Synopses & Reviews
Based on the Natural Approach, Dos mundos: En breve stresses the use of engaging activities and interesting readings in a natural and spontaneous classroom atmosphere. In this comprehension-based approach to learning language, the development of communicative language skills is the central goal, with formal grammar presentation and grammar practice at the service of communication. The text is designed so that class time can be devoted to exposing students to Spanish through creative activities and readings, allowing grammar explanations and exercises to be studied outside the classroom.
About the Author
'\'\\\'Tracy D. Terrell (late) received his Ph.D. in Spanish Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin and published extensively in the area of Spanish dialectology. Professor Terrells publications on second-language acquisition are widely known in the United States and abroad.Jeanne Egasse Received her B.A. and M.A. in Spanish linguistics from the University of California, Irvine. She has taught foreign language methodology courses and supervised foreign language and ESL teachers in training for the Department of Education at the University of California, Irvine. Currently, she is an instructor of Spanish and coordinates the Spanish language Program at Irvine Valley College. In addition, Professor Egasse serves as a consultant for local schools and universities on implementing Natural aApproach in the language classroom. Professor Egasse is co-author of Cocina y comidas hispanas and Mundos de fantasia: Fabulas, cuentos de hadas y leyendas (McGraw-Hill). Elías Miguel Muñoz is a Cuban American poet and prose writer. He has a Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of California, Irvine, and he has taught language and literature at the university level. Dr. Muñoz is the author of Viajes fantásticos, Ladrón de la mente, and Isla de luz, titles in the Storyteller\\\\\\\'s Series by McGraw-Hill. He has published five other novels, two books of literary criticsm, and two poetry collections. His creative work has been featured in numerous anthologies and sourcebooks, including Herencia: The Anthology of Hispanic Literature of the United States, The Encyclopedia of American Literature, and The Scribner Writers Series:Latino and Latina Writers.Magdalena Andrade Received her first B.A. in Spanish/French and a second B.A. in English from San Diego University. After teaching in the Calexico Unified School District Bilingual Program for several years, she taught elementary and intermediate Spanish at both San Diego State and the University of California, Irvine, where she also taught Spanish for Heritage Speakers and Humanities Core Courses. Upon receiving her Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine, she continued to teach there for several years and also at California State University, Long Beach. Currently an instructor at Irvine Valley College, Professor Andrade has co-authored Mundos de fantasía: Fábulas, cuentos de hadas y leyendas and Cocina y comidas hispanas (McGraw-Hill).\\\'\''
Table of Contents
Grammatical Table of Contents:
Paso A La clase y los estudiantes
Gramática A.1 Commands A.2 The Verb llamarse A.3 Subject Pronouns and the Verb ser A.4 Negation A.5 Gender (Part 1) A.6 The Verb llevar A.7 Plural Forms (Part 1)
Paso B Las descripciones
Gramática y ejercicios B.1 Informal and Polite you (tú/usted) B.2 More about Subject Pronouns B.3 Gender (Part 2) B.4 Hay B.5 Plural Forms (Part 2) B.6 Adjective-Noun Agreement
Paso C Mi familia y mis amigos
Gramática y ejercicios C.1 The Verbs tener and ser de(l) C.2 Possessive Adjectives C.3 The Verb tener C.4 Adjectives of Nationality C.5 Present Tense of Regular -ar Verbs
Capítulo 1 Los datos personales y las actividades
Gramática y ejercicios 1.1 Numbers 100–1000 and Dates 1.2 The Spanish Alphabet1.3 Present Tense of Regular -er and -ir Verbs 1.4 Question Formation 1.5 Hours and Minutes 1.6 Gustar + infinitive
Capítulo 2 Mis planes y preferencias
Gramática y ejercicios 2.1 Ir + a + Infinitive 2.2 Ordinal Adjectives 2.3 Preferir and querer + Infinitive 2.4 Common [Weather] Expressions
Capítulo 3 Los lugares y las actividades
Gramática y ejercicios 3.1 Estar 3.2 Present Tense of Regular Verbs 3.3 Hacer, salir, jugar 3.4 Ser de / estar en 3.5 Present Progressive
Capítulo 4 La vida diaria y los días feriados
Gramática y ejercicios4.1 Verbs with Stem-Vowel Changes (ie, ue) in the Present Tense4.2 Irregular Verbs4.3 Reflexives4.4 Infinitives after Prepositions 4.5 Estar + Adjective 4.6 Tener + Noun
Capítulo 5 Las clases y las carreras
Gramática y ejercicios5.1 Indirect Object Pronouns with Verbs of Informing 5.2 Saber and poder + Infinitive5.3 Demonstrative Adjectives5.4 Tener que, deber, necesitar, hay que, es necesario5.5 Pensar, quisiera, me gustaría, tener ganas de
Capítulo 6 La residencia
Gramática y ejercicios 6.1 Más/menos 6.2 Tan/tanto6.3 The Preterite of Regular Verbs (Part 1) 6.5 Conocer and saber 6.6 Personal Direct Object Pronouns
Capítulo 7 Hablando del pasado
Gramática y ejercicios7.1 The Preterite of Regular Verbs (Part 2) 7.2 Verbs with Irregular Preterite Forms7.2 Stem-Changing Verbs in the Preterite 7.4 Indirect Object Pronouns with decir 7.5 Hacer + Time
Capítulo 8 La comida
Gramática y ejercicios8.1 Impersonal Direct Object Pronouns lo, la, los, and las 8.2 The Verbs gustar and encantar 8.3 Prepositions + Pronouns 8.4 No, never 8.5 The Impersonal se 8.6 Present-Tense and Preterite Forms [of stem-changing verbs]
Capítulo 9 Los recuerdos
Gramática y ejercicios9.1 The Reciprocal Reflexive Verbs parecerse and llevarse bien 9.2 Prepositions + Pronouns9.3 The Imperfect Tense9.4 The Imperfect and Preterite of “State” Verbs 9.5 The Imperfect of ir + a + Infinitive
Capítulo 10 Nuestro planeta
Gramática y ejercicios 10.1 The Present Perfect10.2 Exclaiming ¡Qué... !, ¡Cuánto/a/os/as... ! 10.3 Por and para 10.4 Adverbs 10.5 More Verbs like gustar
Capítulo 11 De viaje
Gramática y ejercicios 11.1 Polite Commands 11.2 The Present Subjunctive Following querer 11.3 Expressing Indefinite Future and the Present Subjunctive of Irregular Verbs 11.4 The Imperfect Progressive11.4 The Imperfect in Contrast to the Preterite