Writers Manual with Answer Key (Spanish Edition)

The writer's manual has three sections: gramatica, situaciones, and redaccion. Gramatica reviews the verbal and lexical structures of Spanish and has exercises that progress from discrete point to open-ended. Situaciones offers two models for building creative dialogues to strengthen vocabulary and proficiency development. Redaccion continues the editing assigment explored in the text. The manual also has six appendices including ACTFL guidelines for writing proficiency, punctuation and diacritics, numbers, abbreviations, and verb conjugations. An answer key for the discrete point items is also included.

About the Authors Lori Lea Spicher is Language Coordinator and a member of the Department of Modern Languages at Saint Mary's College of California. With a degree in Hispanic Linguistics from the University of Texas, Lori's interests include phonetics and phonology, second language acquisition, bilingualism, and the evolution of Spanish in the southwestern United States. Frances M. Sweeney is Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and a member of the Modern Languages Department at Saint Mary's College of California. With a degree in Hispanic Applied Linguistics, Frances' interests include integrated language acquisition, student-centered learning, writing and computer-assisted instruction, and student development and the changing role of the professor in higher education. Ruben Pelayo Coutino is the Spanish Graduate Program Coordinator at Southern Connecticut State University where he teaches language and literature courses. An expert on Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Pelayo Coutino's publications encompass poststructuralist and linguistic studies, literary criticism and the merging of genres.