorrilla del comandante, " (adapted) Ricardo Palma; "Los tres cuervos, " Jose Antonio Campos; "Idilio, " Jose Ascuncion Silva; "Camino de imperfeccion: Diario de mi vida, " Rufino Blanco-Fombona Leccion 3. De viaje Estructura: El participio pasado; El preterito perfecto y el pluscuamperfecto; El futuro y el condicional; El futuro y el condicional para expresar probabilidad o conjetura Un paso mas: ' Lecturas periodisticas: El encanto de Guadalajara [adaptation] Cruzando fronteras: Cuba, Republica Dominicana, Puerto Rico. Panama Ventana al mundo literario: "Mi raza, " Jose Marti; "Mon dice cosas, " Manuel del Cabral; "Dia de Reyes, " Maria Teresa Babin; "Introduccion al estudio de las contradicciones, " Bertalicia Peralta Leccion 4. Las bellas artes Estructura: El futuro perfecto y el condicional perfecto; Los pronombres relativos; La voz pasiva; Algunas expresiones idiomaticas Un paso mas Lecturas periodisticas: El periodo cubista en la obra del pintor mexicano Diego Rivera Cruzando fronteras: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala Ventana al mundo literario: "La Presa, " Aquileo J. Echeverria; "Lo fatal, " Ruben Dario; "La mascara al reves, " Matilde Elena Lopez; "Como si fuera la madre, " Nery Alexis Gaytan; "La tela de Penelope o quien engana a quien, " Augusto Monterroso Leccion 5. La familia hispana de hoy Estructura: El modo subjuntivo y el subjuntivo usado con verbos y expresiones de voluntad y emocion; El subjuntivo para expresar duda, incredulidad y negacion; El subjuntivo para expresar lo indefinido y lo no existente; Expresiones que requieren el subjuntivo o el indicativo; El imperativo Ud. y Uds. Un paso mas Lecturas periodisticas: El credo de la mujer casada Cruzando fronteras: Mexico, Llegamos a los Estados Unidos, Los mexicoamericanos, Los puertorriquenos, Los cubanoamericanos Ventana al mundo literario: "En Paz, " Amado Nervo; "Se fue por clavos, " Sabine R. Ulibarri; "A Julia de Burgos, " Julia de Burgos; "A pesar de todo, " Josefina Gonzales Leccion 6. Mirando television Estructura: El imperativo: tu; El imperativo de la primera persona del plural; El imperfecto de subjuntivo; Los tiempos compuestos del subjuntivo Un paso mas Lecturas periodisticas: Reporte Especial: Jorge Ramos Cruzando fronteras: Espana Ventana al mundo literario: "La bolsa, " Fernan Caballero; "RimaXXX, " Gustavo Adolfo Becquer; "Poema XXIII, " Antonio Machado; "La nina fea, " Ana Maria Matute

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin College Div
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0395929148
• ISBN 13: 9780395929148
• Binding: Paperback